Most senators reportedly skipped NSA briefing to catch flights home
Only 47 senators attended a briefing with James Clapper on the agency's phone surveillance program
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 2:22 PM UTCPolitics James Clapper, NSA
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White suburban soccer moms love NSA surveillance!
Why should they care if the government has their data? They don't fear becoming innocent targets of persecution
Friday, Jun 14, 2013 12:53 PM UTC 97Technology NSA, suburbs, Surveillance, Spying
5 things we still don’t know about the NSA “black hole”
Secrecy around its surveillance program means even basic questions have gone unanswered
Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 5:48 PM UTCTechnology ProPublica, NSA, Edward Snowden
What spying apologists don’t tell you about “thwarted plots”
Defenders of the government's spying programs claim they're stopping massive attacks. Here's the real story
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 5:10 PM UTC 63Technology NSA, Prism, This Week, ABC news
Weak, incompetent Democrats blow another one
Democrats had every advantage on the immigration issue -- and still caved on their goals, preemptively
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:44 PM UTC 39Politics Democrats, Republicans
Senators hope to revise background checks bill
Adding provisions dealing with the mentally ill is one of the changes currently under consideration
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 11:49 AM UTCNews Associated Press, Joe Manchin
Why is Obama withholding secret torture report from Americans?
A massive report on torture reveals it's far less effective than reported. But the CIA refuses to declassify it
Monday, May 6, 2013 6:08 PM UTC 16Politics Torture, George W. Bush
Dianne Feinstein on Syria: “‘Red lines’ have been crossed”
"Action must be taken to prevent larger scale use," she said
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 9:01 PM UTCPolitics Syria, White House, Barack Obama
How the NRA got what it wanted
We mocked it. But it stood strong, shifted the guns debate and won itself a sweet deal. Now who’s laughing?
Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 163News NRA, Wayne LaPierre, Barack Obama
Senate bill won’t include weapons ban
The ban, championed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, had been part of Dems' comprehensive gun control legislation
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 11:35 AM UTCNews Associated Press
Dianne Feinstein’s lonely anti-gun crusade
Harry Reid drops her assault weapons ban from the Democratic gun-control package as the NRA cheers
Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 8:01 PM UTC 61News assault weapons ban
Will abandoning weapons ban help gun safety?
Democrats just dropped assault weapons measure from their proposal. But that doesn't mean gun control is doomed
Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 2:40 PM UTCPolitics Assault-weapon bans
Senate Intelligence Committee to get kill list opinions
The DoJ papers will be available to the select Senate committee only to pave way for Brennan's confirmation
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 6:35 PM UTCTechnology CIA
Senate reportedly drops “Zero Dark Thirty” probe
A Senate committee had been investigating contact between the CIA and the filmmakers
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 11:26 PM UTCPolitics Zero Dark Thirty, John McCain
Lindsey Graham puts drone deaths at 4,700
"Sometimes you hit innocent people, and I hate that" said the GOP senator, the first official to give a death toll
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 3:15 PM UTCNews Lindsey Graham, Drones
Senators delay Brennan vote over drones
Rand Paul threatened to put a "hold" on the nomination, demanding answers on targeted killing
Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 2:15 PM UTCNews John Brennan, CIA
Congress takes sides on drones
Some members of Congress call for more oversight, while others defend the program unconditionally
Monday, Feb 11, 2013 6:19 PM UTCPolitics Ron Wyden, Drones, John Brennan
Fact-checking Feinstein on civilian drone deaths
At John Brennan's confirmation hearing, the senator understated civilian casualties from drones
Friday, Feb 8, 2013 2:35 PM UTC 26News Drones, CIA, John Brennan
Brennan faces the Senate Intelligence Committee
UPDATED: After early Code Pink protest, the hearing goes smoothly for Brennan, who skirts a number of questions
Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 7:30 PM UTCNews John Brennan, CIA
Sunday best: Gun control, ZDT and Paul Ryan
A series of opaque interviews on today's Sunday shows VIDEO
Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 8:19 PM UTC 21News Video, Zero Dark Thirty
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