Tabassum Zakaria

Exclusive: After ‘cataclysmic’ Snowden affair, NSA faces winds of change

December 24, 2018 at 11:59 a.m.

FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has made dozens of changes in its operations and computer networks to prevent the emergence of another Edward Snowden, including...

New NSA deputy expected to be leaks task force head: sources

December 24, 2018 at 11:05 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Richard Ledgett, who heads a new task force at the National Security Agency to handle information leaks, is expected to take over as the deputy director of...

Exclusive: Hundreds of U.S. security clearance records falsified, federal cases show

November 4, 2021 at 12:16 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in...

Exclusive: Hundreds of U.S. security clearance records falsified, federal cases show

September 8, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden

November 4, 2021 at 12:14 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that scrutinized former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for a U.S. government security clearance said on Thursday it also checked the background of the Navy...

Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden

December 24, 2018 at 10:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that scrutinized former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for a U.S. government security clearance said on Thursday it also checked the background of the Navy...

Lawmakers question Navy Yard shooting suspect’s security clearance

December 24, 2018 at 10:27 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are calling for a review into how the suspected shooter in Monday's rampage at the Washington Navy Yard received and maintained a security clearance, despite...

Smallest victims punctuate U.S. debate on Syria strike

August 24, 2021 at 8:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the video, a child's arm violently twitches, an image that left the U.S. Senate Democratic leader struggling to comprehend a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria...

U.N. ambassador argues for military option on Syria

August 24, 2021 at 8:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samantha Power, in her first major speech as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, argued Friday that a limited military strike was the only option left to...

Analysis: Military action in Syria faces uncertain fate in Congress

August 24, 2021 at 7:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress has resolved almost nothing of consequence since 2010, failing to complete what were once basic responsibilities for roads, schools, farms and the U.S. mail. Asking...

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