national security agency

Robert Reich says the excesses of the NSA and of Wall Street banks have a surprising amount in common.

Under growing pressure over recently disclosed surveillance programs, the head of the National Security Agency told lawmakers on Tuesday that gathering telephone data and monitoring Internet use has helped to disrupt more than 50 "potential terrorist events" since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

We gave up our privacy years ago, whether the NSA was involved or not.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake must not have gotten President Obama's memo on lessening the influence of lobbyists.

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.

It's hard to get upset about the government snooping on us when half of corporate America is already doing it.

Privacy is great but not getting nuked by terrorists is better

Secret to computer security is to be found off-line

The Pentagon decision to suspend security clearance vetting for some defense contractors is likely to have little impact on either the Defense Department or private industry, officials from both said.

Do you trust this government to wield virtually unchecked power?

Jules Witcover writes that President Obama is caught between his roles as commander in chief and defender of civil liberties.

Sen. Rand Paul is recruiting plaintiffs ¿ and seeking donations ¿ for a class-action lawsuit against the National Security Agency.

The name of the accomplishment is a mouthful: certification as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 2-Year Education

IT workers should be licensed and bonded

In wartime, secrets are life and death matters

No blank check on privacy

The ACLU's lawsuit against the NSA's collection of phone records provides a unique opportunity to challenge the government's interpretation of the Patriot Act.

Jonah Goldberg asks: If Obama is right that the war on terror is essentially over, why the need for massive surveillance?

The NSA isn't interested in your bedroom intrigues

They don't make many power couples like this: He's a self-proclaimed whistle blower, the focus of international headlines and Obama administration ire. She describes herself as a "world-traveling, pole-dancing super hero."

As Marylanders prepared for summer vacations, the National Park Service has announced that it no longer needs to furlough U.S. Park Police.

Lawmakers wrong to stand up for NSA's monitoring of phone calls

Edward Joseph Snowden, the government contractor who revealed the National Security Agency's massive telephone- and Internet-surveillance program, has left few public clues about his life growing up in Crofton and Ellicott City

WASHINGTON — Leaks about secret National Security Agency surveillance programs made by an intelligence contractor reopened a debate Monday over how much the government relies on companies for spy work and whether the firms must do more to vet employees and protect classified information.

In its broad outlines, the case of Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old intelligence contractor who last week revealed the existence of two top secret National Security Agency eavesdropping programs, hews closely to the contours set by Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.

The Guardian newspaper has identified a 29-year-old man who once lived in Maryland as the source of the top secret documents that revealed details of two National Security Agency surveillance programs that have revived debate of the agency's reach into the private lives of Americans.

Report on government spying should be a wake up call

In this weeks 'Mad Men,' Bob Benson's secret is finally revealed, and Sally finds her dad in a compromising position

American citizens from both ends of the political spectrum are rallying behind a former Marylander who has come forward as the NSA whistleblower.

Government spying is an ever-present threat

Jonah Goldberg writes that the real question about NSA data-mining should be: Is it a good policy?