The Briefing 06-01-15

1) Senate debate over NSA program exposes tension between security and privacy in dangerous world

Senate to let NSA spy program lapse, at least temporarily, Reuters (Patricia Zengerle and Warren Strobel)

NSA must end bulk data collection even as Senate moves ahead on NSA bill, CNN (Jeremy Diamond and Ted Barrett)

2) Scandal over former Speaker Hastert remind sin will find you out

Hastert Case Is Said to Be Linked to Decades-Old Sexual Abuse, New York Times (Michael D. Shear and Michael S. Schmidt)

Dennis Hastert Allegedly Made Payments to Conceal Sexual Misconduct, Wall Street Journal (Andrew Grossman, Devlin Barrett and Ben Kesling)

3) Presidential candidates multiply as middle ground between parties disappear

Martin O’Malley’s Star-Spangled, Snafu-Speckled Debut, New York Times (Maggie Haberman)

Bucking Odds, Martin O’Malley Tilts at Hillary Clinton, Wall Street Journal (Laura Meckler and Scott Calvert)

Enter Pataki, Fiorina, and Santorum: Thoughts on 2016, Forbes (John Zogby)