For months, Obama administration officials attacked Snowden's motives and said the work of the NSA was distorted by selective leaks and misinterpretations. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
As digital communications have multiplied, and NSA capabilities with them, the agency has shifted resources from surveillance of individual targets to the… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Snowden grants that NSA employees by and large believe in their mission and trust the agency to handle the secrets it takes… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
In the urgent aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, with more attacks thought to be imminent, analysts wanted to use 'contact chaining' techniques… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
NSA surveillance is a complex subject - legally, technically and operationally. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The NSA's business is 'information dominance,' the use of other people's secrets to shape events. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
There is no reliable way to calculate from the number of recorded compliance issues how many Americans have had their communications improperly… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The causes and severity of NSA infractions vary widely. One in 10 incidents is attributed to a typographical error in which an… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The NSA is forbidden to 'target' American citizens, green-card holders or companies for surveillance without an individual warrant from a judge. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
For political and bureaucratic reasons, governments at all levels are telling far less to the public than to insiders about how to prepare for… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Snowden is an orderly thinker, with an engineer's approach to problem-solving. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Experts said public companies worry about the loss of customer confidence and the legal liability to shareholders or security vendors when they report flaws. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The United States, a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, destroyed the last of its stocks of VX and other chemical agents on the… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
As Trotsky didn't exactly say, you may not be interested in electronic snoops, but snoops are interested in you, whether or not you keep… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
