The History Behind America's Most Secretive Court
This week TheGuardian newspaper shared with its readers a document that few people ever get to see — an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court telling Verizon to share countless phone...
View ArticleWill Surveillance Disclosure Lead To More Oversight Of NSA?
When surveillance laws were revised in 2012, Congress expressed great concerns that without proper oversight intelligence agencies would engage in the sort of monitoring that has been uncovered in...
View ArticleService Members Undergo Sexual Assault Prevention Training
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: All this month, members of the military have been in sessions focusing on how to prevent sexual assault. It's part of a stand-down declared Secretary of Defense Chuck...
View ArticleGay Military Spouses To Benefit From Supreme Court Ruling
Gay spouses of service members have long been denied the substantial benefits available to heterosexual couples. Now, Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act means...
View ArticleDefense Contractors See Their Futures In Developing World
Defense manufacturers worldwide are facing tough times ahead, as tight budgets force Western governments to cut spending. But while the West is cutting back, developing countries around the world are...
View ArticlePrivacy Board To Scrutinize Surveillance Programs
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board holds its first public workshop on the implications of two NSA programs uncovered by the media. The board is getting into action just as the Obama...
View ArticleIn A First, Unmanned Navy Jet Lands On Aircraft Carrier
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View ArticleHow A Look At Your Gmail Reveals The Power Of Metadata
Sometimes you have to give up a little privacy in order to find out how much — or how little — privacy you really have. So I handed over the keys to my Gmail account to Cesar Hidalgo, a professor at...
View ArticleThe Drums Of War, Poolside Edition
NPR's Larry Abramson is traveling with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who is in Brunei's capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, for a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus, or ASEAN Plus....
View ArticleLawmakers Struggle With Wording Of Syria Resolution
Congress is trying to fashion language that would restrict U.S. involvement in Syria from escalating. But lawmakers often find it uncomfortable to rein in the commander in chief once U.S. forces have...
View ArticleU.S. Mulls Over More Possible Targets For Syria Strike
As U.S. lawmakers weigh whether to support an attack on the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, military planners have expanded the target list for a potential strike.The Pentagon had been focused...
View ArticleOn Budget Issues, Pentagon's Rhetoric Is Challenged
The budget battles in Washington have inspired the need for some verbal gymnastics that have challenged even the most adept doublespeakers at the Pentagon. As one member of the House pointed out today,...
View ArticleIs The U.S. Collecting Cellphone Location Data?
Is the National Security Agency collecting cellphone tracking information on millions of Americans?After a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, we still can't be sure. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has...
View ArticleHow The Shutdown Is Affecting The Military
Larry Abramson, who covers national security for NPR, sent us this missive, about how the shutdown of the federal government is affecting the Pentagon:If you are a soldier, sailor, airman or marine,...
View ArticleFISA Court: We Approve 99 Percent Of Wiretap Applications
A letter (pdf) released today by a special surveillance court clears up some misconceptions about legal oversight for government wiretap activities. Responding to a letter from Senate Judiciary...
View ArticleWest Point Women: A Natural Pattern Or A Camouflage Ceiling?
At the 200-year-old U.S. Military Academy at West Point, tradition dictates everything. That includes the habit of having freshmen stand in the yard everyday and call cadets to lunch. It's also...
View ArticleWho Has The Right To Know Where Your Phone Has Been?
You probably know, or should know, that your cellphone is tracking your location everywhere you go. But whether law enforcement officials should have access to that data is at the center of a...
View ArticleREAD: Bipartisan Bill To End NSA's Domestic Bulk Collection
Bipartisan concern on Capitol Hill about data from Americans' phone and Internet records being vacuumed up by the National Security Agency has led to an unusual alliance involving a prominent House...
View ArticlePentagon Pushes States On Benefits For Same-Sex Couples
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has directed the National Guard Bureau to resolve a dispute that is making it difficult for same-sex couples to receive military benefits.The Pentagon started to...
View ArticleA Controversial Week For The NSA
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, the National Security Agency fought back against criticism of it's operations following leaks from former contractor Edward Snowden that have revealed some of...
View ArticleWho Owns The Archives Of A Vanishing Iraqi Jewish World?
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View ArticleGoogle Says It's Getting Far More User-Data Requests From Government
Google says the number of requests it gets from the U.S. government for user information is rising — fast.The company released new details Thursday showing such requests have more than doubled since...
View ArticleKarzai's Political Games Overshadow Hagel's Visit To Afghanistan
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel returned to the Middle East today, after a weekend tour of Afghanistan and a stop in Pakistan. Hagel's visit to Afghanistan was...
View ArticleIn Qatar, Hagel Tours Command Center That May Or May Not Exist
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visited the Combined Air and Space Operations Center in the tiny Persian Gulf nation of Qatar on Tuesday morning, the last leg of a tour that has also taken him to...
View ArticleAir Force's Beloved 'Warthog' Targeted For Retirement
Jeff Duford is standing next to an A-10, one of the most beloved planes of all time. It's painted green, a clue that it was designed for a threat that has disappeared — it was built at the height of...
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