National Security Agency

NSA Analyst: "We Could Have Prevented 9/11"

Washington Spectator | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Barbara Koeppel, Cia, National Security, Department of Defense, 9/11, National Security Agency, September 11th, Thomas Drake, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Washington Spectator

The idea is, NSA only tells Congress what it wants them to hear, and Congress will just have to figure out what it really knows. The problem is, how will Congress find something unless it knows what it's looking for and where to find it?

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Thirteen Ways Government Tracks Us

Bill Quigley | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Civil Liberties, Department of Defense, War on Terror, Homeland Security, Surveillance, Cellphone Tracking, Government Surveillance, Counterterrorism, National Security Agency, GPS Tracking, Electronic Surveillance, Tracking, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Bill Quigley

The advanced technology of the war on terrorism, combined with deferential courts and legislators, have endangered both the right to privacy and the right of people to be free from government snooping and tracking.

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Online Spying, Brought to You by Facebook

Josh Levy | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Spying, Facebook, Privacy, Cispa, Free Speech, Sopa, National Security Agency, Cispa Bill, Cispa Legislation, Technology News
Josh Levy

You'd think online services would oppose something like this -- but in fact Facebook, Microsoft and others support it. Under CISPA, they wouldn't be required to share any information about their users with authorities. But if they chose to do so, the bill would protect them from any legal blowback.

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America's Bloated Intelligence Bureaucracy

William Astore | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: National Security Agency, National Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Nsa, Intelligence Community, National Security, Senate Intelligence Committee, 9/11, Malcolm Gladwell, Politics News
William Astore

Lost is the lesson of 9/11: We didn't have a collection problem but a connection one. Yet our response has largely been not to find better ways of connecting the dots, but rather simply to collect more dots.

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Everybody's a Target in the American Surveillance State

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Nsa, Surveillance, Utah Data Center, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, Wiretapping, Government Surveillance, National Security Agency, Cybersecurity, Online Privacy, Privacy, Technology News
John W. Whitehead

Can freedom in the United States continue to flourish and grow in an age when the physical movements, individual purchases, conversations, and meetings of every citizen are constantly under surveillance by private companies and government agencies?

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Global Intelligence Gate: From Confessions of an Economic Hit Man to the Stratfor Corporation

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Wikileaks, Stratfor, Wikileaks Stratford, Julian Assage Startfor, Nsa, National-Security-Agency-Whistleblower, Latin America, Julian Assange Wikileaks, John Perkins, Stratfor Corporation, Wikileaks Stratford Coproation, Julian Assange, National Security Agency, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, World News
Nikolas Kozloff

Internal e-mails emanating from within the Stratfor intelligence firm continue to embarrass and shame the Corporation after John Perkins' telling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

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The Stop Online Piracy Act: Yet Another Stealth Maneuver to Control the Internet

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Blackberry, Patriot Act, Internet, Digital-Millenium-Copyright-Act, Pipa, Mpaa, National Security Agency, Protect IP, Skype, Facebook, Riaa, Net Neutrality, Sopa, Technology News
John W. Whitehead

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons ...

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Nasdaq's Poor Computer Security Led To Cyber Attack

Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Cyber Attack, "Cyber Hygiene", Nasdaq's Directors Desk, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, Video, Nasdaq Omx Group, Microsoft Corp's Windows 2003 Server, Hacking, Business News

A federal investigation into last year's cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operato...

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Secretive Agency Helps Banks Battle Hackers

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Nsa, National Security Agency, Video, National Security Agency Banks, Banks Hackers, NSA Banks, Hackers Banks National Security Agency, Banks Hackers National Security Agency, Technology News

By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency, a secretive arm of the U.S. military, has begun providing ...

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Federal Appeals Court Considers Wiretapping Lawsuits

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Politics News, Congress, Tech News, Lawsuits, Wiretapping, Appeals Court, 9/11, Telecommunications, National Security Agency, Seattle, Telecoms, Wire Tapping, September 11th, September 11 Anniversary, Politics News

SEATTLE — Lawyers for civil liberties groups asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive two groups of lawsuits claiming the government ha...

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It's Complicated: Government Wants To Hire Hackers

Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Defcon Hacker Conference, Defcon Hacker Convention, National Security Agency, Cybersecurity, u.s. Governemnt Hackers, Defcon Hacker, Defcon, Defcon Hackers, Governemnt Hackers, Hackers, Defcon Las Vegas, Technology News

By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency has a challenge for hackers who think they're hot stuff: prove it by wo...

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Sen. Mark Udall Questions Federal Surveillance Accountability

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Mark Udall, Center for Democracy and Technology, Ron Wyden, Illegal-Surveillance, National Security Agency, National Intelligence Office, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Illegal Wire Tapping, Fisa, Wire Tapping, Denver News

WASHINGTON — Like its predecessor, the Obama administration says it cannot count how many people in the U.S. have had their telephone calls and ...

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Case Unlikely To Deter Obama Administration's Vigorous Legal Attack On Leakers

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 08.11.2011

Read More: Nsa, Whistleblowers, Obama Whistleblowers, Espionage Act, Thomas Drake, Thomas Drake Whistleblower, National Security Agency, Obama Thomas Drake Case, Thomas Drake NSA, Obama Nsa Leak Case, Espionage, Obama Thomas Drake, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Criminal defendants of all stripes in national security cases, including Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North in the Iran-Contra affair and...

