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National Security Agency

A digitally distorted American flag glitches downward in streaks of neon code, evoking the collapse of national cybersecurity infrastructure under digital siege.

Cybersecurity on Mute: Trump’s Second Term Declares War on America’s Digital Defenses

The Trump administration’s second-term crusade against America’s cybersecurity agencies has left experts and insiders reeling. With firings at NSA and CYBERCOM, deep cuts to CISA and open retribution against former officials, national cyber defense is being kneecapped—just as China and Russia escalate digital intrusions on U.S. infrastructure.
By John R. Schindler
A digital composition featuring multiple overlapping smartphone screens displaying the DeepSeek logo, symbolizing the rapid emergence and proliferation of the Chinese AI company's technology.

The Alarming National Security Implications of DeepSeek and China’s A.I. Breakthrough

If their claims hold up, U.S. giants like OpenAI and Nvidia might be in for a rude awakening.
By John R. Schindler
War with Iran

President Trump: There Are 241 Reasons to Go to War With Iran

From 1983 until the present, Iran has committed one aggressive act after another against the U.S.
By Brittain Ladd
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks about the shooting yesterday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at the White House on February 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. Yesterday's tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida left 17 people dead. (Photo by )

Trump Gets Caught in His Own Web of Lies

By John R. Schindler
The sun sets behind the Kremlin at the Red Square in Moscow.

American Spies Get Fooled by the Kremlin Again

By John R. Schindler
Edward Snowden speaks via videoconference at The New Yorker Festival in 2014.

Our National Security’s Millennial Problem

By John R. Schindler
Will your local ATM be a hacker's next target?

Reports Reveal Sorry State of Security at the National InSecurity Agency

By John R. Schindler
National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers.

There Is Now Proof the NSA Overindulges in Data Collection

By Dan King
When is it okay for the government to keep a secret?

Should Spies Use Secret Software Vulnerabilities?

By Nir Kshetri
President Barack Obama walks on stage to deliver his farewell speech on January 10, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden Will Forever Stain Obama’s Legacy

By Michael Sainato
Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, Director of the National Security Agency and chief of Central Security Services Navy Adm. Michael Rogers testifies during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee September 13, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on "Encryption and Cyber Matters."

It’s Time to Rename NSA the National INsecurity Agency

By John R. Schindler
60 Minutes.

Rosenberg Lies Never Cease

By John R. Schindler
A helicopter view of the National Security Agency January 28, 2016 in Fort Meade, Maryland.

The Real Russian Mole Inside NSA

By John R. Schindler
What will come of this attack remains to be seen, but the potential for profound and wide-ranging, even global, effects is clear.

After the NSA Hack: Cybersecurity in an Even More Vulnerable World

By Nir Kshetri
Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a speech during a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani in Baku on August 8, 2016. The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin, his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani are focused on the North-South Transport Corridor -- the ship, rail, and road route for freight between India, Russia, Iran, Europe and Central Asia -- and more generally on economy and trade as well as anti-terrorism cooperation.

NSA ‘Shadow Brokers’ Hack Shows SpyWar With Kremlin Is Turning Hot

By John R. Schindler
Jaron Lanier and Edward Snowden appear via BeamPros in Chelsea's Story, July 12, 2016.

Snowden Appeared by Robot in Chelsea to Argue for Privacy

By Brady Dale
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 1, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / YURI KOCHETKOV

False Flags: The Kremlin’s Hidden Cyber Hand

By John R. Schindler
An undersea fiber optic cable brings broadband Internet to East Africa in 2009.

One Creepy Word Captures the NSA’s Culture of Secrecy

By Brady Dale
Chairman of Hesse's Pirate Party Volker Berkhout wears a hat with mock surveillance cameras during a demonstration against spying activities of the US intelligence agency NSA and its German partner service BND in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany, on May 30, 2015.

Here’s What the NSA Does for the Department of Agriculture and the Fed

By Brady Dale

REORG: How Not to Fix American Intelligence

By John R. Schindler
The Canadian flag flies at half-mast over the Parliament Buildings on November 14, 2015 in Ottawa, one day after the terrorist attacks in Paris. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed solidarity with France after a wave of deadly attacks in Paris left at least 129 people dead. AFP PHOTO / Patrick Doyle (Photo credit should read PATRICK DOYLE/AFP/Getty Images)

Canada and the Emerging Terror Threat From the North

By John R. Schindler
Republican presidential candidates (Photo: Justin Sullivan for Getty Images)

Viva Las Vegas! Candidates Collide at Latest GOP Debate

By Will Bredderman
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

By John R. Schindler
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange as illustrated for the Observer in 2015.

Free Julian Assange: An Exclusive Interview with the Wikileaks Founder

By Jacques Hyzagi
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