List of National Security Agency articles
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GettyImages-497505872crop Paris Attacks Reopen Crypto Wars
From Apple to WhatsApp, tech companies are using sophisticated encryption technologies to thwart government spying. After Paris, top officials want to force firms to lower those walls.
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GettyImages-175684448 Former CIA Chief: Carson’s Instincts the Foreign-Policy Class of the GOP Presidential Field
Michael Hayden says Ben Carson is the most impressive GOP candidate when it comes to foreign policy.
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JK Kerry Flags Security Threat From Climate Change
Just ahead of the Paris summit, America’s top diplomat is trying to bolster support for an ambitious global climate change accord by stressing the security implications of a warming world.
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GettyImages-492661504 Is Germany, Europe’s Rock, Starting to Crumble?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel saved the eurozone this summer. But a number of homegrown issues are straining her leadership.
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GettyImages-466108394crop Judge Orders Limits on NSA Spy Program 20 Days Before It Ends
Judge Richard Leon limits what he calls a "sweeping and truly astounding program that targets millions of Americans arbitrarily and indiscriminately."
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LASSENPLUS Washington’s Muddled Message in the South China Sea
The Obama administration deployed a destroyer to the South China Sea to send a signal to Beijing. But what signal did it send?
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-globalthinkers Why Water Is a Fundamental National Security Issue
2014 Global Thinker Arye Kohavi and writer Charles Fishman explain why the world’s water problems are solvable — if it weren’t for the clunky policies standing in the way.
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 02: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper speaks about threats to the US during the Defense One annual Summit November 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. Clapper spoke about what should be a priority to the US in the ageÊevolving threats. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) U.S. Intel Chief: Too Soon to Say if Islamic State Downed Russian Jetliner
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the United States doesn’t have any “direct evidence” that terrorists downed a Russian airliner in Egypt Saturday, but said he couldn’t conclusively rule out that the Islamic State had the capability to shoot down such a craft.
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LASSEN China Lambasts ‘Illegal’ U.S. Operation in South China Sea
Washington sent a U.S. warship through a disputed waterway to show it wouldn’t respect China’s claims to disputed waters. Turns out Beijing didn’t really like that very much.
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (C) leaves after a House Republican Conference meeting October 21, 2015 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Rep. Ryan said he is open to running for Speaker of the House if the GOP will unify behind him. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) What Is Paul Ryan’s Foreign Policy?
Is the GOP’s next leader a defense hawk or a budget hawk?
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: (AFP OUT) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talks to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during an arrival ceremony for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the South Lawn of the White House October 13, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Later in the day Lee is scheduled to hold a joint press conference with Obama and also address a joint meeting of Congress. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images) Will Biden Haunt Hillary’s Presidential Campaign?
The vice president vowed to speak out if Hillary sways from Obama’s foreign policy. Here are the top five times the two disagreed on national security.
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IMG_0332[1] Natural Security: Oklahoma is not Okay
In 2008, there were two earthquakes in Oklahoma registering 3.0 or greater magnitude on the Richter scale.
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN -OCTOBER 03: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff are seen during a surgery after a US airstrike on MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on October 03, 2015. An Afghan health official has said a U.S. air strike early Saturday morning in the northern city of Kunduz has killed 9 people and wounded 37 people, including 19 MSF staff. (Photo by MSF/Pool/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Doctors Without Borders Staff Killed in Afghanistan After Airstrikes
At least 19 people were killed, including 12 Doctors Without Borders staffers, and 37 seriously injured Saturday after U.S. air strikes near the organization’s hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
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GettyImages-467174146_gay_natsec1 What It’s Like to Be Gay in the Ultra-Masculine NatSec Community
Even post-“don’t ask, don’t tell,” it’s still a world of homophobic slurs and awkward questions about my “wife.”
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Bamford-Final-Flat What @Snowden Told Me About the NSA’s Cyberweapons
From MonsterMind to TreasureMap, we’ve only just scratched the surface of the United States’ hyper-clandestine offensive capabilities.
