Feinstein ‘Open’ to Hearings on Surveillance Programs
Senator Dianne Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee and a defender of the phone and Internet surveillance programs that have come into public view in recent days, said she...
View ArticleBoehner Calls Snowden a Traitor
The stand by the House speaker, John A. Boehner, makes a legislative response to curtail Internet and telephone surveillance programs or declassify aspects of them even more unlikely.
View ArticlePoll Finds Disapproval of Record Collection, but Little Personal Concern
Most Americans expressed disapproval about the government's collecting phone records of “ordinary” Americans, but they showed little concern about their own communications being monitored.
View ArticleCheney Defends Surveillance and Says Leaks Were Traitorous
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," defended the newly disclosed electronic surveillance programs operated by the government and called the former N.S.A. contract...
View ArticleObama Tells Leno Closure of Embassies Is No Overreaction
In an appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” President Obama told Jay Leno that the government is not overreacting in locking down nearly 20 diplomatic posts and issuing a worldwide travel warning after...
View ArticleClemency for Snowden? U.S. Officials Say No
The White House and two key members of Congress rejected Edward J. Snowden's argument that he deserves clemency for his disclosures of classified documents because they provoked an important debate...
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