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Former Florida Gov. Jeb. Bush speaks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in Chicago. The likely Republican candidate says his views about America's place in the world will often be compared to those of his father and brother, but plans to tell the audience Wednesday, (...)

Jeb Bush: NSA’s metadata collection shields Americans from terrorist attacks

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat (Associated Press)

FBI surveillance tactics jeopardized by fight over NSA phone snooping program

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

National Security Agency director Mike Rogers speaks at Stanford University, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in Stanford, Calif. Rogers told professors and students that U.S. intelligence is depending on Silicon Valley innovation for technologies that strengthen the Internet and staff to provide national cybersecurity. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

NSA braced for major new leaks

By Bill Gertz — The Washington Free Beacon

Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, this week announced the creation of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, a "czar" bureaucracy. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Cyber center will add to intelligence bureaucracy

By Bill Gertz

If you peered into your neighbor's bedroom with a high-tech device, you'd be prosecuted or sued. MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Government steals Americans’ freedoms with NSA snooping

By Andrew P. Napolitano

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows a sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper’s hard drives containing leaked National Security Agency documents last year, newly declassified documents show. The White House had publicly distanced itself from doing the same against an American news organization. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Court rules NSA doesn’t have to divulge what records it has

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

James Clapper (Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times)

BRUCE FEIN: The Surveillance State has arrived

By Bruce Fein

Suspicion: The National Security Agency used financial incentives, secret courts and theft to breach privacy, leaked documents show. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: NSA dumps data on personal spying amid Christmas Eve distractions

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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NSA releases privacy-violation documents on Christmas Eve

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper (Associated Press)

Obama renews NSA snooping for 90 more days

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks from behind protective glass during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama faces deadline on halting NSA snooping

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Powerful Republicans, such as incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, have argued that the USA Freedom Act to limit data collection would curtail U.S. counterterrorism operations. (Associated Press)

Obama facing uphill battle in curbing NSA snooping

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This Oct. 5, 2011, photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, shows Vice Adm. Michael Rogers. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is announcing that Rogers, the head of the Navy's Cyber Command, has been chosen to be the next chief of the troubled National Security Agency. Rogers, also a former intelligence director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is being nominated to replace Army Gen. Keith Alexander. (AP Photo.U.S. Navy)

NSA director: China can damage U.S. power grid

By Ken Dilanian - Associated Press

EDITORIAL: Republicans uphold NSA snooping

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. Years before Edward Snowden sparked a public outcry with the disclosure that the NSA had been secretly collecting American telephone records, some NSA executives voiced strong objections to the program, intelligence officials say, complaining that it exceeded the agency’s mandate to focus on foreign spying and would do little to stop terror plots.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

AP Exclusive: Some in NSA warned of a backlash

By Ken Dilanian - Associated Press

This June 6, 2013, file photo, shows the National Security Agency's Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah. A Utah lawmaker is questioning whether city water should be shut off to a massive National Security Agency data-storage facility outside Salt Lake City. Republican Rep. Marc Roberts of Santaquin said he wants to explore whether the data center is getting any sweetheart deals on municipal water and power before a legislative committee hearing Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Marc Roberts of Utah says to shutter water supply to NSA’s data center

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. Years before Edward Snowden sparked a public outcry with the disclosure that the NSA had been secretly collecting American telephone records, some NSA executives voiced strong objections to the program, intelligence officials say, complaining that it exceeded the agency’s mandate to focus on foreign spying and would do little to stop terror plots.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Before Snowden, a debate inside NSA

By Ken Dilanian - Associated Press

"This is the worst possible time to be tying our hands behind our backs," said Sen. Mitch McConnell, the GOP's leader, who pointed to the advance of Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria. "The threat from ISIL is real. It's different from what we've faced before. And if we're going to overcome it — if our aim is to degrade and destroy ISIL, as the president has said — then that's going to require smart policies and firm determination." (Associated Press)

NSA phone snooping upheld by Senate Republicans’ filibuster

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A sign outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., is seen here on June 6, 2013. **FILE**

BRUCE FEIN: Ejecting the NSA from our private space

By Bruce Fein