Observer
  • Business
  • Art
  • Lifestyle
Newsletters
  • Business
    • Finance
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Policy
    • Wealth
    • Insights
    • Interviews
  • Art
    • Art Fairs
    • Art Market
    • Art Reviews
    • Auctions
    • Galleries
    • Museums
    • Interviews
  • Lifestyle
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Style
    • Travel
    • Interviews
  • Power Lists
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Art
    • A.I.
    • PR
  • About
    • About Observer
    • Advertise With Us
    • Reprints
Newsletters

Fort Meade

REORG: How Not to Fix American Intelligence

With an unusual degree of public fanfare, the super-secret National Security Agency has just announced its first significant reorganization since the 1990s.
By John R. Schindler
Fort Meade, UNITED STATES: (FILES): This 25 January 2006 file photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Maryland, where US President George W. Bush delivered a speech behind closed doors and met with employees in advance of Senate hearings on the much-criticized domestic surveillance. The US National Security Agency has assembled the world's largest database of telephone records tracking the phone calls of tens of millions of AT and T, Verizon and BellSouth customers, sources familiar with the program told USA Today. In an article published 11 May 2006, the daily said the NSA launched the secret program in 2001, shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks, to analyze calling patterns in a bid to detect terrorist activity. AFP PHOTO/FILES/Paul J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

An Agency in Crisis

For decades, the agency had gone about its top secret business with little public scrutiny or fanfare.
By John R. Schindler

Most Recent Posts on Observer

A $3 Million Night at the Geffen: MOCA’s Celebrated Gala Returns in Full Force

By Christa Terry
Alexandr Wang wearing a gray jacket onstage

Alexandr Wang Defends Meta’s Muse Spark as an ‘Appetizer’ in Bigger A.I. Push

By Victor Dey
Daniela Amodei smiles during the Snowflake Summit 26

Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Charts Leaner A.I. Strategy as IPO Race With OpenAI Heats

By Rachel Curry
An installation view of “INFRASUPRA” shows FOROF’s dark archaeological space with black felt surrounding ancient marble fragments and blue spherical forms partially embedded in the floor.

At Giovanna Caruso Fendi’s FOROF, Rome’s Past Finds New Context in the Contemporary

By Elisa Carollo
A scattered pile of recycle symbols

The End of the Sustainability Premium

By Goutam Challagalla and Frédéric Dalsace
A messy bed with white sheets and two pillows on a blue rug. There are garbage strewn around

One Fine Show: “Tracey Emin, A Second Life” at Tate Modern in London

By Dan Duray
  • ART
  • BUSINESS
  • LIFESTYLE
  • POWER LISTS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • ABOUT
  • ADVERTISE
  • CONTACT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • RSS FEEDS
  • SITEMAP
  • TERMS
  • PRIVACY
  • REPRINTS
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Settings
  • Do not sell my data
Powered by WordPress VIP

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page