Central Intelligence Agency

Ex-CIA worker from Maryland revealed as source of NSA leaks

2013-06-10 12:57:00

A British newspaper has identified a 29-year-old former Marylander as the source of the top secret documents that revealed details of two National Security Agency surveillance programs and revived debate of the agency's reach into the private lives of...

Similarities seen in leaks by Snowden, Manning

2013-06-10 18:40:00

A young man comes to Maryland, takes some community college classes, uses his computer skills to get a job in which he gains a security clearance. Still in his 20s, he finds information about government activity that troubles him. He decides to share it...

Details about Edward Snowden's life in Maryland emerge

2013-06-10 19:00:00

Edward Joseph Snowden, the government contractor who revealed the National Security Agency's massive telephone- and Internet-surveillance program, has left few public clues about his life growing up in Crofton and Ellicott City. Snowden, 29, attended...

Snooping, past and present

2013-06-12 11:47:00

For us aging Vietnam War protesters, the secret domestic surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden, a young former CIA contractor, is like a bad flashback. In 1968, Lyndon Johnson demanded that something be done to curb the demonstrations that were...

Snowden leak shows the weakness of oversight

2013-06-10 14:30:00

The 29-year-old former CIA employee who admitted over the weekend to leaking documents about the National Security Agency's targeting of phone records, email accounts and Internet use of millions of Americans exemplified the ethical dilemma facing those...

Edward Snowden reveals his reasoning, another GoT batch ends, and 3D printing goes mainstream

2013-06-10 07:25:00

American citizens from both ends of the political spectrum are rallying behind a former Marylander who has come forward as the NSA whistleblower. Also, if you're bored by that whole "active citizenship" thing, you can watch Game of Thrones and then...

From Baltimore book seller to CIA

2013-06-13 14:39:00

The life of an independent bookstore owner is perilous these days. Having to fend off deadly competition from giant Barnes & Noble, online merchants such as Amazon, and big box stores including Target and Walmart. Still, even with that cut-throat...

Security vs. privacy

2013-06-14 00:00:00

The latest open debate over security and privacy is a welcome pivot from the irksome father-knows-best attitude that has prevailed too long regarding the government's contention of superior judgment in the realm of national security. As with most...

NSA leaks shift focus to intel contractors

2013-06-10 18:45:00

An intelligence contractor's disclosure of covert National Security Agency surveillance programs reopened a debate Monday over how much the government relies on private companies for spy work and whether those firms must do more to vet employees and...

Former Baltimore resident named No. 2 at CIA

2013-06-13 12:28:00

A former Baltimore resident and Fells Point business owner, Avril D. Haines, has been named deputy director of the CIA -- the first woman to hold the second-highest position at the agency. Haines, 43, previously worked as a White House deputy...

Civilization has no place for drones

2013-05-30 06:48:00

In his recent speech, President Barack Obama set forth what he described as narrow, reasonable guidelines for using drones to carry out targeted killings overseas. The U.S., he said, will only use drone strikes "against terrorists who pose a continuing...

In Benghazi and eyond, fallen workers remembered

2013-05-24 20:04:23

Let's take a break from the raging discord that has dominated Washington lately by remembering federal employees who died abroad in service to their country. With so much attention focused on what the government has done wrong, we'll end the week with...

James Gandolfini plays the CIA director in the critically acclaimed 2012 war film "Zero Dark Thirty," directed by Oscar-winning Kathryn Bigelow.

2013-06-19 19:21:00

James Gandolfini portrays the director of the CIA in Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty."

2013-06-19 17:22:13

Senator Bob Graham is the former two-term governor of Florida and served for 18 years in the United States Senate. This is combined with 12 years in the Florida legislature for a total of 38 years of public service.

2013-06-11 07:40:00