Tag: NSA

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stands during a press conference with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (not pictured) to announce the initial findings from their joint review of security protocols, in response to growing, global terrorism, for New Jersey and New York during a press conference on Sept. 24, 2014 at 7 World Trade Center in New York. (Photo by Bryan Thomas/Getty Images)

Iran deal, Supreme Court, guns, and 2016 candidates: Sunday morning show roundup

Barbara Boland · July 5, 2015 10:21 pm

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie repeatedly blasted Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., calling his efforts to end bulk data collection on Americans "wrong" and done "to make a political point" that has "made America weaker and more vulnerable." (Getty Images file)

Christie body slams Paul on NSA spying: he’s made America ‘more vulnerable to attack’

Barbara Boland · July 5, 2015 3:34 pm

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama arrive for a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House June 30, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Rousseff and Obama held meetings and the press conference almost two years after Rousseff accepted but then skipped an invitation to the White House due to revelations from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that the U.S. had spied on Rousseff and other Brazilians. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Wikileaks: NSA bugged Brazil

Robert King · July 4, 2015 8:13 pm

The leaders spoke by phone Wednesday in the wake of new reports claiming the U.S. directly listened in on Francois Hollande's phone, as well as two of his predecessors' phones. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Obama tells Hollande the U.S. isn’t spying on him anymore

Susan Crabtree · June 24, 2015 9:59 pm

Obama Tells French President: I’m Not Listening to Your Calls

Daniel Halper · June 24, 2015 5:00 pm

French President Francois Hollande, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius chair a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Thursday, June 24, 2015. Appearing more irritated and embarrassed than surprised, France's government summoned the U.S. ambassador Wednesday to respond to Wikileaks revelations that the NSA eavesdropped on three successive presidents and other top officials. (Charles Platiau, Pool via AP)

National Security

France summons U.S. ambassador over NSA spying allegations

Kelly Cohen · June 24, 2015 1:52 pm

Meeting for the first time since their nominations, President Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, Vice Presidential candidate, plan their campaigns as they lunch beneath a magnolia tree on the White House lawn August 18, 1944. (AP Photo/stf)

The progressive roots of NSA’s privacy violations

Mark Fitzgibbons · June 22, 2015 9:00 am

Memories are long in the Senate, and it will probably take Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., more than a week or two to get over the rebuff he suffered on the floor when he tried to attach cybersecurity legislation as an amendment to a pending defense bill. (AP Photo)

Senate vote falls short of approving defense act with CISA amendment

Charlie Mitchell · June 22, 2015 4:01 am

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff shake hands during their bilateral meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama seeks reset with Brazil in president’s visit

Charles Hoskinson · June 19, 2015 4:42 pm

National Security Advisor Susan Rice on Friday met with General Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of China, at the White House. (Getty File Photo)

White House: Second data hack might be bigger than first OPM breach

Nicole Duran · June 16, 2015 12:57 am

In this file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel checks her mobile phone during a session of the Bundestag on June 29, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. German prosecutors announced Friday they have dropped their year-long investigation of the National Security Agency for allegedly spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, citing a lack of evidence.Â (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Germany drops NSA prosecution

Charles Hoskinson · June 12, 2015 8:07 pm

The biggest roadblock to Senate action on the cyber bill was demolished last week when the "USA Freedom Act" cleared the Senate. (iStock)

Surveillance reform could tee up cyber bill

Charlie Mitchell · June 8, 2015 4:01 am