Highlights
The National Security Agency (NSA) is the United States government's cryptologic organization, responsible for intercepting foreign communications and for protecting U.S. government systems from similar agencies abroad. The spy agency's activities include surveillance, codebreaking, cybersecurity, foreign language analysis and research. The NSA is a key component of the U.S. intelligence community, which is headed by the Director of National Intelligence. NSA provides political and military leaders with intelligence to ensure national defense and advance U.S. interests. It has been described as the world's largest employer of mathematicians and the owner of the largest group of supercomputer...
The National Security Agency (NSA) is the United States government's cryptologic organization, responsible for intercepting foreign communications and for protecting U.S. government systems from similar agencies abroad. The spy agency's activities include surveillance, codebreaking, cybersecurity, foreign language analysis and research. The NSA is a key component of the U.S. intelligence community, which is headed by the Director of National Intelligence. NSA provides political and military leaders with intelligence to ensure national defense and advance U.S. interests. It has been described as the world's largest employer of mathematicians and the owner of the largest group of supercomputers. For many years the U.S. government did not even acknowledge its existence. It was often said, half-jokingly, that "NSA" stood for "No Such Agency," and also, as "Never Say Anything." Analysts, engineers, physicists, mathematicians, linguists, computer scientists and researchers are among the professionals that comprise its workforce. The NSA's headquarters occupy 350 acres at Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County.
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Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks
WASHINGTON - The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity. Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security Agency would...Tags: Networking, Defense, National Security, The Washington Post, Google Inc.
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Md. stands to gain despite Obama budget cuts
President Barack Obama wants to end the nation's troubled program to return astronauts to the moon, but NASA officials indicated Monday that any change was unlikely to mean cutbacks at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Obama's $3.8 trillion...Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Employees, Medical Services, Environmental Pollution
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Here's who signed with William and Mary on Wednesday
William and Mary signees Jordan King | 5-10 | 185 | WR/DB | Mountain View (Stafford) King rushed for 585 yards and three touchdowns while throwing for 1,510 yards and 11 TDs to earn all-district and all-region honorable mention. Alex Goodman | 6-0 |...Tags: John Carpenter, Smithfield, College of William and Mary, Caves and Caverns, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
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Google complaint highlights China-based hacking
BEIJING - Google's accusation that its e-mail accounts were hacked from China landed like a bombshell because it cast light on a problem that few companies will discuss: the pervasive threat from China-based cyberattacks. The hacking that angered...Tags: Corruption, Companies and Corporations, National Government, Business Enterprises, Defense
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Google complaint highlights China-based hacking; experts suggest government, military involved
AP Business WriterBEIJING (AP) — Google's accusation that its e-mail accounts were hacked from China landed like a bombshell because it cast light on a problem that few companies will discuss: the pervasive threat from China-based cyberattacks. The hacking that...Tags: Corruption, Companies and Corporations, United Kingdom, Beijing (China), National Government
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Raffetto to resign as CEO of steeplechase organization
National Steeplechase Association CEO Lou Raffetto will step down after the spring season, effective June 30. "My goal from the outset was to stimulate growth and increase revenue for the NSA," said Raffetto, 59, formerly the president of the Maryland...Tags: College Football, Indiana Hoosiers, Management Change, Colleges and Universities
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Patricia D. Hughes
Patricia D. Hughes, who as Maryland's first lady actively supported women's causes, the arts and educational initiatives, was a key adviser to her husband, Gov. Harry Hughes, and led the way in an accurate historical restoration of Government House,...Tags: Corruption, William Donald Schaefer, George Washington University, Regional Authority, Political Campaigns
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Feds Taking Bids for Utah Data Center
The federal government is soliciting construction bids for an intelligence-gathering center in Utah. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released details of the super-secret electronic data center on a government Web site and set a Feb. 18 deadline for...Tags: Corruption, Defense, National Security, Corporate Crime, U.S. Army
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Friday's high school box scores
Boys basketball KECOUGHTAN 77, HERITAGE 58 ++++++++++++++++++++ || Heritage 623821 — 58 || || Kecoughtan 18231719 — 77 || ++++++++++++++++++++ HERITAGE (3-13, 2-11 Peninsula District): Pope 8, Brown 11, Barnes 2, Mayo 9, Jones 15, Pearson...Tags: Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Almonds, Denbigh, Smithfield, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia)
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Friday's boys basketball roundup: Scott, Warwick overcome Hampton
Daily PressIn boys basketball Friday, Jimmy Scott hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points, leading Warwick to a 50-44 home victory over Hampton. The Raiders (6-9, 5-7) tightened their hold on a Peninsula District tournament berth by outscoring the Crabbers 20-15...Tags: Justin Williams, Hampton Roads, Baptist, Jamie Wilson, Christianity
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Officials: Airline suspect should have been interrogated differently
Reporting from Washington The nation's intelligence director testified Wednesday that it was a mistake for authorities to give the accused bomber in the Christmas Day airline plot a reading of his Miranda rights and access to an attorney without first...Tags: John McCain, Susan Collins, Nigeria, Arabian Peninsula, Defense
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