Search Results for ‘wyden’ — 60 articles
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Spy agency officials face heat in congress, and take their message on the road
The big NSA spying news this week is that analysts can spy on the communications and query the phone and internet records of people "three hops" away from a suspect. That means potentially hundreds of millions of people are under the NSA's microscope, to a degree that officials had previously never confirmed, or in some cases actively denied.
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State Department cable on surveillance contradicts top official’s congressional testimony
President Bush swearing in Mike McConnell as director of national intelligence in 2007.
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Notes on a scandal: the NSA and our burgeoning surveillance state
I'll have a lot more to say about the NSA spying scandal in the coming days, weeks and probably years, but for now I simply want to highlight what strike me as key, if under-discussed, details.
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Terror Tuesday: Killer drones get attention as Obama gets his man
It’s been a very good week for Senator Rand Paul (R-KY).
His March 6th filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA was ‘historic’ on a number of fronts.
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Terror Tuesday: the imperiled Constitution
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Why would President Obama say a “decade of war” is over when it isn’t?
President Obama's inaugural address made him sound like a new man. "We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war," he said. He told us that "a decade of war" is ending under his watch.
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