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The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have undeclared samples of the... →
The government of Sudan, employing a back channel direct from its president to the Central Intelligence Agency, offered in the early spring of 1996... →
The Obama administration, like those before it, promotes a disturbingly narrow interpretation of the Fourth Amendment, misapplying the facts of old... →
The U.N. Security Council ordered Iraq in April 1991 to relinquish all capabilities to make biological, chemical and nuclear weapons as well as... →
U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S.... →
U.S. surveillance of Pakistan extends far beyond its nuclear program. There are several references in the black budget to expanding U.S. scrutiny of... →
Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of... →
Counterterrorism analysts have known for years that al Qaeda prepares for attacks with elaborate 'targeting packages' of photographs and... →
By now, you've heard endless warnings about the risk of short, trivial passwords. There's a good chance you ignore them.
I have no evidence of any relationship between IRS and NSA.
Ordinary Geiger counters, worn on belt clips and resembling pagers, have been in use by the U.S. Customs Service for years.
There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
Al Qaeda is closely aligned with the Chechens.