An Open Letter to the Men and Women of the U.S. Intelligence Community
Editor’s Note: The ongoing debate over the intelligence involving the Russian hack of the Democratic National Committee is highlighting a lot of other underlying issues […] More
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NSA Leaks: How Could This Happen Again?
The filing of a criminal complaint by the U.S. government against a National Security Agency (NSA) contractor has once again raised the harrowing possibility that […] More
"Snowden" Wrongly Portrays the NSA as an Outsized Bogeyman
Edward Snowden is back in the news. Oliver Stone’s sympathetic and conspiracy-heavy biopic landed in theaters this month. Meanwhile, a raft of Snowdenistas are leveraging […] More
The Snowden Movie Does Not Get to the Truth
We still do not know the full Edward Snowden story, and the new Oliver Stone movie about the former NSA contractor makes getting at the […] More
In His Own Words – Snowden's Former Boss Reflects
The controversial new movie “Snowden,” which is provocative director Oliver Stone’s take on NSA leaker Edward Snowden, was released in the United States on Friday. […] More
First on The Cipher Brief: Snowden’s Boss Shares Lessons Learned
The man who was Edward Snowden’s boss when the National Security Agency (NSA) leaker fled the United States is now speaking out about his experiences […] More
Bourne is Back
Drawing heavily from the fallout of the Edward Snowden affair and packed with non-stop action, Matt Damon returns as an older and grimmer version of […] More
A blunt defense of interrogations, targeted killings and domestic spying
Former NSA and CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden has released a book called Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror, which […] More
Ex-CIA, NSA chief Michael Hayden: 2016 rhetoric 'scares me'
During an interview with CNN, former CIA and NSA Director General Michael Hayden expressed criticism of the rhetoric used by GOP presidential candidates. He continued […] More
Former intel head Michael Hayden on stealing others' secrets
Michael Hayden spoke with CBS News about his time leading both the NSA and CIA during a time of rapid change. In the course of […] More
National Security Agency plans major reorganization
The National Security Agency is preparing for an internal reorganization that will combine its offensive and defensive missions under a single directorate. According to The […] More
General Michael Hayden on Security-Privacy Tradeoff
Here we go again. Security vs. privacy. Round n. Of course, I’m referring to the aftermath of the horrific ISIS attacks in Paris. What did […] More