Tag: NSA

National Security

On Benghazi, 78 Percent Say Questions of W.H. Response ‘Should be Taken Seriously’

Michael Warren · August 9, 2013 1:01 pm

Contrary to assurances from President Obama himself, thousands of American phone calls were intercepted by the National Security Agency in one year alone. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama blames fallout with Russia on Vladimir Putin’s ‘backward’ thinking

Brian Hughes · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

âItâs not enough for me as president to have confidence in these programs,â President Obama said. âThe American public needs to have confidence in them as well.â (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

National Security

Obama calls for more oversight of NSA programs

Brian Hughes · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

VIDEO: Obama: ‘I don’t think Mr. Snowden was a patriot’

Steve Doty · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama rubs his eye as he listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Friday. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Obama: ‘I don’t think Mr. Snowden was a patriot’

Ashe Schow · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Obama cancels meeting with Vladimir Putin in snub over Edward Snowden

Susan Crabtree · August 7, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said that National Security Agency officials have âgotten too carried away with what is technologically possibleâ with respect to security. (AP/Dennis Cook)

Beltway Confidential

Pat Leahy: NSA ‘carried away with what is technologically possible’

Joel Gehrke · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

Don’t Save This Court

Gary Schmitt · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

â[I]t doesnât make Americans more comfortable about the program to misrepresent it,â said former National Security Agency director Michael Hayden on Fox News Sunday. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Ex-NSA chief to Justin Amash: Don’t ‘misrepresent’ spy program

Joel Gehrke · August 4, 2013 4:00 am

Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it wouldn't surprise him if China and Russia had obtained the classified information stored on four National Security Agency laptops stolen by Edward Snowden. (AP File)

Martin Dempsey: Russia and China probably already have classified intel from Snowden

Susan Ferrechio · August 4, 2013 4:00 am

Congress was not notified about the National Security Agency's metadata collection programs before the information was leaked by Edward Snowden, according to Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina)

Beltway Confidential

Justin Amash: Without Edward Snowden, Congress would not have known about NSA spy programs

Ashe Schow · August 4, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said al Qaeda is âon the riseâ around the Asian Peninsula, where embassies have been closed. (AP File)

National Security

Lindsey Graham: Embassy closures show Obama learned from Benghazi

Susan Ferrechio · August 4, 2013 4:00 am