WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The public disclosure of U.S. intelligence surveillance programs caused "irreversible" damage to national security and helped America's enemies, the head of the National Security Agency said on Tuesday. Full story
Philip Mudd of the New America Foundation talks about the long-term and short-term impacts of Edward Snowden’s leaks and the future of the surveillance programs.
As the NSA rallies support for its formerly secret programs, Edward Snowden’s leaking of the classified information has put into sharp relief the complicated role that hackers play in the field of national security. The New Yorker’s George Packer discusses.
President Barack Obama and key congressional leaders may agree on current national security surveillance policies, but a heated debate is under way outside Congress -- perhaps most fiercely between two former and powerful vice presidents, Dick Cheney and Al Gore. And their rheto … Full story
A Time Magazine poll finds that 54% of Americans believe Edward Snowden made the right discussion to leak confidential information to the public. But in that same poll, 53% of Americans believed Snowden should be prosecuted. Time’s Michael Scherer is in the studio to tell The Cycle hosts if there ar
CNBC's Eamon Javers reports Google has asked for permission to publish the number of government national security requests.
The Cycle hosts spin on Edward Snowden and the leaking of classified documents regarding government surveillance.
The NOW panel discusses how in the wake of Edward Snowden's leaks, some on the left and right in Congress are uniting in different camps on both civil liberties and security.
Monday's Agenda panel discusses the recent leak and if this sets a precedent going forward for less privacy for Americans in the name of national security.
Demos' Bob Herbert, Politico's Maggie Haberman, MSNBC.com's Richard Wolffe, writer James Banford and Business Editor's Josh Barro join Alex Wagner in discussing Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who identified himself as the individual who leaked information on the NSA's phone and internet sur
CNBC's Eamon Javers offers insight on NSA's efforts in national security. Cliff Van Zandt, former military intelligence agent, and Peter Swire, former chief counselor on privacy to the Clinton Administration, discuss.
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 27: National Intelligence Director John McConnell
Soldiers of the National Security stand guard at the entrance of their building during a march to demand the government to dissolve the foreign intelligence service in Sanaa June 10, 2013. The march, organized by supporters of Houthi, came in the wake of clashes against the National Security on Sund
U.S. President Barack Obama listens after announcing the appointment of Susan Rice as his new national security advisor, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
Palestinian members of Hamas national security forces aim their guns during a graduation ceremony in Gaza City May 21, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
