NSA chief: We owe the public stats on surveillance

NSA director and members of Congress pledge to release information in the coming week to prove agency isn't "freewheeling it"

• Jun 13, 2013

FBI director: Surveillance programs might have prevented 9/11

Robert Mueller defends U.S. surveillance programs, says "legality has been assured"

• Jun 13, 2013

Storage wars: The threat of government's vast data lockers

Major Garrett: Freedom is merely a word, and its definition a putrid joke in a world where a life's history resides forever in a vast database

• Jun 13, 2013

Newtown families relaunch gun control push

Six months after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary, the Newtown families are back in Washington

• Jun 13, 2013

NRA goes after Sen. Manchin over guns compromise

Gun rights group targets West Virginia Democrat with a TV ad over his push for gun buyer background checks

• Jun 12, 2013

NSA chief: Surveillance helped stop "dozens" of threats

NSA director Keith Alexander tells Congress he's pushing to release more information publicly over the next week

• Jun 12, 2013

Gillibrand's military sexual assault bill hits a roadblock

Proposed law that would have have removed commanders from making decisions on assault cases seemed to be gaining momentum

• Jun 12, 2013

Gillibrand pushing forward with sexual assault measure

Democratic senator says she'll push forward with her proposal to strip commanders of prosecution authority over military sexual assaults

• Jun 12, 2013

Issa demands answers on possible State Dept. misconduct

Chairman of House Oversight Committee calls for opportunity to investigate "the implication that the Department influenced the integrity" of an independent review

• Jun 12, 2013

Report: Feds getting phone records of all Verizon customers

Britain's Guardian newspaper says secret court ordered the company to give the info to U.S. National Security Agency; such a broad order highly unusual

• Jun 12, 2013

NSA's Verizon records collection: "Calm down," Reid says

Senate leader, some members of Congress, call broad data collection routine; Patriot Act author and others concerned about overreach

• Jun 12, 2013

U.S. intel chief blasts leaks on web, phone use tracking

James Clapper calls disclosure that gov't gets info on people's Internet use "reprehensible"; defends it and phone records gathering

• Jun 12, 2013

WH defends Clapper after congressional testimony draws fire

Clapper says his testimony to Congress was the "least untruthful" answer he could give, but WH says Clapper's been "straight and direct"

• Jun 12, 2013

Snowden's NSA leak an "act of treason," says Democratic senator

Sens. Nelson and Chambliss call for Edward Snowden to be extradited for leaking documents from top-secret government surveillance programs

• Jun 12, 2013

What's the legal basis for NSA snooping?

Congress intends to get answers from the NSA about the legal justification it's been relying on for its sweeping surveillance activities

• Jun 12, 2013

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