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NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on...
Tags: Mike J. Rogers, Terrorism, Subway Transportation, FBI, Computer Networking and Internet
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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: Media Industry, Terrorism, Google Inc., PBS (tv network), FBI
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All cheers for surveillance
WASHINGTON — The Founders created a system of checks and balances. Those overseeing the nation's spying have switched to a system of cheers and bouquets. This was the impression given by members of the House intelligence committee as they held...Tags: Mike J. Rogers, FBI, Prosecution, Edward Snowden, National Security Agency
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One Republican calls it quits, another jumps in
A generational shift within the Maryland Republican Party picked up steam Tuesday as a veteran GOP senator called an end to her legislative career and a conservative favorite launched an audacious challenge to an incumbent Democratic congressman. State...
Tags: Calvert County, U.S. Senate, Anthony J O'Donnell, Elections, U.S. Secret Service
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Elizabeth Paul: Our Democratic office holders have fought for Washington County
As I read the June 6 letter to the editor by the Washington County Republican Central Committee, I was surprised by their promising new position on tax dollars. In the column, the local Republican party leaders clearly acknowledge the importance of...Tags: Business, U.S. Senate, Benjamin L. Cardin, Elections, Politics
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NSA director says agency programs stopped around 50 terror plots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense...
Tags: G8, Mike J. Rogers, Jarmes R. Clapper, FBI, PBS (tv network)
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NSA head says U.S. surveillance thwarted more than 50 attacks
ReutersBy Patricia Zengerle and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. National Security Agency on Tuesday defended the broad surveillance of Americans' phone and Internet data as a vital security tool and said it had helped...Tags: Today (tv program), Terrorism, FBI, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Edward Snowden
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NSA surveillance sparks privacy debate
You make a call from your land line or text a friend from your smartphone. You browse an online retailer for clothing, a book or music; you create a wish list or write a review. You walk past a security camera outside your home; you use GPS to find...
Tags: Donna F. Edwards, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Media Industry, Sports, Verizon Communications
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Ruppersberger to speak at opening of lacrosse benefit for Wounded Warrior Project
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger has a lot on his mind. As the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, he's had to defend the secret domestic surveillance program revealed to British Newspaper The Guardian by a former Maryland resident. And he'...
Tags: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Sports, Lacrosse
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Ulman and Brown: the power of two
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Howard County Executive Ken Ulman shook up Maryland's 2014 gubernatorial race by announcing they will run as a ticket for the Democratic nomination in 2014. Politically and electorally, it's a shrewd and gutsy move. Picking...
Tags: Regional Authority, Elections, Michael Steele, Anthony G. Brown, Douglas F. Gansler
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Inevitability and the race for governor
The 2014 Maryland governor's race has been shaping up so far as a fight about inevitability. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler long fostered the sense of his own lock on the job through a massive campaign war chest. Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown countered...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, Democratic Party, Anthony G. Brown, Douglas F. Gansler
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Fight cyberattacks, not privacy
A Defense Science Board report made public last week contained shocking allegations about the extent of Chinese military hacking of American defense technologies. Though China's government denies it — huffily insisting that it has no need for...
Tags: National Government, Mike J. Rogers, Dianne Feinstein, Computer Networking and Internet, China
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