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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: Joe Biden, The New York Times, George W. Bush, Politics, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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Obama: NSA secret data gathering 'transparent'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. "It is transparent," Obama...
Tags: National Security Agency, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Politics, U.S. Congress, Dick Cheney
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Yosemite's historic 'Buffalo Soldiers' up for national recognition
WASHINGTON -- In the late 19th century and early 20th century, black troopers called the "Buffalo Soldiers" patrolled Yosemite and Sequoia national parks in California. But many visitors to the national parks are unaware of the role played by these...
Tags: Yosemite National Park, National Parks, Human Interest, Barbara Boxer
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Moves to limit contractor access to secrets meets resistance
Reuters(Reuters) - Industry executives and some corners of the U.S. intelligence community are pushing back against possible legislative moves to curb contractors' access to classified information. Following leaks by former National Security Agency contractor...Tags: Rick Larsen, National Security Agency, Politics, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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NSA head, lawmakers defend surveillance programs
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Mark Udall, Media Industry, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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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: NBC (tv network), Planned Parenthood, National Security Agency, Substance Abuse, Politics
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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: Jane Harman, National Security Agency, Politics, Lawyers, Ron Wyden
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Congress members urge NASA to spare planetary science funding
Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday. In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), urged the space agency to maintain funding levels for...
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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: NBC (tv network), National Security Agency, Politics, Ron Wyden, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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Surveillance thwarted attack on Danish newspaper -White House
ReutersBy Mark Felsenthal and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government's surveillance of phone and Internet communications led to the 2009 arrest of a Chicago man who was planning to bomb a Danish newspaper that had published...Tags: Jyllands-Posten (newspaper), Punishment, Politics, Electronics, U.S. Senate
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WRAPUP 1-FBI says U.S. will hold Snowden responsible for NSA leaks
Reuters* Mueller says "all necessary steps" being taken against Snowden * Tells Congress surveillance reports hurt national security * Rand Paul urges Americans to join class-action lawsuit By David Ingram and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters)...Tags: John Conyers, Jr., Politics, Justin Amash, The Washington Post, FBI
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FBI says U.S. will hold Snowden responsible for NSA leaks
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday that authorities would move aggressively to track down Edward Snowden and hold him accountable for leaking the details of extensive and top-secret U.S. surveillance efforts. Mueller...Tags: John Conyers, Jr., Loretta Sanchez, Beijing (China), National Security Agency, Justin Amash
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