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NSA Launches Biggest Overhaul in Decade With New AI, China and Global Intelligence Divisions

The NSA is reportedly preparing its most extensive restructuring in at least a decade, creating dedicated organisations for AI, China, cybersecurity, combat support and global intelligence.

International Business Times UK · Sep 13

White House task force seeking new ‘evidence’ of election fraud: report

Thousands of documents are reportedly being collected from the CIA, FBI, Justice Department, National Security Agency and Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The Independent UK · Jul 1

Lawmakers Blocked From Seeing Classified Intel Behind Tulsi Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint

The Trump administration has informed lawmakers that it will not provide them with the classified intelligence report that underlies a whistleblower complaint involving Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

International Business Times · Feb 25

Former NSA worker pleads guilty to trying to sell US secrets Russia

A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado has pleaded guilty to trying to sell classified information to Russia

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023

US National Security Agency unveils artificial intelligence security centre

NSA Director Paul Nakasone says US has advantage in AI development but capabilities can not be ‘taken for granted’.

Al Jazeera · Sep 29, 2023

US agencies buy vast quantities of personal information on the open market – a legal scholar explains why and what it means for privacy in the age of AI

Numerous government agencies, including the FBI, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Treasury Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, Navy and Coast Guard, have purchased vast amounts of U.S. citizens’ personal information from commercial data brokers. The revelation was published in a partially declassified, internal Office of the Director of National Intelligence…

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2023

Fighting hackers is big business—and just helped Blackpoint Cyber raise $190 million led by Bain Capital

CEO Jon Murchison is a former National Security Agency computer operations expert.

Fortune · Jun 8, 2023

What’s really changed 10 years after the Snowden revelations?

The whistleblower forced US intelligence agencies to admit extensive spying on their own citizens. Some reforms were enacted but Snowden still faces potentially 30 years in prison

The Guardian - US · Jun 7, 2023

SCOTUS Says Domestic Spying Is Too Secret To Be Challenged in Court

Officials shield government abuses from litigation by claiming “national security.” The Supreme Court declined to weigh in.

Reason · Feb 27, 2023

Iraqi Security Dismantles Largest Crude Oil Smuggling Network in Basra

The Iraqi National Security Agency has announced that the committee investigating the oil theft in Basra uncovered the largest crude oil smuggling network. The new announcement may be linked to the arrest of nine senior officers in early November, including top officials of the protection police involved in oil and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 1, 2023