Brennan Objects To Use Of Waterboarding In CIA Confirmation Hearing
President Obama's nominee to run the CIA has his confirmation hearing Thursday afternoon. The hearing of White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan comes as lawmakers are studying a memo on drone...
View ArticlePentagon Goes On The Offensive Against Cyber Attacks
With the Pentagon now officially recognizing cyberspace as a domain of warfare, U.S. military commanders are emphasizing their readiness to defend the nation against cyberthreats from abroad. What they...
View ArticleIn Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are A Hot Commodity
There have been security flaws in software as long as there has been software, but they have become even more critically important in the context of cyberweapons development.In the past, security...
View ArticleVictims Of Cyberattacks Now Going On Offense Against Intruders
U.S. companies that have their networks routinely penetrated and their trade secrets stolen cannot be surprised by a new National Intelligence Estimate on the cyber-espionage threat. The classified...
View ArticleSanctions Bite, But Iran Shows No Signs Of Budging
A new round of international talks on Iran's nuclear program is under way in Kazakhstan, where the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany are asking Iran to give up any thought of building a...
View ArticleCyber Attacks, Terrorism Top U.S. Security Threat Report
James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, went before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday in a bit of a sour mood. He led off complaining that he had to speak publicly at all."An...
View ArticleIs All The Talk About Cyberwarfare Just Hype?
U.S. government pronouncements about the danger of a major cyberattack can be confusing. The director of national intelligence, James Clapper, and the head of the U.S. military's Cyber Command, Army Gen.
View ArticleAmid Threats, N. Korea's Neighbors Rethink Defense Policies
North Korea has been a big headache for the United States, with the new leader there saying almost daily that his country is ready to go to war.Speaking in Washington on Wednesday, Defense Secretary...
View ArticleTensions With North Korea A Messaging Balancing Act For U.S.
You might think alarm bells would be sounding in Washington, given the warnings coming out of North Korea. But when they talk about North Korea, U.S. officials are sounding like exasperated parents...
View ArticleVenezuela's Next Leader Faces Tough Choice On Oil Program
As Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez thought in grandiose terms, and his country's vast oil riches enabled him to act on his vision. But Chavez died before he had to deal with the flaws in his model,...
View ArticleTwo Young Men Suspected In Boston Bombing Attack
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block.We begin this hour with what we're told is an imminent news...
View ArticleClues Suggest Boston Suspects Took A Do-It-Yourself Approach
As investigators look into the Boston Marathon bombings, one crucial question is whether the suspects, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, acted alone or had help. The clues might be found in the...
View ArticleFBI Criticized For Failing To 'Connect Dots' In Boston Case
The failure of the FBI and the CIA to keep track of Tamerlan Dsarnaev in the months preceding the Boston Marathon bombing has prompted criticism that U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials...
View ArticleU.S. Turns Up Heat On Costly Commercial Cyber Theft In China
American companies that do business with China make good money. They also lose a lot of money there to cyberthieves, who routinely hack into the computers of the U.S. firms and steal their trade and...
View ArticleObama Keeps Distance From Torture Debate, At Least For Now
In his national security speech Thursday, President Obama discussed drone warfare and the Guantanamo detention camp. But a third controversial issue went largely unmentioned: the use of interrogation...
View ArticleSports: Playoff Time In The NBA
Host Scott Simon catches up on the week's sports with NPR's Tom Goldman.
View ArticleCyber Spying Expected To Be Discussed At U.S.-China Summit
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Today, President Obama will be turning his attention to China. He's meeting China's new President, Xi Jinping, here in Southern California. There's plenty on the...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Surveillance Targets Evolving Terrorist Tactics
Since public revelations that the National Security Agency is collecting telephone records and reviewing Internet communications in the U.S. and abroad, officials have been making the case that the...
View ArticleNSA Leak Could Be Bad Business For U.S. Tech Companies
The disclosure of previously secret National Security Agency surveillance programs has left many Americans worried that the privacy of their personal data and communications is in jeopardy.In an...
View ArticleDefense Officials Indicate NSA Leaks Have Had Consequences
Washington is still trying to determine how much damage has been done as a result of Edward Snowden's revelations about NSA surveillance. Snowden allegedly encrypted the files he took with him, but...
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