"NSA taps half-billion German phone, data links per month: report"
"NSA accused of spying on EU, bugging offices, tapping half-billion German communications per month."
UPI Jun 30 
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Blog/2013/06/30/NSA-taps-half-billion-German-phone-data-links-per-month-report/5771372592705/

"Julian Assange: Edward Snowden is ‘marooned in Russia’ "
Wash Post Jun 30 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/julian-assange-edward-snowden-is-marooned-in-russia/2013/06/30/67ed243e-e191-11e2-9960-65d66450db63_story.html?hpid=z1