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NSA chief says programs disrupted 50 terrorist plots
Under growing pressure over recently disclosed surveillance programs, the head of the National Security Agency told lawmakers Tuesday that gathering telephone data and monitoring Internet use has helped to disrupt more than 50 "potential terrorist events"...
Tags: Najibullah Zazi, Terrorism, Computer Crime, Justice System, Al Gore
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Why is O'Malley silent on NSA spying?
As it turns out, we are "one" Maryland, as Gov. Martin O'Malley likes to say — one Maryland under surveillance by thousands of people who live and work in this state. The fact that Maryland is the spy capital of the United States is the story...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Government, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Illegal Immigrants
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NSA director to discuss surveillance programs at open hearing of House intelligence committee
Under pressure over the revelation of secret surveillance programs, the director of the National Security Agency is scheduled to appear before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. A committee aide described the testimony of Gen. Keith Alexander,...
Tags: National Security Agency, Computer Networking and Internet, FBI, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Barack Obama
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Five questions for Jonathan Bernstein
Corporate criminal fraud. Tainted meat on the menu. Prying reporters pounding on the door. Meet Jonathan Bernstein, crisis tamer. Bernstein, a University of Maryland University College graduate, steps in to smother public meltdowns like a lid on a...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, McGraw-Hill Incorporated
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Park service says police furloughs no longer needed
The National Park Service has announced that it no longer needs to furlough U.S. Park Police. The announcement came after Park Police officers — who patrol the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and several sites in Maryland — had served three of...Tags: Prince George's County, Fort McHenry, Trials, Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Howard County health briefs
Look good, feel better This free program teaches beauty techniques to women with cancer to help them combat appearance-related side effects of treatment. Participants receive cosmetics donated by major manufacturers as well as instruction and suggestions...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Stroke, Breast Cancer, American Red Cross, Howard County General Hospital
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Ex-CIA worker from Maryland revealed as source of NSA leaks
A British newspaper has identified a 29-year-old former Marylander as the source of the top secret documents that revealed details of two National Security Agency surveillance programs and revived debate of the agency's reach into the private lives of...
Tags: Judges, Google Inc., Central Intelligence Agency, Trials, Bradley Manning
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NSA leaks shift focus to intel contractors
An intelligence contractor's disclosure of covert National Security Agency surveillance programs reopened a debate Monday over how much the government relies on private companies for spy work and whether those firms must do more to vet employees and...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Bradley Manning, Aerospace Manufacturing, National Security, National Government
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Federal workers get health and fitness programs
For three hours each work week, Bert Rice walks laps around Burba Lake at Fort Meade — part of a mission by the federal government to build a healthier workforce. Rice, 76, a retired Army colonel and former Anne Arundel County councilman working as...Tags: Weight, Health and Safety at School, Health Insurance Cost, Social Security, Quitting Smoking
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Similarities seen in leaks by Snowden, Manning
A young man comes to Maryland, takes some community college classes, uses his computer skills to get a job in which he gains a security clearance. Still in his 20s, he finds information about government activity that troubles him. He decides to share it...
Tags: Anne Arundel Community College, Central Intelligence Agency, International Law, WikiLeaks, Extradition
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Trusting Big Brother in the prolonged war on terror
Every time I drive between Baltimore and Washington and come upon those big, spooky National Security Agency buildings in Fort Meade, I have cinematic thoughts about what goes on inside. I imagine the best and brightest of surveillance nerds spying on...Tags: Judges, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Gun Control, Government
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NSA surveillance sparks privacy debate
You make a call from your land line or text a friend from your smartphone. You browse an online retailer for clothing, a book or music; you create a wish list or write a review. You walk past a security camera outside your home; you use GPS to find...
Tags: Judges, Google Inc., PRISM (surveillance program), Justice System, Donna F. Edwards
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