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** FILE ** Then-Deputy CIA Director Michael J. Morell received an email dated Sept. 15, 2012, from the Libya station chief saying that the Benghazi attack was "not an escalation of protests." (Associated Press)

CIA ignored station chief in Libya when creating talking points on Benghazi

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

IU prof doubles in cybersecurity, stuffed animals

By JON BLAU - Associated Press

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

White House cyber chief: Snowden damage will be felt for decades

By Bill Gertz — The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** (Associated Press)

Pentagon to triple cyber staff, build ‘elite’ force to thwart attacks

By Pauline Jelinek and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Obama seeks quick end to NSA phone records program

By EILEEN SULLIVAN - Associated Press

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo, shows a sign outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The Senate Intelligence Committee three years ago secretly considered, but ultimately rejected, alternate ways for the National Security Agency to collect and store massive amounts of Americans’ phone records, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Obama requests 90-day extension to NSA phone snooping program

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Thursday, June 6, 2013, file photo, shows a sign outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senate intel panel considered phone company option, officials say

By Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press

Illustration by Van Dam, Landsweer, Netherlands

NAPOLITANO: New NSA spy scheme, same constitutional violation

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Experts say NSA rules leave privacy vulnerable

By MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo, shows a sign outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The Senate Intelligence Committee three years ago secretly considered, but ultimately rejected, alternate ways for the National Security Agency to collect and store massive amounts of Americans’ phone records, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Officials: Senate once nixed phone company option

By EILEEN SULLIVAN - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Monday, March 17, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. The New York Times reported late Monday, March 24, 2014, that the Obama administration this week will propose that Congress overhaul the NSA's electronic surveillance program. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama to unveil end of NSA mass data collection

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the media at the end of the Nuclear Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. President Barack Obama says there's no expectation that Russian forces will be dislodged from Crimea by force. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Obama seeks NSA surveillance overhaul

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, March 17, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. The New York Times reported late Monday, March 24, 2014, that the Obama administration this week will propose that Congress overhaul the NSA's electronic surveillance program. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama to propose ending NSA’s phone call sweep

By EILEEN SULLIVAN - Associated Press

FILE - This March 11, 2014 file photo shows Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaking to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Senate intelligence committee vote next week to release key sections of a voluminous, still-secret report on terror interrogations would start a declassification process that could severely test the already strained relationship between lawmakers and the CIA, and force President Barack Obama to step into the fray. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Terror report release may fuel Congress’ CIA spat

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

China demands answers from US over spying claims

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 17. 2014 photo, President Barack Obama speaks about Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. Obama travels across the Atlantic next week and will seek a cohesive stance from European leaders unnerved by Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. (AP Photo/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s Europe ties get new test in Russia dispute

By JULIE PACE - 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)

Snowden: NSA targeted Chinese tech giant Huawei

Associated Press

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton laid out six questions that the IRS must answer, including the employees' names, why tea party groups were targeted for extra scrutiny and how the IRS has tried to prevent a repeat. (Associated Press/File)

Judge says Justice Dept failed to inform him

By PETE YOST - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Feb. 24, 2014, file photo shows Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a conference in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Obama reassures Internet CEOs on tech privacy

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the Berkeley Forum, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Rand Paul criticizes Obama, others surveillance

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press