Policy
Support for Government Surveillance Could Imperil GOP's 2016 Hopefuls
That's one of several takeaways from a Pew survey measuring how much the Snowden leaks have changed how Americans protect their privacy online.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Intel Analysts May Soon Use a Trick from Amazon's Book
A system copying Amazon's user experience could help coordinate the work of analysts at the Defense Department's National Ground Intelligence Center.
Science & Tech
How Military Scientists Want To Fix Your Online Privacy Problem
DARPA is tackling online privacy. But can you trust them?
Ideas
Ten Years After ODNI, Why Intelligence Needs More People, Money and Trust
Ten years after ODNI, the intelligence community needs more money and people -- and a better public explanation of what we do.
Science & Tech
The CIA Has Been Trying for Years To Hack Your iPhone
New documents from Edward Snowden reveal a decade-long CIA push to break Apple’s encryption protections.
Science & Tech
Tech Companies Should Cooperate on National Security Spying
Technology firms are implementing high end encryption that could derail efforts to track terrorists. The White House should push back against this trend.
Science & Tech
CIA Restructuring Adds New Cyber Focus
CIA Director John Brennan announced a ‘huge’ change in the way the agency does business, adding special emphasis on the digital world.
Ideas
Why the FBI Needs To Protect Its Intelligence Whistleblowers
The FBI director says that whistleblowers are 'critical' to democracy, but the Justice Department doesn’t protect intelligence whistleblowers.
Policy
Clock Ticking For Congress To Produce NSA Surveillance Reform
Core provisions of the post-9/11 Patriot Act expire on June 1, including the legal authority needed to carry out mass surveillance of domestic metadata.
Policy
Petraeus Is Getting Off Easy, But Not All Intel Leakers Are So Lucky
The former CIA director is receiving a $40,000 fine and two years probation for leaking classified information, but many others have been jailed for years for their offenses.
Science & Tech
Clapper Plays the 'Insurance' Card To Defend NSA Surveillance
Maintaining Americans' phone records is sound policy, Clapper said, adding 'Every time we lose another tool in our toolkit, it raises the risk.'
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What the Future of Government Surveillance Looks Like
A future awaits where countries share intelligence one minute, then hack and cyberattack each other the next.
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NSA Spying Continues With Another Rubber Stamp
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court late last week extended the NSA's mass surveillance of U.S. phone metadata through May unless Congress acts.
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‘Jihadi John’ and the Future of the Biometrics Terror Hunt
The future of the biometrics dragnets that identified an Islamic State executioner is on a hilltop in West Virginia.
Threats
Clapper Says People in Mosul May Be Getting Sick of ISIS
The nation’s top spy offered a bleak assessment of the nation’s threats.
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Spy Research Agency Is Building a Machine To Predict Cyber Attacks
The intelligence community is holding a contest to design software that combs open source data to predict cyber attacks before they occur.
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How the Military Will Fight ISIS on the Dark Web
ISIS already is on the Dark Web raising money through Bitcoin. The military is on the Dark Web, too.
Science & Tech
Cyber Firm: The NSA Is Out-Hacking the Chinese and the Russians
A new report exposes the agency's efforts to penetrate systems in multiple countries.
Ideas
Why Size Doesn’t Matter When Judging the Intelligence Community
Instead of criticizing how big the Intelligence Community has grown, let’s get the US to do a better job explaining why.
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