Peace talks a tacit admission that Assad won’t leave soon
Scrapping chemical arsenal, negotiating with rebels both require the Syrian leader’s cooperation.
Reforming phone record collection faces challenges
Technical, logistical and political problems confront Obama’s goal of revising the controversial program.
Obama’s NSA restrictions rely on thin definition of ‘spying’
President does not include ingestion of tens of trillions of records about phone calls, e-mails and locations.
Changes to U.S. surveillance policy in detail
What President Obama ordered, asked for — and rejected.
‘We must maintain the trust of the American people’
President ends eavesdropping on friendly foreign governments, changes system of data collection.
Pennsylvania judge strikes down voter ID law
The Commonwealth Court judge ruled that the law is unconstitutional and places an unreasonable burden.
Obama to deliver much-anticipated speech on NSA surveillance
President is expected to announce some new limits on the National Security Agency.
A setback in bid to shift drone campaign’s control from CIA
Congress inserts a secret provision in the spending bill to block the transfer of operational control to Pentagon.
NSA Secrets
Revelations and reaction
The National Security Agency has been forced to respond to unprecedented disclosures about its surveillance programs. Those programs have been assailed as a violation of privacy rights by critics and defended as critical to U.S. national security by intelligence officials. Explore our coverage.
A top Navy civilian leader resigns amid investigation
The intensifying criminal investigation into an alleged contracting scheme led Robert C. Martinage to step down.
Amid Afghan drawdown, U.S. anti-drug efforts face a test
U.S. officials intend to establish an intelligence center in Bahrain to make up for the staffing loss in Afghanistan.
Congress could hold fate of NSA phone data collection
Obama, set to announce limits to the program Friday, is expected to call on lawmakers to help decide its future.
Air Force probes cheating on nuclear proficiency exams
The scandal involves dozens of officers responsible for launching nuclear weapons, the military says.
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