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NYT Scribe Defends White House Leaks

David Axelrod denies leaks came from White House

(Newser) - The public's right to know about the president and his policies outweigh secrecy and security issues, says David Sanger, the New York Times reporter behind one of two much-criticized articles on the White House's approach to national security, reports the LA Times . Sen. John McCain has repeatedly attacked...

McCain: Classified Info Was Leaked to Boost Obama

He seeks Senate probe of New York Times stories

(Newser) - John McCain has accused the White House of deliberately leaking information that could jeopardize national security in order to "paint a portrait of the president of the United States as a strong leader on national security issues." The senator, the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, has...

Gingrich Insists Obama Is a Threat to National Security

Newt is also not really impressed with electric cars

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich is zinging President Obama with all the zeal of a Republican nominee, charging that the president "routinely only obeys laws that he deems fit" and sticking with a stance he took yesterday that defeating the incumbent is a "duty of national security." Gingrich took aim...

More Than 4.2M People Have Security Clearance

That's almost double previous estimates

(Newser) - A whopping 4.2 million people have access to classified government information, according to a new government report. That’s a far cry from the 2.4 million estimate the Government Accountability Office came up with just two years ago, and, the Washington Post points out, it’s just over...

US Scientist Confesses to Attempted Espionage

Steven Nozette to serve 13 years for trying to sell secrets to Israel

(Newser) - Nearly two years after getting busted for trying to sell US technology secrets to Israel , a top American scientist has confessed to attempted espionage, reports the BBC . Stewart Nozette, who had high security clearances for years with NASA, the National Space Council, and the Department of Energy, will likely serve...

One in Four Would Trade Rights for Security: Poll

And that's down big time since 9/11

(Newser) - Only about 25% of Americans now say they would give up their “basic civil liberties” in exchange for security—a huge decrease from the days after the September 11 attacks, according to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll . In January of 2002, close to half of respondents (47%) were willing...

Obama: We Won't Release bin Laden Photos as ‘Trophies’

President explains why he won't release Osama bin Laden Images

(Newser) - CBS has new details on President Obama's decision not to release photos of a dead Osama bin Laden. It comes down to not inciting violence or gloating, he tells 60 Minutes. Read a partial transcript here from the interview that airs Sunday. Excerpts:
  • "It is important to
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Situation Room Photo Shattering Flickr Records

It's already halfway to all-time record

(Newser) - The photo of President Obama and his national security team in the White House situation room during the Osama raid is well on its way to destroying all of Flickr's viewing records. TechCrunch has the details: It went up at 1pm EST May 2 and had 1.6 million...

Osama bin Laden Is Dead, a US Officials Says
 Osama bin Laden Is Dead 
May 1, 2011 9:53 PM CDT

Osama bin Laden Is Dead

He's killed by US forces in Pakistan

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden is dead, the New York Times reports. Few details yet, but the newspaper (and just about every other media outlet now) quotes a US official saying the al-Qaeda leader has been killed in a "targeted assault" by US forces. CNN says that it happened in Pakistan,...

This New FAA Rule Could Kill You

No more emergency oxygen masks in airplane lavatories

(Newser) - The FAA recently ordered the emergency oxygen masks removed from the lavatories of all US commercial planes, a directive it says will protect the public from potential terror attacks—but which could also kill anyone who happens to be in the airplane lavatory during a rapid decompression event. The FAA...

'State Secrets' Privilege Hits Supreme Court

Critics say government abuses privilege aimed at national security

(Newser) - The Supreme Court this week will, for the first time in decades, hear a case questioning aspects of the government’s oft-used “state secrets” privilege, USA Today reports. The federal government has used the argument frequently since 9/11, such as in cases of warrantless surveillance and prisoner interrogation; it...

Let's Scrap Color-Coded Terror Alerts: Homeland Security

Rather than 'threat level red,' you may soon hear 'imminent threat'

(Newser) - America's color-coded terror alert system, long the butt of jokes and the target of complaints, may not be much longer for this world. The Homeland Security Department is proposing a change to the Homeland Security Advisory System, which many have faulted for being too vague or simply a scare tactic,...

