National Security Agency

List of National Security Agency articles

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  FP’s Situation Report: A ceasefire holds, for now; Jimmy Carter in FP: Treat Hamas like the political actor that it is; Border fighting spills into Lebanon; Firms committing $14 billion to Africa; Drew Davis retires; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Another reminder that making strategy is often a matter of deciding what not to do

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  The Gates files (VIIth, and last): Why the Pentagon didn’t care about fighting wars

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  While John Kerry Is on a Plane…

  There's a gaping hole at the State Department that needs fixing. Here's how to do it.

  COLUMN

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  Gordon Adams

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  The wrong stuff: The F-35 vs. what U.S. airpower really needs in the future

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  The Future of War (II): As the nature of war changes, the familiar dividing lines of our world are blurring across the board

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  The NSA’s Patents, in One Searchable Database

  The Complex

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  Shane Harris

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  The NSA’s Cyber-King Goes Corporate

  Here's why Keith Alexander thinks he's worth a million dollars a month.

  Exclusive

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  Shane Harris

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  Warnings for the U.S. military about innovation and the information age: The Pentagon looks like a minicomputer firm

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Michael Horowitz’s fine study of how and why military innovations are adopted

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  A ‘War on the Rocks’ Xmas reading list

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  O! The damage ‘Once an Eagle’ has done to my Army — and yes, it is partly my fault

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  FP’s Situation Report: Kerry lands in Israel to try to broker a cease-fire; Pentagon backs $225 million more for Iron Dome; U.S. intel community says no smoking gun linking Russia to shoot-down; the Navy’s Blue Angels clean up their act; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  By Kate Brannen with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Snowdenfreude

  An American crypto-company is making a killing off German anger about U.S. spying.

  Report

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  Shane Harris

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  Congress Deeply Skeptical of Funding for Syrian Rebels

  The Cable

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  John Hudson