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The Senate will vote Tuesday on a bill by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, known as the USA Freedom Act. It is designed to make sure the Patriot Act can no longer be used to justify collecting the phone records. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama backs bill to end to NSA snooping

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

National Security Agency director Mike Rogers (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Inside the Ring: Cyber war games held

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Sen. Mary L. Landrieu has called for a vote on Keystone XL. (Associated Press)

Senate Democrats to tackle Keystone, NSA snooping in lame-duck session

By S.A. Miller and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 6, 2004 file photo, Larry Klayman speaks in Melbourne, Fla. Activist attorney Larry Klayman won the first round in December, when U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a Republican appointee, ruled that the NSA’s surveillance program likely runs afoul of the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches. The government appealed. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove, File)

Appeals court takes on NSA surveillance case

By Pete Yost - Associated Press

FILE - This Thursday, June 6, 2013, file photo, shows a sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. A bipartisan privacy board on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, unanimously adopted its report that endorses some of the National Security Agency's Internet surveillance programs. The programs provoked worldwide controversy when they were revealed last year by news organizations after leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NSA reviewing official’s part-time private work

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press

Huawei made its presence at a wireless trade show in Las Vegas this year. Some in Congress fear the Chinese telecommunications giant, said to have ties to China's military, poses a risk to national security with its deal to supply components to a supercomputer lab that is a defense contractor. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Chinese company tried to hack NSA using U.S. defense contractor

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Domestic spying’s ‘poisoned fruit’ is inedible

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Edward Snowden. (Associated Press)

Edward Snowden’s NSA leak tale retold in new documentary

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

President Obama stands with former President George W. Bush at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas on April 25, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

NAPOLITANO: Parallel reconstruction, an edifice of lies at NSA and DOJ

By Andrew P. Napolitano

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 hires ‘risk officer’ for oversight; critics fear ‘talking head with no authority’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 12, 2014, photo, Jackie Dearing uses Facebook to promote organic vegetables and free-range poultry and beef grown at Dearing Country Farms near Bloomington, Ill. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, David Proeber) ** FILE **

Alabama schools admit spying on students’ social media accounts

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

ready, aim, fire: Hours before an American-led military coalition pounded Islamic State strongholds in Syria, the Obama administration informed President Bashar Assad of its plans. (U.S. Navy via Associated Press)

NSA scores victory in foiling Khorasan Group’s U.S. terror plot

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a joint press conference with the President of the Philippines, Benigno S. Aquino III., as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

AP EXCLUSIVE: CIA halts spying in Europe

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2014, photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on current and projected national security threats against the U.S. Clapper, said this week that the loss of state secrets as a result of leaks by former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden was the worst in American history. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Intelligence director disputes allegations he lied

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press

A check point near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Inside the Ring: CIA goes to war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Will the Hillary Rodham Clinton of the past mirror the candidate of the future? Voters may never know until serious Democratic competition emerges and she is forced to take stands on controversial issues. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton can afford to be vague on issues with no strong rival

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this image made from video released by WikiLeaks on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Islamic State using Edward Snowden leaks to evade U.S. intelligence: NSA official

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This image provided by Platon/Wired shows the cover of the September 2014 issue of Wired magazine, featuring former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden gave an exclusive interview with Wired, in the issue scheduled to hit newsstands on Aug. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Platon/Wired)

Report: NSA eyed preset strikes in cyberattacks

By JACK GILLUM - Associated Press

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)

Report: NSA eyed preset strikes in cyber attacks

Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat. (Associated Press)

Outrage over $190M deal for troubled federal contractor USIS

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times