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Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command, said on Wednesday he would discuss specific foiled terrorist plots in more detail Thursday during a closed congressional hearing on the NSA leak. (Associated Press)
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Saudi Arabian women. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows an elderly Syrian rebel sitting in a trench, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of Shiites, mostly pro-government fighters, activists said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)
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A man runs carrying fire extinguishers past a burning van during clashes at the Taksim Square in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades in the square early Tuesday, pushing many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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In Mohmand Agency, a teacher reads the lesson to her students. The government-run girl’s primary school does not exist anymore, as it was destroyed in a bomb attack by the militants who oppose education for girls. Now these girls come to our house and my mother teaches them at home. Photo / Hina Gul Mohmand
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Police throw tear gas at protesters during clashes on Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Riot police were re-entering the plaza after defiant protesters swarmed back in by the thousands. Massive plumes of tear gas billowed upward, and police fired water cannon. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A man covers his face as he runs past a burning van to escape tear gas during clashes in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades and pushed many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A protester holds a flag depicting jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as a van burns during clashes in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of riot police overran improvised barricades on the square and fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon in running battles with protesters who have been occupying the area for more than a week. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Police hang a banner of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, next to a Turkish flag hung by protesters in a cultural center during a police operation to clear Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades and pushed many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Protesters react during clashes in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades and pushed many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A man who had thrown a stone at a protester (center) runs to avoid being attacked during clashes in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades and pushed many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A protester with a slingshot runs past burning construction vehicles during clashes in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades and pushed many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Protesters take cover as a police vehicle fires a water canon during clashes in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades and pushed many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)