Tag: NSA

National Security

Government sues company that handled Snowden vetting

Pete Yost · October 30, 2013 10:27 pm

This undated photo provided by Google shows a Google data center in Hamina, Finland. The Washington Post is reporting Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, that the National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. The Post cites documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials. (AP Photo/Google)

National Security

NSA chief denies agency secretly tapped Google, Yahoo data centers

Susan Crabtree · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, talks with National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander on Capitol Hill in Washington Sept. 26, 2013, before the start of the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) call records. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Stage set for Senate clash over NSA surveillance

Susan Crabtree · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

NSA chief: Press exaggerating spying to sell papers

Susan Crabtree · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this June 19, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, arrive for a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin. Reports based on leaks from former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden suggest the U.S. has monitored the telephone communications of 35 foreign leaders. The fact that Merkel was among them has been particularly troubling to many in Europe and on Capitol Hill, given her status as a senior stateswoman, the leader of EuropeÃ?s strongest economy, and a key American ally on global economics, Iranian nuclear negotiations and the Afghanistan war. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

EU spying backlash threatens billions in US trade

Associated Press · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama speaks during a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, at the Chancellery in Berlin. (AP/dpa, Michael Kappeler)

National Security

Spying tests trust between Obama, Angela Merkel

Julie Pace · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on potential changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Faced with anger over revelations about U.S. spying at home and abroad, members of Congress suggested Tuesday that programs the Obama administration says are needed to combat terrorism may have gone too far. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

National Security

Intel chief: US spies on allies, they do it, too

JULIE PACELARA JAKES · October 29, 2013 10:35 pm

Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis, right, speaks at a town hall meeting Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in West Bend, Wis. Sensenbrenner gave more surveillance power to U.S. government spies, railed against civil liberties advocates who warned about privacy abuses and even shut down a 2005 hearing to silence critics. Now he wants to scale back some of the counterterror laws he once championed, citing an overreach by the National Security Agency. The Wisconsin Republican plans to offer legislation as early as Oct. 29 to overhaul the NSA. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

US spying prompts reversal by anti-terror lawmaker

Lara Jakes · October 29, 2013 8:33 pm

Kristol on Being Able to Keep Your Health Care Plan

Daniel Halper · October 29, 2013 8:32 am

Beltway Confidential

Chris Christie softens NSA rhetoric

Ashe Schow · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

National Intelligence Director James Clapper pauses during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 in Washington. U.S. intelligence officials say the government shutdown is seriously damaging the intelligence communityÃ¢â¬â¢s ability to guard against threats. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

National Security

After new spying outrage, Obama admin declassifies batch of NSA docs

Susan Crabtree · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wants to form a special congressional committee to examine the nation's spying tactics. (AP Image)

National Security

John McCain wants select committee to review US spy tactics

Susan Ferrechio · October 29, 2013 4:00 am