NSA

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

National Security

Biden team receives defense intel briefings after uproar over alleged denials

Abraham Mahshie · December 9, 2020 10:59 pm

Reality Winner arrives at a courthouse in Augusta, Ga.

Appeals court denies NSA leaker Reality Winner’s request to leave prison early

Jerry Dunleavy · December 7, 2020 9:55 pm

Beltway Confidential

Andrew Yang for NSA director

Tom Rogan · November 23, 2020 7:36 pm

National Security

Senate Democrats seek Pentagon watchdog investigation into selection of Michael Ellis as top NSA lawyer

Jerry Dunleavy · November 17, 2020 10:34 pm

FILE - A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. The U.S. governmentâs efforts to determine which highly classified materials Snowden took from the National Security Agency have been frustrated by Snowdenâs sophisticated efforts to cover his digital trail by deleting or bypassing electronic logs, government officials tell the AP. Such logs would have showed what information Snowden viewed or downloaded. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)

Edward Snowden granted permanent residency rights in Russia, lawyer says

Spencer Neale · October 22, 2020 3:13 pm

FILE - A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. The U.S. governmentâs efforts to determine which highly classified materials Snowden took from the National Security Agency have been frustrated by Snowdenâs sophisticated efforts to cover his digital trail by deleting or bypassing electronic logs, government officials tell the AP. Such logs would have showed what information Snowden viewed or downloaded. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)

Edward Snowden agrees to pay US government $5M from book profits and speeches

Spencer Neale · September 22, 2020 6:03 pm

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 11, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump administration underplays intelligence on Alexei Navalny poisoning

Tom Rogan · September 10, 2020 4:39 pm

FILE - In this June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, who is wanted by the U.S. for leaking details about once-secret surveillance programs, has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer said Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Snowden last year was granted temporary asylum of one year in Russia, but that ran out on Aug. 1. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Court rules NSA surveillance program exposed by Snowden violated law but upholds terror convictions

Jerry Dunleavy · September 3, 2020 4:45 pm

National Security Agency director Mike Rogers speaks at Stanford University, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Former NSA chief wishes US had taken more action against Russia before 2016 election

Jerry Dunleavy · August 28, 2020 12:49 am

National Security

NSA: Disrupting Russian cyber interference in 2018 midterm elections helped US prepare for 2020

Jerry Dunleavy · August 25, 2020 9:18 pm

Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 11. (AP File Photo)

Barr is ‘vehemently opposed’ to pardoning ‘traitor’ Edward Snowden

Jerry Dunleavy · August 21, 2020 6:10 pm

FILE - In this June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, who is wanted by the U.S. for leaking details about once-secret surveillance programs, has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer said Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Snowden last year was granted temporary asylum of one year in Russia, but that ran out on Aug. 1. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Trump faces Republican resistance after floating Snowden pardon

Jerry Dunleavy · August 18, 2020 2:16 am