Nation Apr 04 Trump abruptly shakes up NSA leadership amid pressure from right-wing activist By Geoff Bennett, Sonia Kopelev, Dan Sagalyn
Politics Apr 04 Congress demands answers after Trump abruptly fires head of National Security Agency President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move. By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
Nation Mar 14 Whistleblower Mark Klein, who brought NSA’s mass surveillance of Americans to light, dies at 79 Mark Klein, a whistleblower who exposed a National Security Agency program of mass government spying on American internet traffic in the 2000s, has died. By Dan Cooney
Politics May 28 NSA says Russian agents have been hacking major email program The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating 2017 malware attack has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier. By Frank Bajak, Associated Press
Nation Jun 30 NSA deletion of call records raising questions 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
Feb 14 Suspect injured, SUV stopped after shooting at NSA gate By Brian Witte, Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. — Several people were hospitalized after a shooting Wednesday morning outside the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, but none of the injuries were caused by gunfire, the spy agency said. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 2:46 Lawmakers call for changes to surveillance act By PBS News Hour Lawmakers are discussing the renewal of the FISA Amendments Act, which allows the surveillance of foreigners outside of the U.S. And while there is generally bipartisan support for the act on national security grounds, reports show that the National Security… Continue watching
Sep 25 Intelligence officials ask Congress to renew foreign surveillance authority By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The program has been a source of endless debate in recent years between security officials and privacy advocates who complain that information about Americans also is being swept up. Continue reading
Jul 17 U.S. to create the independent U.S. Cyber Command, split off from NSA By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press After months of delay, the Trump administration is finalizing plans to revamp the nation's military command in hopes of intensifying America's ability to wage cyberwar against the Islamic State group, according to U.S. officials. Continue reading
Jun 06 U.S. contractor arrested after leak of Russia hacking report By Deb Riechmann and Russ Bynum, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal contractor has been arrested following the leak of a classified intelligence report that suggests Russian hackers attacked at least one U.S. voting software supplier days before last year's presidential election. Continue reading