National Security Agency

List of National Security Agency articles

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  Guess what? CGSC is even more broken than we thought! And it is getting worse

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Does Israel have chemical weapons, too? McCain, Graham: not trusting; Is Idris being shunned from DC?; POGO: security shortfalls at Kabul embassy; and a bit more [presented today by Lockheed Martin]

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  Pro-Assad Hackers Admit: We’re Just ‘Vandals’

  The Complex

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  Shane Harris

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  Did Kerry Just Ad-Lib His Way Out of a War?

  The Cable

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  Yochi Dreazen

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  Fight the Power?: Something about Samantha’s speech bothers me, big time

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  A rough weekend for Army colonels: Two bounced from commands, in U.S. & Italy

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Quote of the day: Two ways to wage war

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Keith Alexander as “cowboy”; Obama’s big week, his “shrinking presidency?” and the current House, Senate counts; Assad: “expect everything;” McDonough: “We want to get off this permanent war footing;” An Army commander, relieved; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  The Cowboy of the NSA

  Inside Gen. Keith Alexander's all-out, barely-legal drive to build the ultimate spy machine.

  Investigation

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  Shane Harris

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  Obama Is No Longer a Friend

  Why Russia's dissidents have soured on the U.S. president.

  Putinology

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  Anna Nemtsova

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  How to know if President Obama has ordered covert actions against Assad

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  What I don’t understand about the Manning case — and what that may say about accountability in today’s Army

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  RF’s War Dog of the Week: Guest lions

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Diplomats leaving Lebanon; The impact of pondering strikes; Did Hagel “low-ball” Syria?; USAID confronts its first known suicide; The Art of (Defining) War; Should Congress go to Syria? and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  An Open Letter to My Congressman About Syria

  Stephen M. Walt

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  Stephen M. Walt