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Obama State Secrets Privilege Affidavit Sounds Just Like Bush

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush Transparency, Obama National Security Agency, Obama Secrecy, Obama Surveillance, Obama Justice Department, Obama Transparency, George W. Bush, President Obama, Eric Holder, Obama Bush Secrecy, Eric Holder Transparency, Obama Bush Transparency, Obama State Secrets Privilege, George W. Bush Secrecy, National Security Agency, Politics News

When Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the "state secrets" privilege to quash a lawsuit alleging illegal National Security Agency spying last Frida...

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NSA To Build $1.5 Billion Cybersecurity Data Center

InformationWeek | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology

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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Was Izzy an Agent?

D. D. Guttenplan | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Kgb, Communism, I.F. Stone, Ron Radosh, Spies, National Security Agency, Cold War, Media News
D. D. Guttenplan

I've always had a soft spot for Ron Radosh. This may seem surprising, particularly since Radosh just penned an attack on me, my I.F. Stone biography, ...

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Extent Of NSA's E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns In Congress

New York Times | JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress s...

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NSA Ill-Suited for Domestic Cybersecurity Role

Frank Naif | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, Private Contractors, National Security, Domestic Surveillance, Defense Contractors, Cybersecurity, National Security Agency, Obama National Security, NSA Wiretapping, James Bamford, Domestic Spying, Cyber Czar, Politics News
Frank Naif

Does the federal government need to be involved in coordinating private sector cybersecurity? Perhaps, but only in a coordinating role.

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Judge Who Ordered Judith Miller Jailed Appointed To Spy Court

Raw Story | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Thomas F. Hogan, Spy Court, Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Wiretapping, National Security Agency, Court, Judith Miller, Politics News

The judge who ordered former New York Times journalist Judith Miller jailed for refusing to reveal her sources has been appointed to the Foreign Intel...

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Obama Blackberry In Final Stages Of Development At NSA

Washington Times | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blackberry, Obama Blackberry, National Security Agency, Barack Obama, BlackBerry 8830, Obama Blackberry Addiction, Politics News

President Obama will soon get his souped-up, high-security BlackBerry for use in and around the White House and during presidential travel, said Obama...

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Ryan Grim

Pelosi Denies Being Threatened By Funder Over Harman

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Haim Saban, Jane Harman, Nancy Pelosi, National Security Agency, Politics News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) denied Tuesday that a Democratic donor, Haim Saban, threatened to withhold campaign contributions if Pelosi woul...

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Jane Harman Denies Interceding In Israeli Spy Case

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Nsa, Jane Harman, Spying, Jane Harman Nsa, National Security Agency, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is considering dropping its case against two former pro-Israel lobbyists accused of illegally disclosing nat...

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Ryan Grim

Sen. Jay Rockefeller Speculated NSA Was Wiretapping Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Earlier this year, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) speculated that the National Security Agency may have wiretapped him. His statement came at the very...

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Ryan Grim

Which Congressman Did NSA Try To Wiretap Without A Warrant?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, National Security Agency, Congress, Nsa Spying, Nsa Spied on Member of Congress, John Mchugh, Politics News

The National Security Agency sought to wiretap a member of Congress without a warrant, the New York Times reported Thursday. The paper couldn't determ...

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Intel Court Expected To Okay Bush's Warrantless Wiretapping

New York Times | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, National Security Agency Wiretapping, George W. Bush, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, National Security Agency, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Intelligence Court, Dick Cheney, Politics News

A federal intelligence court, in a rare public opinion, is expected to issue a major ruling validating the power of the president and Congress to wire...

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The Whistleblower Who Tried to Prevent the Iraq War

Norman Solomon | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Norman Solomon

A new book, The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War explains in personal, political and historic terms what Katharine Gun did.

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Google Recruited By CIA For Spy Work

London Times | Jonathan Richards | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

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Google has been recruited by US intelligence agencies to help them better process and share information they gather about suspects. Agencies such as ...

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Bush Admin Plan To Broaden Wiretapping Powers Gains Victory In Senate

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government Surveillance, National Security Agency, Eavesdropping, Nsa, Warantless Eavesdropping, Wiretappin Program, Wiretapping, Politics News

A White House plan to broaden the National Security Agency's wiretapping powers won a key procedural victory in the Senate on Thursday, as backers def...

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Ex-CEO: Spy Agency Sought Phone Company Help Months Before 9/11

The New York Times | Scott Shane | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Wiretapping, National Security Agency, Nsa, Qwest, Joseph P. Nacchio, Surveillance, Business News

The phone company Qwest Communications refused a proposal from the National Security Agency that the company's lawyers considered illegal in February ...

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Former CEO Says NSA Punished Phone Firm

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima and Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Wiretapping, Warrantless Wiretapping, National Security Agency, Nsa, Qwest, Domestic Surveillance, Joseph P. Nacchio, Business News

A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew a $100 mil...

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Two Months After Vow To Reign In NSA, Dem Concessions On Wiretapping Expected

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU and CARL HULSE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Wiretapping, National Security Agency, George W Bush, Congress, Democrats, White House Telecommunications, Home News

Two months after vowing to roll back broad new wiretapping powers won by the Bush administration, Congressional Democrats appear ready to make concess...

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NSA Schools Reporters On Damage Of Leaks

New York Sun | Josh Gerstein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Frustrated by press leaks about its most sensitive electronic surveillance work, the secretive National Security Agency convened an unprecedented seri...

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