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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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NSA's Cyber Power Grab

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Cybersecurity, Senate, Congress, Nsa, Drones, Mccain, Secure-It Act, Nsa Cyber Security, Technology News
Leslie Harris

Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and a group of Republican Senators introduced the SECURE-IT Act which gives the NSA some of what it wanted, a NSA led surveillance program, albeit by another name.

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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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A Brewing Battle Over Warrantless Wiretapping

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, Spying, Faa, Fisa, Fisa Amendments Act, George W. Bush, Politics News
Jameel Jaffer

The courts have a role to play in ensuring that government surveillance complies with the Constitution. We'll find out on Tuesday whether the Obama administration is finally willing to let the courts play that role.

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A High-Tech War On Leaks

nytimes.com | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Nsa, Whistleblowers, Journalism Leaks, Justice Department, Whistleblowers Journalism, War on Whistleblowers, Media News

It used to be that journalists had a sporting chance of protecting their sources. The best and sometimes only way to identify a leaker was to pressur...

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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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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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Is The U.S. Prosecuting An Honest Whistleblower?

The New Yorker | Posted 07.16.2011

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On June 13th, a fifty-four-year-old former government employee named Thomas Drake is scheduled to appear in a courtroom in Baltimore, where he will fa...

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Getting Communications Security Right

Susan Landau | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Wiretap, Communications, Security, Nsa, Surveillance, Internet Security, Crime, Gmail, Google China, Technology News
Susan Landau

The calculation is that on balance, the U.S. is better off with the deployment of strong cryptography than not. Each of these steps makes it easier for civilians to communicate securely.

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Kissinger of Egypt? Give Us a Break

Barry Lando | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Argentina, Henry Kissinger, Egypt, Nsa, South America, Muslim Brotherhood, State Department, Hosni Mubarak, Cesar August Guzzeti, Al Jazeera, Facebook, Omar Suleiman, World News
Barry Lando

Always comforting to have Henry Kissinger around to advise the current U.S. administration what to do. His latest advice to Obama? Slow down, take things easier, don't rush Egypt's sensitive leaders.

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Government's Earlier Failure to Act Clouds the Facts

Art Coviello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nsa, Cyber Attack, Npr, Encryption, Rsa Conference, Terrorism, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing, Estonia, Dhs, Corporate-Security, Cyberwar, Politics News
Art Coviello

Recent disparaging comments about private sector engagement in U.S. national cyber defense misrepresent collaboration and hard-won progress with the U.S. government and public sector.

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National Cryptologic Museum Lets Public Peek in on Secret World of Codebreaking

Karen Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Codebreaking, Nsa, National Cryptologic Museum, Spy Museums, World War 2 Museum, Travel News
Karen Rubin

Can't get enough of the WikiLeaks saga of unmasked state secrets? Still smarting over the revelation that the NSA was eavesdropping on Americans without a warrant? Then have I got a place for you.

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How to Turn Off WikiLeaks

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nsa, Internet, Cia, Special Ops, Taliban, Treason, Obama, Julian Assange, Afghan War Logs, Leaks, Wikileaks, Espionage, Plumbing, Bradley Manning, Home Repair, Politics News
Keith Thomson

How do we turn WikiLeaks off? As one of my intelligence community sources says, we need to eliminate MICE. By that he means Money, Ideology, Compromise, Ego, the common denominators of all leaks. In other words, leaks will persist as long as human nature does. A counter to the above carrots may be a swift and public stick so that potential leakers think twice, or a hundred times about interfering with military operations.

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Cloud Computing Powers up Cyberwar Threat

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Nsa, Google, Global Crossing, John Sawers MI6, Quantum Cryptography, Microsoft, Cloud Computing, Cold War, Magic Quadrant, Barack Obama, Outsourcing, Reliance Cable, Cia, Ambani Group, Groundswell, Hillary Clinton, Human Capital, William F. Lynn III, Public Diplomacy, Forrester Research, World Economic Forum, Silicon Valley, Gartner Research, France, Russia, Israel, Csis, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Aggressions triggered by economic warfare or even al-Qaeda-linked operators could foment cyberattacks -- turning a "cloud" target into toast in a matter of seconds.

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DHS-NSA in Cybersecurity Swap: Success to Be Named Later

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leslie Harris

This kind of a pairing often works in the movies -- the experienced partner brings knowledge and skill, while the new partner brings idealism. The danger, however, is that this becomes an altogether different kind of movie.

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Secrets in Plain Sight in Censored Book’s Reprint

nytimes.com | SCOTT SHANE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nsa, Pentagon, Cia, Defense Intelligence Agency, Operation Dark Heart, Anthony Shaffer, Cia Censors, Defense Department, Pentagon Censors, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency, headquarters for the government's eavesdroppers and code breakers, has been located at Fort Meade, Md., fo...

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FBI's Latest Power Grab Is a Bold and Unnecessary Move

Michelle Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patriot Act, Internet Privacy, Gag Orders, National Security Letters, Nsa, Spying, Aclu, Fbi, Technology News
Michelle Richardson

The administration is asking Congress to give the FBI more of your private information without even going to a judge. We're asking Congress to reject this power grab and side with the Constitution -- just as their oath of office demands.

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NSA's 'Perfect Citizen' Program To Create Cyber Shield

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the program," the National Security Agency is readying an "expansive" ...

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Federal Eavesdropping Program to Take Over Arizona Immigration, Nation Relieved

Chris Michael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, Bush Administration, Eavesdropping, Doj, Arizona Immigration, George W. Bush, Obama Doj, sb1070, Obama Administration, Mexico, Bush Doj, Department of Justice, Spying, Chris Michael, Domestic Spying, Comedy News
Chris Michael

WASHINGTON--Arizona's controversial new immigration bill has come under serious fire this past week by requiring state law enforcement officials to st...

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Chertoff Suggests Special Ops Takeout Cyber-Attacking Servers?

Josh Rushing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Rushing, Nsa, Google, Al Jazeera English, Cyberattacks, Special Ops, Computer Hacking, Fault Lines, Cybersecurity, Google China, Cyberwar, Michael Chertoff, Cybercrime, Ghostnet, Al Jazeera, Hacking, Computer Hackers, Cyber Espionage, Hackers, Politics News
Josh Rushing

Did Michael Chertoff, former director of Homeland Security, seriously suggest the possibility of responding with special forces to takeout the servers...

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

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Report 1.8 Billion Cyber Attacks Per Month

Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Nsa, US Stratcom, Business News
Robert Siciliano

While the US government sits high on its perch, snipers are taking aim 60 million times a day. The Senate Security Operations Center alone receives 13.9 million of those attempts per day.

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