Unit 8200's dragnet was designed by a U.S.-trained general, is powered by American-owned cloud computing, and could spell the future for domestic surveillance at home.
The Cold War comedian and rumored Jell-O shot inventor had a lesser known side as an NSA operative.
You don't need to uncover a vast conspiracy to find valuable revelations—and without transparency, you don't know what revelations might be there.
The Agency depicts the cruelty and dehumanization involved in espionage work.
The fiasco around the “Syrian prisoner” filmed by CNN demonstrates that sometimes institutions aren’t the best judges of misinformation.
Go after bribes and espionage, but leave mere speech alone.
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The reaction to Ramzan Daraev’s death is an extreme example of anti-immigrant panic and national security paranoia.
As allegations of intellectual property theft swirl, a deeper look reveals a tale of phony numbers and twisted data.
As allegations of intellectual property theft swirl, a deeper look reveals a tale of phony numbers and twisted data.
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State power and oppressive surveillance serve as the backdrop for this animated spy comedy.
The journalist and podcast host on foreign policy, democracy, and habitual law breaking by the NSA, CIA, and FBI
The former president's retention of classified documents looks willful and arguably endangered national security.
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It's not Trump vs. Biden: High officials play fast and loose with government secrets, but only regular people face harsh penalties.
The open letter warns the indictment “threatens to undermine America’s First Amendment and the freedom of the press.”
The law has been abused to prosecute citizens for reasons other than spying. But there are better examples than Trump to highlight problems.
A senator and two congressmen team up to help protect whistleblowers from vindictive prosecution.
In a significant threat to the free press, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces decades in federal prison for leaking classified documents.
The fear that harsh federal jail conditions will lead to Assange’s suicide is the only reason he won’t face espionage charges in the U.S.
Let's not weaken cybersecurity even more.
The president has the worst record for clemency in modern history.
She’s nearly three years into a five-year sentence for releasing classified documents showing Russian attempts to hack U.S. election systems.
Somebody tell the FBI and Congress.
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It's not just the right to report that's under attack. It's also your right to be informed.
Journalists have long been used by governments, wittingly or not, to collect intel and spread disinformation.
"We shouldn't have to think about self-censoring what we say online."
And the guidelines for spying on journalists may be even looser under Trump.
The woman who leaked a report showing Russian attempts to infiltrate voting systems gets the longest sentence ever imposed for her offense.
Would she have gotten a better deal if she hadn't been denied bail?
Our terrible federal espionage laws won't let her argue the leak served the public's interest.
The FBI needed probable cause to believe he was an agent of a foreign power, a standard that is not hard to meet.
The FBI's handling of the Michael Flynn case is disturbing.
Charlaine Harris' books come to NBC while Russian agents invade CNN.
His recklessness doesn't necessarily weaken the executive branch. In fact the opposite may be true.
A failure of transparency and responsibility by multiple nations.
FBI got warrant to monitor Carter Page's communications.
Privacy concerns that are worth debating get sucked into White House fight.
Will assess whether anything illegal happened, but wouldn't provide details.
Fight over government control ignores issue of snooping on all the rest of us.
Don't let the fight over Russia's behavior allow interventionist answers to go unchallenged.
Please stop ignoring that government officials have agendas.
The FBI interrogated five of the former secretary of state's closest advisors, the same week it was reported that her private email server had been hacked.
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