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Inside the Ring: NSA pinpoints China’s cyberattacks

By Bill Gertz

President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping drink after a toast during a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 12, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Chinese spies targeting personal emails of top Obama admin officials: NSA leak

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Petty Officer First Class Ian Regnier (above left) carries the remains of Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Joseph Strange, a cryptology technician, killed alongside members of SEAL Team 6 when their helicopter was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan in 2011 (bottom). The families of Strange and the other victims are demanding the White House release documents relevant to the incident. (Associated Press)

Obama stonewalls SEAL Team 6 Extortion 17 helicopter crash probe, watchdog says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/File)

MICHAEL HAYDEN: Hillary Clinton’s classified email denial incoherent

By Mike Hayden

President Barack Obama offers a toast to President Xi Jinping of China during a State Banquet at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, Nov. 12, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

China stole data from 600 American cyber targets, says NSA

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this June 6, 2013, file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus on in Fort Meade, Md. The Obama administration has decided that the National Security Agency will soon stop using millions of American calling records it collected under a controversial program leaked by former agency contractor Edward Snowden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NSA bulk-collected phone records to be purged in November

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens to a debate of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) ** FILE **

WikiLeaks: NSA monitored Germany’s discussions on CIA torture

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures during an interview with the BBC, in Damascus, Syria, in this Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Muhammad Suleiman assassination in Syria linked to Israel, Snowden docs show

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This Jan. 23, 2013 shows then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifying on Capitol Hill on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Admission of Hillary Clinton’s classified emails opens door for feds to seize her servers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff watches as Vice President Joe Biden puts his glass on a table after a toast during a luncheon in her honor, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

2 years after spying flap, U.S., Brazil seek to turn the page

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which tracks Islamic extremists' social media, has quoted some Islamic State fighters as praising Edward Snowden, the self-proclaimed whistleblower who released volumes of documents on how the U.S. tracks and listens to terrorists. (Associated Press)

Islamic State uses downloadable apps to hide attack plans, recruit followers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

French President Francois Hollande speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels in this June 22, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Amid claims of NSA spying, Obama tries to put out fire with France’s Francois Hollande

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta (Associated Press) **FILE**

MICHAEL HAYDEN: OPM security breach blame belongs to U.S., not China

By Mike Hayden

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015, during the G-7 summit. (Michael Kappeler/Pool Photo via AP)

Inside the Ring: Congress seeks to block U.S. intel from German NSA probe

By Bill Gertz

A congressional aide said the legislation is aimed to thwart U.S. spy agencies from giving secrets to an investigation of NSA activities by a German parliamentary committee. The panel was formed after spying disclosures from renegade NSA contractor Edward Snowden. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Congress seeks to block intel from German NSA probe

A gate leading to the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington is seen here on June 5, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Officials: Second hack exposed military and intel data

By Ken Dilanian and Ted Bridis - Associated Press

A student works with a computer and a calculator at Reynoldsburg High School in Reynoldsburg, Ohio on Feb. 1, 2012. According to a new survey from Pew Research Center released Monday, March 16, 2015, more than half of Americans are worried about the U.S. government's digital spies prying into their emails, texts, search requests and other online information, but few are trying to thwart the surveillance. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House votes to block NSA snooping through Americans’ emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on continued unconstitutional government spying under the USA Freedom Act by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Freedom Act fails to curtail NSA snooping

By Andrew P. Napolitano

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks with guests at a house party in Bedford, N.H., Monday, June 8, 2015. Christie is testing the waters as he considers a run for the Republican nomination for president in the nation's earliest presidential primary state. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Chris Christie slams GOP lawmakers for surveillance stance

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

US President Barack Obama, joined by Horst Seehofer, Minister President of Bavaria, right, is greeted by traditionally dressed Bavarian men and women as he arrives on Air Force One at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, June 7, 2015, en route to the G-7 summit at the Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama aims to mend US-German relations on Bavarian trip

By NEDRA PICKLER and JULIE PACE - Associated Press