National Security

Watchdog Agency Could Keep NSA In Check, Once It Gets Going

5:39am June 09, 2013

by Martin Kaste

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is tasked with making sure that secret government surveillance programs aren't abused. It was created in 2004, but still doesn't even have a website or email.

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Week In News: Spying Suspicions Come To Light

6:03pm June 08, 2013

Revelations this week that the National Security Agency has been running an extensive domestic surveillance program involving companies like Google, Facebook and Apple has caused many Americans to ask what's left of their privacy. Guest host Tess Vigeland speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic.

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Cyberspying Expected To Be Discussed At U.S.-China Summit

2:34pm June 07, 2013

by Tom Gjelten

The Pentagon recently released a report directly accusing China of using cyberweapons to gain a military advantage with the U.S. The scope of the problem, and the damage done by cyber-espionage, is not clear. But the issue will be on the agenda when President Obama meets China's new president, Xi Jinping, in California on Friday.

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The History Behind America's Most Secretive Court

10:52am June 07, 2013

by Larry Abramson

Revelations of phone traffic surveillance by the NSA highlight the ongoing and controversial role of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It was created to address domestic spying abuses uncovered in the 1970s.

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Intelligence Community Mines Phone Records, Internet Data

6:09am June 07, 2013

Over the past two days, there have been revelations about the way the National Security Agency is gathering information for intelligence. While details of both programs are still coming out, the data collection practice appears to be legal. But it could be the beginning of something new in the intelligence community. And that is, the use of data to find patterns analysts might have missed.

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Reports: NSA Mines Servers Of U.S. Internet Companies

6:01am June 07, 2013

News reports have revealed the National Security Agency is data-mining Internet and social media companies including Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Google. According to reports, the agency is also collecting Verizon phone records of millions of U.S. citizens. For more, Renee Montagne talks to Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who co-wrote the stories for the British newspaper The Guardian.

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The NSA, Verizon And The Future of Domestic Spying

2:40pm June 06, 2013

According to a top-secret court order obtained by The Guardian, the National Security Agency has collected the phone records of millions of U.S. Verizon customers since late April. The Guardian's Spencer Ackerman explains the coming debate over the scale of domestic spying operations.

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Susan Rice To Take Over As National Security Adviser

6:50am June 06, 2013

by Scott Horsley

President Obama has selected U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to be his next National Security Adviser. She'll take over from Tom Donilon, who has played a critical role in developing the White House's relationship with China. The president is also nominating former aide Samantha Power to fill Rice's position at the U.N.

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National Security Adviser Donilon Resigns; Rice To Take Over

9:20am June 05, 2013

The White House announced Wednesday that Tom Donilon is resigning as President Obama's national security adviser. He will be replaced by Susan Rice, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

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Intent To Harm At Center Of Bradley Manning's Trial

10:23am June 03, 2013

by Carrie Johnson

Prosecutors say the soldier downloaded thousands of diplomatic cables and war field reports and sent them to the website WikiLeaks. His trial, which begins Monday, highlights the U.S. government's aggressive campaign to keep secrets.

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