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Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, is proposing to end the bulk collection of telephone data by the National Security Agency — the program at the center of the controversy over the reach of government spying.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the top-ranking Democrat on intelligence issues in the House, will propose ending the bulk of collection of telephone data by the National Security Agency -- scaling back a program at the center of the controversy over the reach of government spying.

Federal employment is expected to drop sharply in the span of a decade, government projections show, as budget cuts and retirements begin to reshape the workforce.

Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, who has established himself as an authority on intelligence issues in Congress, will face a Democratic primary in June from an opponent who has spent his career working in the intel community.

Arthur Turco had defended members of the Black Panther Party across the country, but it was in Baltimore that he would be arrested and jailed — on charges that he and members of the militant group in 1969 had killed a suspected police informant within their ranks.

Former Black Panther leader and convicted cop killer Marshall "Eddie" Conway was released Tuesday after four decades behind bars, after striking an agreement with prosecutors that his trial was unfair because of the way judges explained the law to juries in old cases.

On Sept. 12, 2001 senior managers and technical experts crammed into the narrow and stuffy conference room of the National Security Agency's Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) director. Each was trying to make sense of what had just happened the previous morning when two jets slammed into the World Trade Center in New York. The obvious questions were: Who had done this? How could we lift the spirits of the demoralized counterterrorism division? And more importantly, how could we find and track the

University may boast academic freedom but the bottom line is still the bottom line

A week after the University of Maryland was the victim of a data breach, President Wallace D. Loh announced Tuesday that he is extending free credit protection services to the 309,000 students, alumni and employees affected from one to five years and forming a task force to identify any other vulnerabilities.

The Army would shrink to its lowest troop levels since just before World War II under a budget proposed Monday by the Obama administration that seeks to downsize the Pentagon in ways that could have a significant impact on service members and contractors in Maryland.

An organization aiming to "build the statewide liberty movement" in Maryland will host Sen. Rand Paul -- a Kentucky Republican often touted as a potential presidential candidate -- for a fundraiser next month.

House bill takes aim at NSA data collection

Two news websites Monday published images of the three of the most secrective U.S. agencies including the Maryland-based National Security Agency.

JHU series to also feature John Bolton, Cornel West

Round up the NSA and ship them off to Guantanamo

Obama makes America weak

We know that we can no longer do business as usual if Maryland is to be competitive in our global economy. The world is an open market, and those regions that can attract talented people and foster a successful business climate will be sustainable for the long haul. It does not matter what we did or had in the past, as legacy is not a part of the current economic formula for success. The 2014 Joint Legislative Business and Economic Development Agenda is the first step toward a vision for a

Reports that Moscow violated a landmark 1987 arms treaty could put U.S.-Russian relations back in the deep freeze

Inside a drab computer lab at the Johns Hopkins University, a team of researchers is trying to build something that has never existed before: a digital currency that changes hands completely in secret. Its name is Zerocoin.

Super Bowl XLVIII referee Terry McAulay, worked football and basketball games in the Baltimore area for more than a decade.

STEMulating Minds holds first annual Howard County Math Festival at Centennial High School in Ellicott City. There, in short, students learned that "math is magic."

Business e-end in Frederick carves niche with federal government and contractors

Data collection, Benghazi and ObamaCare were the chief concerns of Bel Air residents when they met with Maryland Congressman Andy P. Harris for a town hall meeting Friday evening.

Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger will not run for Maryland governor this year, an aide to the Democratic congressman said Wednesday.

Barbara Mikulski: We must review and reform the National Security Agency (NSA), but we cannot reject the mission of the NSA, nor the men and women who work there.

President Obama proposed new safeguards for the government's vast surveillance of communications in the U.S. and abroad, adding additional judicial review and disclosure requirements, but largely leaving in place programs that he said were needed to "remain vigilant in the face of threats."

Maryland legislators will consider a package of laws to curb electronic surveillance by police, requiring a search warrant to use drones, email, cell phone towers or license plate readers to track people.