National Security Agency

List of National Security Agency articles

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  How Nancy Pelosi Saved the NSA Surveillance Program

  The Cable

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  John Hudson

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  Lawrence Korb’s unhelpful letter today to the editor of the New York Times

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Not so fast: House fails to rein in NSA; Abe Abrams to Hagel’s front office; Help still wanted in the Pentagon; Salmon alert: slow down on the F-35; Today: A Little guidance on DOD public affairs; Weiner to the AF? and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  Why We Don’t Need to Worry About a ‘Nuclear Handoff’

  Stephen M. Walt

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  Stephen M. Walt

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  Heroes, Villains, and Victims

  Three myths about the military.

  By Other Means

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  Rosa Brooks

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  The Supreme Court May Be the Best Hope to Stop the NSA

  Congress couldn't draw back the surveillance dragnet. But the justices might.

  Report

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  Shane Harris

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  Son of a Blackbird: The Pentagon Eyes New Stealth Spy Plane

  The Complex

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  John Reed

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  How a rogue pilot misbehaved for years in a B-52 squadron, and so killed 4 people

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Congress to investigate SEAL crash; Crocker on the Zero option as a strategy: “it is criminal;” Cliff notes for national security; a plan for MILSATCOM; Syria, in pics; Power, on (to the U.N.); and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  Why Iraq Was America’s Best-Run War

  But that doesn't make it a model.

  Rational Security

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  John Arquilla

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  Here’s How Foreign Spies Are Now Getting U.S. Weapons Tech

  The Complex

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  John Reed

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  Cyber-Sabotage Is Easy

  So why aren't hackers crashing the grid?

  Argument

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  Thomas Rid

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  Is there a natural rate of relief of about 9 percent for commanders in combat?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Against Linkage

  Stephen M. Walt

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  Stephen M. Walt

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  Mattis to Dartmouth, Stanford; Syria could cost a billion a month; What Dempsey could have said at the hearing; Navy launches transparency offensive; Is the U.S. fighting a secret war in Somalia?; Stabbing her way out of a PT test; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold