by Rory Johnston | Jun 26, 2013 | Monitor
US Tones Down Demands That Russia Expel NSA Leaker Lara Jakes / AP Rebuffed by Russia’s president, the Obama administration toned down demands Tuesday that fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden be expelled from a Moscow airport in a sign that...
by aelkus | Jun 13, 2013 | Monitor
Edward Snowden is one of history’s great actors. But not in the way his admirers (and some detractors) believe, as will be made clear at the end of this post. An earlier draft of this entry looked at the leak, but not much useful things can really be written at...
by Robert McMillan | Nov 12, 2012 | Monitor
A Cray XMP-24 supercomputer used by the NSA. Photo: NSA The mid-1990s were dark years for the National Security Agency. It’s budget had been slashed, top technical talent was seeping out, and the company that made its supercomputers was in trouble. You can get a...
by The Staff of Danger Room | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> Robotic assassination campaigns directed from the Oval Office. Cyber espionage programs launched at the president’s behest. Surveillance on an industrial scale. The White House already has an incredible amount of power to...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 12, 2012 | Monitor
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses the Business Executives for National Security dinner in New York City. Photo: DoD It was billed as the first major address by an American Secretary of Defense on cybersecurity — complete with newly declassified...
