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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

President Donald Trump sits at his desk after a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, left, and members of his staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 8, 2017, as a lockbag is visible on the desk, the key still inside at left. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., all but warned of Trump's handling of sensitive documents early in the then-president’s term. “Never leave a key in a classified lockbag in the presence of non-cleared people. #Classified101,” tweeted Heinrich, a member of the Intelligence Committee, days after the February 2017 incident. He asked for a review. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The intel review of documents at Trump’s estate, what’s known and what’s expected

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

Illustration on intelligence, law enforcement and civil rights by Linas Garsys/The Washington times

The ‘Bill of Temporary Privileges’: Americans have no rights

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Mohamed bin Hamad Al-Thani, left, Chairman of the 2022 bid committee, and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, hold the World Cup trophy in front of FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke after the announcement that Qatar will host the 2022 soccer World Cup, on Dec. 2, 2010, in Zurich, Switzerland. Qatar has for years employed a former CIA officer to help spy on soccer officials as part of an aggressive effort to win and hold on to the 2022 World Cup tournament, an investigation by The Associated Press has found. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) **FILE**

World Cup host Qatar used ex-CIA officer to spy on FIFA

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2019, photo, signs on a bank of computers tell visitors that the machines are not working at the public library in Wilmer, Texas. The Associated Press has learned new details about a ransomware attack that affected roughly two dozen Texas communities two years ago. Thousands of pages obtained by AP and interviews with people involved show Texas communities struggled for days with disruptions to core government services as workers in small cities and towns endured a cascade of frustrations brought on by the sophisticated cyberattack. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) **FILE**

Biden administration teams up with Big Tech to fend off cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The WHO team is investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has visited two disease control centers in the province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Loss of Chinese agents undercuts U.S. COVID-19 origin probe

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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

Court rejects NSA warrantless surveillance lawsuit on ‘state secrets’ grounds

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

A security surveillance camera is seen near the Microsoft office building in Beijing, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyber operations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese cyber actors pose ‘major threat’ to U.S. national security

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Screengrab via Fox News)

Tucker Carlson says NSA leaked his private email to use as leverage against him

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Tucker Carlson, host of 'Tucker Carlson Tonight,' poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) **FILE**

House GOP lawmakers request NSA watchdog probe of Tucker Carlson’s claims

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses the National Security Agency with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, June 30, 2021. (Image: Fox News, "Tucker Carlson Tonight" video screenshot)

Glenn Greenwald calls out liberals who ‘loved’ his NSA reporting but are now mocking Tucker Carlson

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, photo shows the United States Chamber of Commerce building in Washington. The Chamber of Commerce is preparing for a court battle with the Biden administration's antitrust enforcers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Russians responsible for SolarWinds hack are targeting COVID-19 research, cyber officials say

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Nashville Police Department is Daniel Everette Hale, who is charged in federal court in Alexandria, Va., under the World War I-era Espionage Act. The former Air Force intelligence analyst pleaded guilty Wednesday, March 31, 2021, to leaking classified documents to a reporter about military drone strikes against al-Qaida and other terrorist targets. The guilty plea from Hale, 33, of Nashville, Tenn., comes just days before he was slated to go on trial in federal court in Alexandria, Va., on charges of violating the Espionage Act. (Nashville Police Department via AP, File)

Analyst pleads to leaking secrets about drone program

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

A hacking unit at the National Security Agency was able to penetrate Huawei Technologies routers to steal secrets around the world. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

NSA hacked Huawei routers

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Elizabeth Jo Shirley. Shirley was sentenced Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, to more than eight years in federal prison for unlawfully retaining a document containing national defense information and three years for committing international parental kidnapping. Prosecutors said that Shirley, who previously served in the Air Force, planned to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government.(West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, File)

Woman sentenced in scheme to offer information to Russia

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 30, 2010, photo, Vice President Joe Biden, left, with his son Hunter, right, at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Hunter Biden case turns intelligence professionals into partisan activists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, in Wilmington, Del. Biden’s son Hunter says he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Hunter Biden probe politicized by intelligence community

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2020, file photo two voters fill out ballots during early voting at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland. A surge in coronavirus cases is hitting key presidential battleground states a little more than two weeks before Election Day, raising concerns that voting could be thrown into chaos despite months of preparation and planning by election officials and voters. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Former NSA chief: Russia can change 2020 election outcome, unlikely to do so

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this June 6, 2013 file photo, vehicles are parked near a sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NSA phone surveillance ruled illegal by appeals court; 9th Circuit says program violated FISA

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 11, 2013, file image made from video and released by WikiLeaks, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow. (AP Photo, File)

EDITORIAL: Pardoning Snowden sends wrong message

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES