Tag: NSA

Ex-NSA chief: I hope Edward Snowden doesn’t drink himself to death

Beltway Confidential

Ex-NSA chief: I hope Edward Snowden doesn’t drink himself to death

Joel Gehrke · August 2, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Russiaâs granting temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden will damage its relationship with the U.S. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Steny Hoyer: Russia granting Snowden asylum will hurt relations with US

Sean Lengell · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, questions top Obama administration officials about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs for the first time since the House narrowly rejected a proposal last week to effectively shut down the NSA's secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member, sits at middle left, with Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., top. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senators push changes to secret surveillance court before meeting with Obama

Susan Crabtree · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

White House slams Russia for giving Edward Snowden asylum

Brian Hughes · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Edward Snowden leaves Moscow airport, enters Russia

National Security

Edward Snowden leaves Moscow airport, enters Russia

Brian Hughes · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Army Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency, traveled to Capitol Hill on Thursday for a classified briefing to members of Congress on the NSA's Xkeyscore program. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Beltway Confidential

NSA director briefs congress on latest spy program

Ashe Schow · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena shows a temporary document to allow Edward Snowden to cross the border into Russia. (AP/APTN)

National Security

Chuck Schumer: Edward Snowden a ‘coward,’ G-20 should be moved out of Russia

Tim Mak · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Let’s Not Be Hasty

Let’s Not Be Hasty

Geoffrey Norman · July 31, 2013 4:42 pm

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced a bill on June 17 â the Libert-E Act â that would prevent the NSA from collecting metadata and phone records on Americans who are not suspected of terrorist ties. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

What’s next for Justin Amash and NSA surveillance?

Ashe Schow · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama made public Wednesday a previously classified order directing Verizon Communications to hand over a trove of Americans' phone records. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Classified documents released to reassure public about NSA surveillance programs

Susan Crabtree · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

White House explains Obama’s ‘phony scandals’ line

Brian Hughes · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., leaves his office to walk to the House of Representatives where his amendment to the Defense spending bill would cut funding to the National Security Agency's program that collects the phone records of U.S. citizens and residents, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 24. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justin Amash still weighing 2014 Michigan Senate bid

Rebecca Berg · July 31, 2013 4:00 am