National Security Agency

List of National Security Agency articles

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  Is China planning more zones?; Afg accuses coalition of withholding support; Peace talks ‘tween Af-Pak progress; The Dutch double down in Mali; The Duffel Blog, unmasked, and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  What are the chances of joint Israeli-Saudi airstrikes against Iran in about a year?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  A few words in favor of the much-derided individual replacement system for soldiers

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Taking Lincoln’s name in vain: Why Admiral Mullen was wrong to write that all soldiers’ deaths are meaningful

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  FP’s Situation Report: Bombers play chicken in China’s “ADIZ;” A workaround for Afg.?; The NSA tracked radicals’ porn; Logan suspended from 60 Minutes; Mike Morell goes to Beacon; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  Home Alone

  With Keith Alexander out fighting fires, meet the woman who's really running the NSA.

  Exclusive

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  Shane Harris

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  The Tehran Connection

  How much can a superfast algorithm tell us about Iran? Quite a lot, actually.

  Feature

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  Kalev Leetaru

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  Does ‘South Asia’ Exist?

  The South Asia Channel

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  Dhruva Jaishankar

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  China Has a New Air Defense Zone and Washington Couldn’t Care Less

  Passport

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  J. Dana Stuster

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  The eternal BS of higher headquarters: An example from German pilots in 1940

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Maps and charts (III): Even during World War II, a good world map still didn’t exist

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  ‘Hunters’ reviews the new film ‘Ender’s Game,’ judges it to be mere Netflix fodder

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  FP’s Situation Report: Demands and more demands in Afg; IG takes a pass on Amos; On Iran deal, why doves should worry; Obama’s move to diplomacy over military might; Penty could cut Stripes; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  Indefinite Extension

  Obama needs to consult Congress before he authorizes offensive military action in Afghanistan after 2014.

  Argument

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  Bruce Ackerman

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  Google’s Schmidt: We likely are in the last years when states can really censor speech

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks