national security agency

Two months before special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed in the spring of 2017, President Donald Trump picked up the phone and called the head of the largest U.S. intelligence agency. Trump told Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, that news stories alleging that Trump's 2016 White House campaign had ties to Russia were false and the president asked whether Rogers could do anything to counter them.

U.S. officials say the Trump administration is pushing ahead with Obama-era plans to create an independent military Cyber Command in hopes of intensifying America's ability to wage cyberwar against the Islamic State group and other foes.

West Point cadets are competing against other service academies this week in an annual cyber-defense exercise.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Former intelligence worker Edward Snowden has received a prize from the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression, accepting via a live video link from Russia.

President Barack Obama signed the USA Freedom Act into law yesterday, replacing the USA Patriot Act.  The Freedom Act now requires that telephone companies, and not the NSA, store your data.

A bill renewing the National Security Agency's power to collect bulk telephone records of all Americans has been signed by President Barack Obama.

Some provisions of the USA Patriot Act expired over the weekend, among them the ability of the National Security Agency to collect bulk phone records of Americans.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have agreed to begin debate on a House bill that would overhaul the National Security Agency's handling of American calling records. And they would do it while preserving other domestic surveillance provisions.

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The warnings are strong and security is tight, but most drivers are versed in the routine as thousands of employees and contractors stream through the gates of the National Security Agency.

WASHINGTON (AP) — According to current and former intelligence officials, the National Security Agency considered abandoning its secret program to collect and store American calling records in the months before leaker Edward Snowden revealed the practice.