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A sign stands outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus on in Fort Meade, Md., on June 6, 2013. The national reckoning over racial inequality sparked by George Floyd's murder two years ago has gone on behind closed doors inside America's intelligence agencies. Shortly after his death, employees of the National Security Agency had a call to speak to their director about racism and cultural misunderstandings. One by one, officers spoke about examples of racism that they had seen in America's largest intelligence service. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

What if it’s dangerous to be right when the government is wrong?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

A major artificial intelligence exposition occurred Tuesday, May 7, 2024, to showcase cutting-edge technology to a slew of U.S. agencies and top tech minds assembling in Washington. (File photo credit: 3rdtimeluckystudio via Shutterstock)

AI expo showcasing new tech for national security opens doors in Washington

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, Pa., shows the screen of a Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. The hacked device was in a pumping booster station owned by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. An electronic calling card left by the hackers suggests they picked their target because it uses components made by an Israeli company. (Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa via AP) ** FILE **

Partnerships with tech companies aim to help U.S. secure elections

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This image made from video provided by WCVB-TV, shows Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody by armed tactical agents on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass. Teixeira, who is accused in the leak of highly classified military documents, appeared in court Friday as prosecutors unsealed charges and revealed how billing records and interviews with social media comrades helped pinpoint the suspect. (WCVB-TV via AP, File)

AI company Primer’s tools used by America’s spies to detect hidden threats

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh testifies during the Senate Intelligence hearing on his nomination to be the Director of the National Security Agency, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Lt. Gen. Haugh to take over NSA in February

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talks during a Senate Finance Committee business meeting to consider the nomination of Martin O'Malley, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Social Security on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Wyden blocks NSA director nominee, demands answers about spies buying Americans’ data

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Edward Snowden and the Fourth Amendment illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Great man in Moscow Edward Snowden: Stateless but not voiceless

By Andrew P. Napolitano

This undated handout photo issued by Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 shows Joshua Bowles. A former British cyberespionage agency employee who viciously stabbed an American intelligence worker has been sentenced to life in prison. Joshua Bowles, who was sentenced Monday in a London court for attempted murder, will have to serve at least 13 years in prison. (CTPSE/PA via AP)

A former British cyberespionage agency employee gets life in prison for stabbing an American spy

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

A sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus, June 6, 2013, in Fort Meade, Md. A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado pleaded guilty, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, to trying to sell classified information to Russia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Former NSA worker pleads guilty to trying to sell U.S. secrets Russia

By Colleen Slevin - Associated Press

U.S. Cyber Command head, National Security Agency Director and Central Security Service Chief Gen. Paul Nakasone attends a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The Pentagon’s cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Did U.S. hack China? NSA dodges question

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

U.S. Cyber Command Commander Gen. Paul Nakasone testifies before the House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on cyberspace operations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 30, 2023. The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center — a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly acquired, developed and integrated into U.S. defense and intelligence systems. The agency's outgoing director, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, made the announcement Thursday, Sept. 28, at the National Press Club. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center

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U.S. Cyber Command head, National Security Agency Director and Central Security Service Chief Gen. Paul Nakasone attends a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The Pentagon’s cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

NSA chief says China biggest challenge facing U.S. on intel and cyber fronts

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, about proposed rules meant to push insurance companies to increase their coverage of mental health treatments. The rules, if finalized, would force insurers to study patient outcomes to ensure the benefits are administered equally, taking into account their provider network and reimbursement rates and whether prior authorization is required for care. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Biden nominates alum of CIA, NSA to fill National Cyber Director void

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, Saturday, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. The outcome of past cases against defendants accused of hoarding classified documents looms as an ominous guidepost for the legal jeopardy Donald Trump could face. The former president pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, June 13, to charges including willful retention of national defense information under the Espionage Act. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders

By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

'Red London' by Alma Katsu (book cover)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Red London’

Competence needed in U.S. defense

A sign stands at the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., June 6, 2013. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 30, a former National Security Agency employee from Colorado who is accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia, will remain behind bars while he is prosecuted, a magistrate judge ruled Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Uncle Sam has eyes for Silicon Valley: NSA is on a hiring binge of laid-off Big Tech workers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This photo combo of images shows logos for Apple, Meta, Google and Amazon. (AP Photo)

NSA wooing thousands of laid-off Big Tech workers for spy agency’s hiring spree

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. The White House is bringing together three dozen nations, the European Union and a slew of private-sector companies for a two-day summit starting Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, that looks at how best to combat ransomware attacks. Several administration officials are planning to participate in the event, including Wray. President Joe Biden was not expected to attend. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

FBI reveals it uses CIA and NSA to spy on Americans

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The National Security Operations Center in NSA's new Morrison Center prepares to help the spy agency assess, evaluate, and provide combat support to American warfighters. Courtesy: NSA

NSA’s new ‘nerve center’ ready to scan the world for threats to America

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times