WorldViews: National Security


Posted at 04:02 PM ET, 06/12/2013

Top secret clearance holders so numerous they include 'packers/craters'
By Max Fisher
As many as 4 million people hold top secret clearance. Is that information really still secret?

By Max Fisher  |  04:02 PM ET, 06/12/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  National Security

Posted at 11:11 AM ET, 06/11/2013

Why Iceland might not be willing to shelter Edward Snowden
By Max Fisher
The NSA leaker has said the country would be his first choice, but it's not clear they would take him.

By Max Fisher  |  11:11 AM ET, 06/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Iceland, National Security

Posted at 03:49 PM ET, 06/10/2013

Could Bradley Manning help Edward Snowden win political asylum?

By Max Fisher
The NSA leaker has a difficult case to make for political asylum, but he could cite Manning's mistreatment as evidence of persecution.

By Max Fisher  |  03:49 PM ET, 06/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  National Security

Posted at 01:46 PM ET, 06/10/2013

'This is the definition of heroism': Snowden lauded in China
By Max Fisher
Web users in the country seem to see him as both a fellow activists against corruption and a repudiation of Western lecturing.

By Max Fisher  |  01:46 PM ET, 06/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  China, National Security

Posted at 01:05 PM ET, 06/10/2013

Edward Snowden could strain to qualify for asylum under international law
By Max Fisher
The 29-year-old NSA leaker says he will seek asylum, but would he be able to?

By Max Fisher  |  01:05 PM ET, 06/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Iceland, National Security

Posted at 12:22 PM ET, 06/06/2013

What the NSA can and can't learn about your calls from its Verizon court order

By Max Fisher
The U.S. intelligence agency can see who you called and for how long but not what you said.

By Max Fisher  |  12:22 PM ET, 06/06/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  National Security

Posted at 11:09 AM ET, 06/06/2013

NSA chief, two weeks ago: 'We're the only ones not spying on the American people'

By Max Fisher
General Keith Alexander made some awkwardly timed comments in the agency's defense.

By Max Fisher  |  11:09 AM ET, 06/06/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  National Security

Posted at 10:29 AM ET, 06/06/2013

Expert: NSA phone data collection has likely been ongoing since 2006

By Max Fisher
The just-leaked order appears to be renewable every 90 days.

By Max Fisher  |  10:29 AM ET, 06/06/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  National Security

Posted at 04:32 PM ET, 05/23/2013

Obama's case for drones

By Max Fisher
The president's speech on counterterrorism laid out a "just war" rationale for using drones.

By Max Fisher  |  04:32 PM ET, 05/23/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  National Security

Posted at 12:05 PM ET, 02/27/2013

Pentagon finally releases some pre-trial documents from Bradley Manning case

By Julie Tate
The partial release is a symbolic but important step toward transparency in the case.

By Julie Tate  |  12:05 PM ET, 02/27/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  National Security

Posted at 02:24 PM ET, 09/23/2011

FBI removes instructor who called mainstream Muslims ‘violent,’ but anger remains
By Elizabeth Flock
Some American Muslims are not happy with the FBI’s statement over a trainer at Quantico who made insulting remarks about Islam.

By Elizabeth Flock  |  02:24 PM ET, 09/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  National, National Security, FBI, Islam