A.M. Links: No Clemency for Snowden, Hillary Clinton Has Secret Lunch at White House, Google Map Directions Come to North Korea

  • not yetThe White House said it was not considering
    clemency for
    Edward Snowden
    , and that the whistleblower should return to the
    U.S. to be prosecuted. The
    National Security Agency
    , meanwhile, denies Snowden expressed
    concern about the illegality of its surveillance program and says
    it can only find one relevant e-mail from the former contractor.
    And in the city of secrets, even President Obama’s lunch with

    Hillary Clinton
    is one.
  • Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says
    Russia
    has finally removed its troops from the Ukrainian
    border. Rebels in Ukraine,
    meanwhile, shot down a military helicopter outside of Sloviansk,
    killing 12.
  • The Supreme Court denied an attempt by lawyers for alleged mass
    shooter James Holmes to compel FoxNews.com reporter
    Jana Winter
    to testify about her sources in his trial.
  • A bill passed in
    Connecticut
    would require police to track stun gun use. If
    signed, it will be the first such law in the country.
  • Former Microsoft CEO
    Steve Ballmer
    will pay a record $2 billion to buy the Los
    Angeles Clippers, while under rules of the Sterling Family Trust
    co-owner
    Donald Sterling
    was reportedly ruled mentally unfit to try to
    prevent the sale.
  • Google Maps now offers directions in
    North Korea
    .

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