Does 'Post-Post-9/11' GOP No Longer Care About Security?
Are 'Post-Post-9/11' Republicans Over Security?
dana milbank
Nov 21, 2010 4:28 PM CST

Are 'Post-Post-9/11' Republicans Over Security?

Backlash against TSA is an opportunity for Democrats, writes Dana Milbank

(Newser) - If Democrats had opposed President George W. Bush’s efforts to protect airplanes, the former president likely would have accused them of not caring about national security, and “Republicans would no doubt be running ads juxtaposing Democrats with Osama bin Laden,” writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post...

Hey, Border Guards: Stay Out of Our Computers
Hey, Border Guards:
Stay Out of Our Computers
OPINION
Nov 16, 2010 1:13 PM CST

Hey, Border Guards: Stay Out of Our Computers

There must be a reason for these invasive searches, seizures, writes the NYT

(Newser) - Right now, border agents can search your computer without a warrant or probable cause—and it's long past time for that to change, asserts the New York Times in an editorial. Borders need to be protected, but there's "a big difference between government agents scanning items for explosives ... and...

US Cites State Secrets, Asks Judge to Dismiss Suit

Case involves US citizen as CIA target

(Newser) - The Obama administration has for the fourth time summoned the "state secrets" argument in asking that a lawsuit be dismissed, reports the Washington Post . White House lawyers told a federal judge today that a suit on behalf of Anwar al-Awlaki —a US citizen who's on the CIA's capture-or-kill...

Graham: White House Bailed on Gitmo Talks

Admin Says It's Open to Further Talks

(Newser) - There was a time when the White House and Sen. Lindsey Graham seemed close to striking a bipartisan deal on closing Guantanamo Bay and other national security issues, but in May those talks “went completely dead,” Graham tells Politico . “They could never quite pull the trigger,”...

US Too Chicken to Name Its Enemy: Islamic Radicalism
US Too Chicken to Name Its Enemy: Islamic Radicalism
charles krauthammer
Jul 2, 2010 9:37 AM CDT

US Too Chicken to Name Its Enemy: Islamic Radicalism

Obama administration prefers euphemisms instead

(Newser) - The would-be Times Square bomber calls himself a "Muslim soldier," and the Fort Hood shooter calls himself a "soldier of Allah." But when Team Obama refers to our enemy, it uses euphemisms like "a loose network of violent extremists." How meaningless and cowardly, writes...

Here's the New Phrase for 'War on Terror' ...

... It's 'Countering Violent Extremism,' or CVE

(Newser) - President Obama's national security officials have quietly replaced the phrase "war on terror" with—drum roll, please—Countering Violent Extremism, or CVE, writes Marc Ambinder. "Though there hasn't been any formal announcement, folks in the counteterrorism business are now using CVE in the same way they used GWOT—...

Obama Team Afraid to Mention 'Radical Islam'
Obama Team Afraid to Mention 'Radical Islam'
opinion
May 8, 2010 11:30 AM CDT

Obama Team Afraid to Mention 'Radical Islam'

They keep downplaying terrorists' jihadist connections

(Newser) - The Weekly Standard rips into the Obama administration's anti-terror record in a scathing new essay. Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn accuse the administration of failing to detect three plots beforehand (Times Square, the Christmas Day attempt, and Fort Hood), taking credit for dumb luck when two of the attempts...

John Boehner's absurd charge about Obama's counterterrorism strategy. - By John Dickerson - Slate Magazine
Boehner's Anti-Terror Screed on Obama Is Absurd
opinion
May 7, 2010 12:31 PM CDT

Boehner's Anti-Terror Screed on Obama Is Absurd

He's twisting facts to score political points

(Newser) - John Boehner's serious charge that President Obama doesn't have a "comprehensive strategy" to fight terrorists "doesn't deserve a hearing at the adults table," writes John Dickerson. Obama—who's doubled the number of CIA air strikes in Pakistan, tripled the troops in Afghanistan, and given "speeches devoted...

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