Tag: NSA

Emails obtained by Judicial Watch show that several of President Obama's top advisers had concerns about the law that authorized surveillance of phone and Internet activity.ÃÂ (Photo: Thinkstock).

National Security

Emails show some Obama aides had doubts on NSA phone, Internet spying

Michal Conger · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

From left, National Security Agency Deputy Director Chris Inglis, National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Deputy Attorney General James Cole, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on potential changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). (AP/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Intel agency lawyers urge retention of secret data

Associated Press, Stephen Braun · November 4, 2013 9:44 pm

Former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden (AP/Sebastian Widmann)

Beltway Confidential

Ex-NSA Director Michael Hayden says spying on Angela Merkel is ‘not exceptional’

Ashe Schow · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., left, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, are both considered candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul says he won’t disparage Ted Cruz despite New York Times report

Charlie Spiering · November 3, 2013 4:00 am

The National Security Agency has been hammered in recent weeks over media reports, based on information leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, that the agency has tracked the phone calls of millions of ordinary citizens in Western Europe for more than a decade. (AP File)

Dianne Feinstein: Full review needed of U.S. spy programs

Sean Lengell · November 3, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

NY Times: No morsel too minuscule for all-consuming NSA

Washington Examiner · November 2, 2013 4:00 am

National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander has been hammered over media reports, based on information leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, that the agency has tracked the phone calls of millions of ordinary citizens in Western Europe for more than a decade. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

On the slide: NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander defends surveillance programs

Sean Lengell · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

Democrats know immigration reform divides the GOP, with business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce facing off against a core group of conservatives in the House who want to see tougher border enforcement before accepting measures they deride as granting âamnestyâ for illegal immigrants.

White House eyes 2014 midterms in push for immigration reform

Susan Crabtree · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to impose some restrictions on the National Security Agency's phone surveillance program, but Sen. Rand Paul regards that bill as "window-dressing."ÃÂ (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul dismisses proposed NSA restrictions as ‘window-dressing’

Joel Gehrke · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

NY Times: Tap on Angela Merkel provides peek at vast spy net

Washington Examiner · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Obama approval rating hits record low

Meghashyam Mali · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

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

Report: NSA broke into Yahoo, Google data centers

Lolita Baldor · October 30, 2013 10:55 pm