Read more National Security Agency stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6869/national-security-agency.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:19:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65486/plan-could-divine-missing-watergate-minutes-csi-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Watergate hobbyist has a plan to discover what was discussed during the 18½ minutes erased from a taped conversation between President Nixon and his chief of staff after the break-in. Phil Mellinger doesn’t want to examine the tape itself; that's been done without success. He says the answer lies...http://www.newser.com/story/65486/plan-could-divine-missing-watergate-minutes-csi-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 16:08:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61779/pentagons-cybercommand-raises-privacy-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlans to put America's cybersecurity under the control of the Pentagon are raising some thorny privacy and diplomacy issues, the New York Times reports. President Obama has insisted that the military, under the cybercommand being developed, will not be monitoring private sector networks and Internet traffic—but Pentagon officials say...http://www.newser.com/story/61779/pentagons-cybercommand-raises-privacy-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 13 Jun 2009 8:04:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57003/prezs-pimped-out-blackberry-nearly-ready.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s super-secure, high-powered new BlackBerry could soon get the thumbs-up from the National Security Agency, which is about to begin final tests on its encryption software. The president could be texting, emailing, calling and Facebooking other high-security personnel—like Michelle O.—within months, the Washington Times reports, replacing a...http://www.newser.com/story/57003/prezs-pimped-out-blackberry-nearly-ready.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 10:26:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56669/wiretap-catches-rep-making-deal-for-pro-israel-lobby-group.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA wiretap by the National Security Agency caught California Rep. Jane Harman promising a suspected Israeli agent she’d intervene on behalf of two pro-Israeli lobbyists facing espionage charges, sources tell CQ Politics. In exchange, the agent promised to pressure then-minority leader Nancy Pelosi into making Harman chair of the Intelligence...http://www.newser.com/story/56669/wiretap-catches-rep-making-deal-for-pro-israel-lobby-group.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 9:18:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56368/senate-will-probe-nsa-in-wiretapping-overcollection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate Intelligence Committee is planning an inquiry into the National Security Agency after reports the spy group has been engaged in “overcollection” of information domestically, the New York Times reports. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chair of the committee, said a hearing would be held within the month. The Justice...http://www.newser.com/story/56368/senate-will-probe-nsa-in-wiretapping-overcollection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 13:31:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56296/nsa-violated-domestic-wiretap-limits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe NSA has been listening in on the domestic communications of American citizens well in excess of the limits placed on it by Congress last year, say intelligence officials. The Justice Department has confirmed to the New York Times that it detected "issues" in recent months but said it "took...http://www.newser.com/story/56296/nsa-violated-domestic-wiretap-limits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 6:34:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39585/military-snooped-on-troops-phone-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US military routinely listened in on highly personal private phone calls of Americans calling home from the Middle East, two former operators told ABC News. President Bush has insisted that only the calls of terror suspects are monitored, but the whistleblowers say operators monitored the calls of blameless military...http://www.newser.com/story/39585/military-snooped-on-troops-phone-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Oct 2008 2:42:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27903/domestic-spying-shuts-down-us-foundation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Al-Haramain foundation was wiretapped, raided, closed down, and had its accounts frozen 4 years ago for allegedly funding terrorists. The Ashland, Ore. group's leaders landed in legal and financial jeopardy, but to this day have not seen the evidence against them. Salon dissects the case as an example of...http://www.newser.com/story/27903/domestic-spying-shuts-down-us-foundation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 May 2008 17:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21612/house-rejects-immunity-for-telecoms-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House again spurned President Bush today, passing a version of an anti-terrorism surveillance bill that does not grant retroactive immunity to the telecom companies that participated in the government's warrantless-wiretapping program. The vote was 213-197, far less than the two-thirds majority needed to override a promised presidential veto, Reuters...http://www.newser.com/story/21612/house-rejects-immunity-for-telecoms-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Mar 2008 15:10:00 CDT