WMD commission criticizes Homeland Security oversight

By Sarah Laskow

A progress report released today by a federal commission reiterates earlier warnings on the dangers inherent in Congress’s crazy-quilt overs

Draft legislation undercuts Bush domestic spying rationale

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2006 — A Justice Department memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration

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"… surveillance of Americans without court review.Some critics of the ongoing National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program believe the 2003 memo undermines the position Pr …"

How the plotters slipped U.S. net

LONDON, October 10, 2001 — As US forces converge on Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden's satellite phone has not been cut off. But calls to the te

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"… was heard advising Taliban leaders to promote heroin exports to the west. National Security Agency (NSA) officials even played recordings of him talking to his mother to sec …"

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Interview: Not in the U.S. of A?

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2003 — A month before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and all of the increased government secrecy that

National Security Agency mismanages info technology

By The Center for Public Integrity

Inability to keep up with modern communications creates "boondoggle" at NSA

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"… ose associated with the Federal Information Security Management Act.” …"

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Obama order protects intelligence community whistleblowers

By David Axe

A new executive order provides protections shunned by House Republicans.

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"… s in the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and other intelligence organizations. Until now, these agencies were not s …"

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Secret court judge attended expenses-paid terrorism seminar

By Chris Young

Secret court member embroiled in phone records controversy attended expenses-paid terrorism seminar.

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"… rict Judge Roger Vinson, who signed an order requiring Verizon to give the National Security Agency telephone records for tens of millions of American customers, attended an …"

Winning contractors

U.S. contractors reap the windfalls of post-war reconstruction

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"… r until October 2003, is a retired U.S. Navy admiral who once directed the National Security Agency and served as deputy director of central intelligence. Inman is also a mem …"

The sincerest form of flattery

By M. Asif Ismail

Private equity firms follow in Carlyle Group's footsteps

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Security Agency":

"… ster of ex-officials includes former CIA Director James Woolsey and former National Security Agency director Kenneth A. Minihan, both principals of the Washington-based firm. …"