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Obama Admin Rebuffed In War Against Whistleblowers

AP | DOUGLAS BIRCH | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Thomas Drake Whistleblower, Nsa, National Security Agency, Whistleblowers, Thomas Drake NSA, Obama Whistleblowers, Espionage, Espionage Act, Thomas Drake, Politics News

BALTIMORE — Prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to drop their Espionage Act case against National Security Agency whistleblower Thomas Drak...

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Why Thomas Drake Is Not an Enemy of the State

Jesselyn Radack | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Nsa, Jesselyn Radack, National Security Agency, Whistleblowers, Espionage Act, Thomas Drake, Politics News
Jesselyn Radack

Former NSA senior official Thomas Drake is a whistleblower. Through legal and proper channels, he disclosed massive corruption, gross waste and mismanagement to tune of billions of taxpayer dollars, and widespread illegal domestic surveillance.

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How One Phone Call Led U.S. To Bin Laden's Doorstep

AP | By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Uss Carl Vinson, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Central Intelligence Agency, Osama Bin Laden Death, Geronimo Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Navy SEAL, John Brennan, Osama Bin Laden Killed, North Arabian Sea, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Abu Faraj Al-Libi, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cia, Abbottabad, Abbottabad Pakistan, Geronimo, National Security Agency, Abbottabad Compound, World News

WASHINGTON -- When one of Osama bin Laden's most trusted aides picked up the phone last year, he unknowingly led U.S. pursuers to the doorstep of his ...

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Brazil Doubles Down on China Trade

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Taiwan, Foxconn, Currency Wars, Lula, Imf, Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum Bill Clinton, Dilma, China, Brazil, Bell Labs, Ipad, Barack Obama, Globalism, Apple, National Security Agency, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Nican Republic, South Africa, Davos, Russia, India, World News
Eric Ehrmann

While American consumer culture drives Brazil's young, wired and affluent, the China deals are reminders of why Beijing has pulled ahead of Washington as Brazil's top trade partner.

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United States Lags in Top Math Students

Joanne Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Security Agency, Science, Pisa, Teachers, Math, Education News
Joanne Jacobs

Only 6 percent of U.S. students scored at the advanced level on the PISA 2006 math exam, compared to 28 percent of Taiwanese students and at least 20 percent of students in Hong Kong, Korea, and Finland.

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Take Michael Hayden Off the "Curtis LeMay Today List"

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charles Krauthammer, John Bolton, Carpet Bombing, Japan, Max Boot, Iran, Pugnatious Nationalists, Curtis LeMay, Directorate of National Intelligence, Bill Kristol, Liz Cheney, Middle East, Neoconservatives, National Security Agency, Elliot Abrams, Richard Perle, Joshua Muravchik, Politics News
Steve Clemons

We at The Washington Note move retired USAF General Michael Hayden out of the "Curtis LeMay Today List" that we are beginning to compile -- and back on to the roster of reasonably sensible strategists.

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Thomas A. Drake, Former NSA Exec, Pleads Not Guilty In Leak Case

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nsa, Thomas Drake and Nsa, Thomas A. Drake Newspaper, Thomas A. Drake NSA, Thomas Andrew Drake, Thomas Drake Photo, Thomas Drake NSA, Thomas Drake, Nsa Thomas Drake, Thomas A. Drake, National Security Agency, NSA Newspaper Leaks, Thomas A. Drake Indicted, Drake Nsa, Politics News

BALTIMORE — A former National Security Agency official pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he lied and obstructed justice in an investigat...

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Thomas A. Drake, Former NSA Exec, Indicted For Leaking Secrets To Newspaper

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas A. Drake Newspaper, Thomas A. Drake NSA, Nsa, Thomas A. Drake, National Security Agency, Thomas A. Drake Indicted, NSA Newspaper Leaks, Thomas Drake, Thomas Drake NSA, Thomas Andrew Drake, Drake Nsa, Thomas Drake Photo, Nsa Thomas Drake, Thomas Drake and Nsa, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A former senior executive at the National Security Agency was charged Thursday with lying and obstruction of justice in an investig...

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Cyber Command Nominee Keith Alexander: Military Must Return Cyber Attacks

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Keith Alexander, Cyber Attack, Cyber Security, Pentagon, Military, National Security Agency, Nsa, Cyber Command, Technology News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. should counter computer-based attacks swiftly and strongly and act to thwart or disable a threat even when the attacker's ...

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Court Ruling Highlights Need for New State Secrets Law

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Warrantless Wiretapping, Jeppesen Dataplan, Judge Vaughn Walker, State Secrets, Obama Doj, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Al-Haramain-Islamic-Foundation, Cia, State Secrets Privilege, National Security, Law and Security, National Security Agency, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the NSA's warrantless wiretapping of an Islamic charity and its lawyers during the Bush administration had violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

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NSA To Build $1.5 Billion Cybersecurity Data Center

InformationWeek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Data Center, Cybersecurity Data Center, National Security Agency, Cybersecurity, Nsa, NSA Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Center, NSA Cybersecurity Data Center, NSA Data Center, Technology News

The massive complex, comprising up to 1.5 million square feet of building space, will provide intelligence and warnings related to cybersecurity threa...

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Cartoon: al-Qaida's Statement

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Security Agency, Airport Security, President Obama, Terrorism, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Al Qaida, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Politics, World News
Sunil Adam

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