

Nation Jun 30

The National Security Agency is deleting more than 685 million call records the government obtained since 2015 from telecommunication companies in connection with investigations.
By Deb Riechmann and Susannah George, Associated Press
World May 15

If the government can detect that there is a hole in a company's software that makes it vulnerable to attack, do they have an obligation to tell that company, even if it gives away the government's tool for conducting surveillance?…
By PBS NewsHour
Politics Jan 05

President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks, but don't expect many famous offenders to make the list.
By Josh Lederman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Politics Dec 26

A federal board responsible for protecting Americans against abuses by spy agencies faces an uncertain future just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press
Nov 20

By Associated Press
Rep. Devin Nunes asked the intelligence chief and defense secretary to answer questions about reports that they recommended the ouster of the NSA director.
Oct 21

By PBS NewsHour
The National Security Agency contractor accused of mishandling massive amounts of classified data has been deemed a flight risk. In August, Harold Martin was arrested at his home in Maryland, where the equivalent of half a billion pages of documents…
Oct 06

By Eric Tucker and Tami Abdollah, Associated Press
The arrest of a National Security Agency contractor accused of stealing classified information represents the second known case of a government contractor being publicly accused of removing secret data from the intelligence agency since 2013.
Oct 05

By PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama praised the Paris climate agreement, set to take effect next month, as “the best possible shot to save the one planet that we’ve got.” Also, the United Nations Security Council agreed that Antonio…
Sep 15

By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press
A House intelligence committee report on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says he's not a whistleblower and that the vast majority of the documents he stole were military and defense secrets.
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