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U.S. spy programs raise ire both home and abroad
The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of thwarting terrorist threats. But a senior intelligence official said there are no plans to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Security Agency, Employees, Susan Collins
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Feinstein: Petraeus agrees to testify on Benghazi attacks
Associated PressThe head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to testify to Congress about the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Sen....Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Libya, Benghazi, Christopher Stevens, FBI
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Pitiful story of boy's slaying should melt 'cold' hearts
"The murder was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner," said Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Maureen O'Brien, speaking last week to reporters about the recent stabbing death of a 14-year-old River Grove youth, allegedly at the...Tags: Autism, Ron Wyden, National Security Agency, Jarmes R. Clapper, Autism Speaks
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Edward Snowden's not the first to make claims about NSA
WASHINGTON — Mathematician William Binney worked for the National Security Agency for four decades, and in the late 1990s he helped design a system to sort through the digital data the agency was sucking up in the exploding universe of bits and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Substance Abuse, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Security Agency, Lawyers
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Column: Head-in-the-sand Congress
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is hopping mad. Sensenbrenner considers himself the father of the Patriot Act, the 2001 law that gave the federal government new powers to investigate potential...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, National Security Agency, Judges, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Surveillance leaks show Obama's hypocrisy
The revelation that the federal government has spied on millions of supposedly private phone and Internet communications makes President Barack Obama's headache over the IRS targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exemptions seem like a passing...Tags: The New York Times, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Verizon Communications
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Fire James Clapper, then put him in the dock
Change of SubjectI invite my most clever, lawyerly comment contributors to make the case that National Intelligence Director James Clapper (right) did not brazenly commit perjury during his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 12. Oregon Democrat Ron... -
Senators introduce bill requiring greater disclosure of NSA programs
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators is introducing new legislation that they say will provide greater transparency of National Security Agency surveillance programs, the first significant legislative response to the revelation of the...Tags: Patrick Leahy, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, National Security Agency, Mike Lee
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NSA aftershocks: Leak inspires lawsuit, letters of protest
WASHINGTON — The massive leaks about U.S. spying systems caused sharp political and legal aftershocks Tuesday as the Justice Department prepared to file criminal charges against Edward Snowden, a government contractor who has publicly admitted...
Tags: National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, National Security, Robert Mueller, National Security Agency
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Five things to note about NSA surveillance programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden identified himself Sunday as a principal source behind revelations about the National Security Agency's sweeping phone and Internet surveillance programs. Five things to know about the disclosures: — THE...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, National Security Agency, FBI, Arts and Culture
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Letters: Jury is still out on Edward Snowden
Re "Hero or criminal?," Editorial, June 11, and "Analyst admits to cyber-spying leaks," June 10 Senate Intelligence Committee head Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has called Edward J. Snowden's admitted leaking of the National Security Agency's extensive...
Tags: National Government, National Security Agency, Dianne Feinstein, Politics, PRISM (surveillance program)
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US spy programs raise ire both home and abroad
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of thwarting terrorist threats. But a senior intelligence official said...
Tags: National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Macungie, National Security Agency
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