Snowden denies Russian intelligence had role in leaks

Dimissing Rep. Mike Rogers’s claims, the former NSA contractor said he “unambiguously acted alone.”

U.S. officials harbor doubts Obama’s NSA goal can be met

U.S. officials harbor doubts Obama’s NSA goal can be met

Some fear the president’s push to quickly revamp the phone-data collection program is unworkable.

Fine Print: Congress manipulates defense dollars

Lawmakers have their own agenda when handling Pentagon funding, regardless of department’s requests.

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

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’

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’

‘We must maintain the trust of the American people’

President ends eavesdropping on friendly foreign governments, changes system of data collection.

NSA Secrets

FILE - This June 6, 213 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The NSA has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the intelligence agency broad new powers in 2008, The Washington Post reports. In one case, telephone calls from Washington were intercepted when the city's area code was confused with the dialing code for Egypt.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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.

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

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

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.

A top Navy civilian leader resigns amid investigation

A top Navy civilian leader resigns amid investigation

The intensifying criminal investigation into an alleged contracting scheme led Robert C. Martinage to step down.