National Security Agency

List of National Security Agency articles

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  Threat Inflation 6.0: Does al-Shabab Really Threaten the U.S.?

  Stephen M. Walt

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  Stephen M. Walt

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  RAND’s ‘Paths to Victory’: A valuable new study of what works in COIN campaigns — and also of what doesn’t

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Why JOs leave: They see mediocrity rewarded and accountability neglected

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  The Army shouldn’t cut back on training in how to confront a live, thinking enemy

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  A loss of confidence: HP fires The Experts; Vickers, Olson lead shooting panels; Hagel lunches with Bloomberg; JSF: hundreds of deficiencies; Amos, taking names; Josh Rogin, not laughing; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  The Soldier and the State Go Public

  Civil-military relations haven't been this bad in decades.

  Micah Zenko

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  Micah Zenko

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  Secret Cold War Documents Reveal NSA Spied on Senators

  ...along with Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, and a Washington Post humorist.

  Investigation

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  Matthew M. Aid, William Burr

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  Ethical leadership: Let’s talk about victims in the Marine urination case

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Amb. Crocker and Prof. Bacevich talking about Syria — but thinking about Iraq

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  All power to the Constitution: What Tom meant to say about Amb. Power’s speech

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  “Furloughs: “A new day for federal service!” Cartwright loses his security clearance; Drones moved in Djibouti; Is Bill Caldwell in trouble?; Carter to announce Navy Yard panel; Syria solution came from an all-night bender (JK!); and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  Forget the Handshake

  Here's what the United States really wants from Iran.

  Report

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  Yochi Dreazen

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  Metadata May Not Catch Many Terrorists, But It’s Great at Busting Journalists’ Sources

  Passport

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  Shane Harris

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  The Air Force nearly eradicated eastern North Carolina with an H bomb in 1961 — and thoughts about that sort of thing now

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Navy air wing CO ousted

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks