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Head of revived watchdog pledges open look at U.S. surveillance
ReutersBy Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - The head of a newly revived federal privacy oversight board pledged on Wednesday to be "as transparent and public as possible" as the board reviews recently exposed U.S. government secret surveillance...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, National Government, National Security Agency, American Civil Liberties Union, National Security
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NSA head, lawmakers defend surveillance programs
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying...Tags: Terrorism, U.S. House of Representatives, Dianne Feinstein, Computer Networking and Internet, National Security Agency
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Frenchman who faked being pilot is sentenced to time served
The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA The Frenchman who donned a pilot's uniform and bluffed his way into the cockpit of a US Airways flight was sent home Tuesday by a Philadelphia judge who said she hoped his three months in prison convinced him of the seriousness of his crime....Tags: Punishment, U.S. Airways, Prosecution, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Judges
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Red Cross to Guantanamo judge: Don't give lawyers our confidential records
The Miami HeraldGUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba A lawyer for the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday urged a military judge not to order release of its confidential communications with the Pentagon about Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other captives...Tags: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International Court or Tribunal, Defendants, Eric Holder, The Wall Street Journal
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Exclusive: SunGard explores $2 billion data unit sale - sources
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Marketing, IBM, Blackstone Group, L.P., Silver Lake (Staten Island, New York)
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NSA chief: Surveillance stopped 50 terrorist 'events'
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The director of the National Security Agency testified Tuesday that the government's massive surveillance program helped thwart more than 50 terrorist "events" worldwide since Sept. 11, 2001, including a planned bombing of the New York Stock...Tags: Electronics, Dianne Feinstein, Eric Holder, National Security Agency, National Security
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Angelina Jolie stunt double sues News Corp over hacking
Reuters(Reuters) - A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the United States against the company since the scandal broke two years ago. The...Tags: News of the World, Newspaper and Magazine, Media Industry, Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal
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New York police sued over surveillance of Muslims
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the New York Police Department over its surveillance of Muslim communities, accusing the police of trampling on religious freedoms and constitutional guarantees...Tags: New York City Police Department, American Civil Liberties Union, Islam, Michael Bloomberg, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Bob Wheelock Named Al Jazeera America Senior Executive Producer
ReutersJun 18 (TheWrap.com) - ABC and NBC News veteran Bob Wheelock has been named senior executive producer of Al Jazeera America, the new U.S. news channel airing this year. He was previously Al Jazeera English's executive producer of newsgathering for the...Tags: Al Jazeera English (tv network), Ronald Reagan, Primetime Emmy Awards, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions
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NSA head says surveillance programs thwarted more than 50 attacks
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. National Security Agency on Tuesday defended the broad surveillance of Americans' phone and Internet data as a vital security tool and said it had helped disrupt possible attacks more than 50 times...Tags: Terrorism, U.S. House of Representatives, Computer Networking and Internet, National Security Agency, National Government
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U.S. NSA chief: agency programs prevented over 50 potential terrorist acts
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - General Keith Alexander, the director of the U.S. National Security Agency, said on Tuesday that the NSA's data gathering programs had prevented potential terrorist attacks more than 50 times since Sept. 11, 2001. "In...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, National Security Agency
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U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DIRECTOR ALEXANDER
ReutersU.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DIRECTOR ALEXANDER SAYS WILL DISCUSS ON TUESDAY INFORMATION ON TWO THWARTED ATTACKSTags: National Security Agency
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