Tag: NSA

The legislation would essentially halt the mass collection of phone metadata and place new oversights on how the NSA operates. (iStock)

National Security

Obama spy chief backs NSA reform bill

Brian Hughes · September 3, 2014 10:02 pm

US court hears debate in NSA phone records case

Larry Neumeister · September 2, 2014 9:33 pm

National Security

Obama: Bush-Cheney ‘Security Apparatus’ Makes Us ‘Pretty Safe’

Daniel Halper · August 30, 2014 12:16 pm

This image provided by Platon/Wired shows the cover of the September 2014 issue of Wired magazine, featuring former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden gave an exclusive interview with Wired, in the issue scheduled to hit newsstands on Aug. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Platon/Wired)

National Security

Report: NSA eyed preset strikes in cyberattacks

Jack Gillum · August 13, 2014 8:40 pm

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, left, and CIA Director John Brennan testify during a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee March 12, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The intelligence community’s secrets and lies

Steve Chapman · August 7, 2014 3:00 pm

FILE - In this June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, who is wanted by the U.S. for leaking details about once-secret surveillance programs, has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer said Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Snowden last year was granted temporary asylum of one year in Russia, but that ran out on Aug. 1. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

National Security

Lawyer: Snowden can stay 3 more years in Russia

Jim Heintz · August 7, 2014 12:55 pm

Former NSA chief defends cybersecurity venture

Ken Dilanian · August 5, 2014 10:05 pm

In Georgia, a SWAT team broke into a house searching for drugs and threw a flash-bang grenade inside a child's crib. The excessive force was disgusting to begin with. Even worse is the fact that the police had the wrong house and there were no drugs. (iStock Photo)

Nanny-state mindset leads to police brutality

Scott Rasmussen · August 1, 2014 3:30 pm

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan admitted Thursday that agency officials acted improperly when they hacked Senate computers, according to the Associated Press. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

If it’s not OK to spy on senators, is it still OK to spy on citizens?

Ashe Schow · July 31, 2014 5:08 pm

National Security

Senate bill would end NSA phone records collection

Ken Dilanian · July 29, 2014 10:06 pm

National Security

Plaintiffs file opposition to government’s motion to dismiss NSA spying case

Kyla Asbury · July 25, 2014 11:13 am

NSA on Chinese Hackers: New Computers ‘Can Become Infected Within Minutes of Being Plugged In’

Jeryl Bier · July 16, 2014 11:17 am