Tag: NSA

President Obama on Friday defended the National Security Agency's collection of phone metadata, saying he was confident that the agency did not abuse its powers. (AP Photo)

National Security

Obama confident NSA is not ‘snooping around’

Meghashyam Mali · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama said the disclosures from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden caused "unnecessary damage" and sidestepped a question about whether he would back amnesty or a plea bargain to bring him back to the U.S. (AP file photo)

Obama: Edward Snowden leaks caused ‘unnecessary damage’

Meghashyam Mali · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

A presidential advisory panel has recommended dozens of changes to the government's surveillance programs, including stripping the NSA of its ability to store Americans' telephone records and requiring a court to sign off on the individual searches of phone and Internet data. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

National Security

Advisory panel recommends more oversight for NSA

Julie Pace · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

National Security Agency programs that mass collect innocent Americans' phone records and metadata should be curbed, according to a report commissioned by President Obama that was released Wednesday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Edward Snowden vindicated? Review panel suggests curbing NSA data collection

Ashe Schow · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

White House: NSA metadata program ‘important tool’ in terror fight

Meghashyam Mali · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon recently ruled, in an ongoing civil lawsuit, that it's "significantly likely" that the National Security Agency's wholesale collection of our phone records is unconstitutional -- a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

It’s important to strike the right balance between security and freedom

Cal Thomas · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The case of a Baltimore purse-snatcher who got nabbed after crank-calling his victim in 1976 laid the legal groundwork for today's worldwide government surveillance of telephone records in the name of protecting the U.S. from terrorists. The NSA has argued that people forfeit privacy rights when they voluntarily give their phone numbers and Internet IDs to businesses. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

National Security

Obama meets with NSA review task force

Meghashyam Mali · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., denounced critics of the National Security Agency's spy programs by declaring the programs "highly constitutional." (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

Peter King: NSA spy programs ‘highly constitutional’

Ashe Schow · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 11. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House to release NSA review group report today

Meghashyam Mali · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

While it hasn't yet been confirmed, it looks like the National Security Agency has launched its own Twitter account.ÃÂ

Beltway Confidential

NSA now on Twitter

Charles Hoskinson · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

New America concluded that the NSA's phone record collection program "has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism." (Photo: Thinkstock)

White House panel proposes new restrictions on NSA surveillance programs

Tim Mak · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Tech leaders urge Obama to ‘move aggressively’ on NSA reform

Meghashyam Mali · December 17, 2013 5:00 am