US congressmen call for end to surveillance programs
Lawmakers voiced their confusion and concern, and some called for the end of sweeping surveillance programs by US spy agencies after receiving an unusual briefing on the government’s years-long...
View ArticleNSA chief says data disrupted 'dozens' of plots
The head of the US electronic spying agency has defended the massive surveillance programmes newly revealed by a former intelligence worker. In a US Senate hearing, National Security...
View ArticleIntelligence officials tell reps spy programs necessary to protect U.S.
Updated: June 12, 2013 2:44AM WASHINGTON — Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the...
View ArticleNSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of terror attacks
WASHINGTON — The director of the National Security Agency says surveillance programs have disrupted or helped disrupt dozens of terrorist attacks. NSA director Keith Alexander defended the programs at...
View ArticleNSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks
Photos WASHINGTON - (AP) -- The director of the National Security Agency said Wednesday that once-secret surveillance programs disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks, explicitly describing for Congress...
View ArticleInternet and phone surveillance programs have disrupted dozens of attacks,...
WASHINGTON -- The director of the National Security Agency said Wednesday that once-secret surveillance programs disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks, explicitly describing for Congress how the...
View ArticleUS spy data 'prevented attacks'
The US electronic spying chief has said massive surveillance programmes newly revealed by an ex-intelligence worker had disrupted dozens of terror plots. In a US Senate hearing, National Security...
View ArticleDid Intel Dir. James Clapper Lie to Congress? It's Complicated
When someone who knows top-secret information is asked about it in a public congressional hearing, what should he or she do? "The traditional answer is so easy: 'Frankly, senator, I'm unable to answer...
View ArticleSnowden leaks: NSA's Keith Alexander to brief Senate
The US electronic spying chief has promised to give the entire US Senate a rare classified briefing later about dozens of terror plots he says were thwarted by secret surveillance. On Wednesday,...
View ArticleNSA surveillance: anger mounts in Congress at 'spying on Americans'
Anger was mounting in Congress on Tuesday night as politicians, briefed for the first time after revelations about the government's surveillance dragnet, vowed to rein in a system that one said...
View ArticleIntelligence officials brief Congress on surveillance programs
WASHINGTON - Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the government's years-long...
View ArticleCongress briefed on US surveillance programs
WASHINGTON -- Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the government's years-long...
View ArticleNSA leaker comes forward, warns of agency's 'existential threat'
June 9, 2013 -- Updated 2236 GMT (0636 HKT) (CNN) -- A 29-year-old computer technician for a U.S. defense contractor leaked details of a top-secret American program that sifts through reams of data...
View ArticleNSA surveillance 101: What US intelligence agencies are doing, what they know
Civil Libertarians have long worried that pursuing terrorists via database-driven surveillance could lead to a serious incursion into Americans’ rights. It became clear this month that US intelligence...
View Article>Clapper unscathed after 'erroneous' remarks
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the director of national intelligence, James Clapper has told Congress that the regime of Moammar Gadhafi would likely prevail in Libya, that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood party was...
View ArticleClapper Unscathed After "Erroneous" Remarks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the director of national intelligence, James Clapper has told Congress that the regime of Moammar Gadhafi would likely prevail in Libya, that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood party was...
View ArticleClapper unscathed after 'erroneous' remarks
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this April 18, 2013 file photo, National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The White House and key lawmakers are standing by...
View ArticleNSA surveillance critics to testify before Congress
Democrat congressman Alan Grayson says hearing will help to stop 'constant misleading information' from intelligence chiefs Grayson said: 'I am concerned that we have heard from James Clapper … but...
View ArticleMangled facts, secrecy brew confusion about NSA
WASHINGTON Wondering what the U.S. government might know about your phone calls and online life? And whether all of this really helps find terrorists? Good luck finding solid answers. Americans trying...
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WASHINGTON — Wondering what the U.S. government might know about your phone calls and online life? And whether all of this really helps find terrorists? Good luck finding solid answers. Americans...
View ArticleWhite House scrambles to shut down imminent vote to defund NSA spying
A showdown is set to take place in the US House of Representatives today in what many hope will be a watershed moment for the fight against the National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance...
View ArticleMangled facts, secrecy brew confusion over agency
Americans trying to wrap their minds around two giant surveillance programs are confronted with a mishmash of leaks, changing claims and secrecy. Members of Congress complain that their constituents...
View ArticleNSA director tells Congress that programs disrupted dozens of attacks
Washington • The director of the National Security Agency said Wednesday that once-secret surveillance programs disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks, explicitly describing for Congress how the...
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