Dec 19, 2013 · The surveillance programs, he said, had stopped dozens of attacks at home and abroad, including a 2009 plot to bomb the New York City subway system. Obama, too, said back in June that the programs
Apr 14, 2017 · NSA surveillance exposed. NSA hacked Mideast bank networks, new leak suggests Russia says Edward Snowden can stay "a couple of years" Congress: Snowden is in contact with Russian intelligence NSA PRSIM Scandal is an ongoing controversy surrounding the U.S. National Security Agency’s data-mining operation of millions of customers from major telecommunications providers in the United States, as well as its clandestine electronic surveillance program known as PRISM. Jun 26, 2013 · Claim: The revealed NSA surveillance programs have helped prevent potential terrorist events more than 50 times since 9/11 (NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander, June 18). The NSA's foreign surveillance: 5 things to know The main authority for the agency's foreign surveillance programs expires at the end of the year, and some people want to rein it in Aug 23, 2013 · According to its most recent report (pdf), the board first learned about the NSA’s use of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendment Act — which allows the collection of Feb 28, 2017 · The NSA only collects the type of information found on a telephone bill: phone numbers of calls placed and received, the time of the calls and duration." Major 2014 Revelations about the Surveillance Program. Here's a look at some of the controversial aspects of the NSA's surveillance program made public by Snowden that received headlines in 2014. Mar 18, 2016 · Sometimes, it is not only about the facts and numbers; one must also consider the impact of the NSA’s surveillance on the world of hackers. It is also worth mentioning that such hackers may not
Apr 30, 2014 · The NSA is prohibited from targeting Americans for surveillance -- listening on their phone calls, or reading their emails -- without a warrant from FISA, which requires the agency show a person
Jun 01, 2015 · Fun NSA Surveillance Quizzes. Okay, maybe not so fun. Quiz 1: "Just How Kafkaesque is the Court that Oversees NSA Spying?" Quiz 2: "Can You Tell the Difference Between Bush and Obama on the Patriot Act?" It's been fourteen hours since a few provisions of the Patriot Act have expired, and the world hasn't come to an end -- at least so far. Jan 13, 2014 · 2. NSA metadata collection isn’t totally useless; it’s just not very useful. When you start to look at the specific cases that metadata surveillance played a key role in, the picture gets
The NSA has publicly discussed four cases, and just one in which surveillance made a significant difference. That case involved a San Diego taxi driver named Basaaly Moalin, who sent $8,500 to the
The official website for NSA -- the National Security Agency National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS). NSA leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (now referred to as cybersecurity) products and services, and enables computer network operations (CNO). Newseum Special Program - NSA Surveillance Leaks: Facts and Fiction Welcome by: James Duff, President, Newseum Introduction by: Laurel Bellows, President, American Bar Association Moderator: Harvey Rishikof, Chair, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security of the Advisory Committee Apr 30, 2014 · The NSA is prohibited from targeting Americans for surveillance -- listening on their phone calls, or reading their emails -- without a warrant from FISA, which requires the agency show a person Jun 04, 2018 · 2 Americans became somewhat more disapproving of the government surveillance program itself in the ensuing months, even after then-President Barack Obama outlined changes to NSA data collection. The share of Americans who disapproved of the government’s collection of telephone and internet data as part of anti-terrorism efforts increased from In light of the controversy over the NSA's involvement in the practice of mass surveillance in the United States, and prompted by the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the Utah Data Center was hailed by The Wall Street Journal as a "symbol of the spy agency's surveillance prowess".