http://www.mail.com/people/51010-dianne-feinstein.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/51010-dianne-feinstein.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2157160-obama-nsa-secret-data-gathering-transparent.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. "It is transparent," Obama told PBS' Charlie Rose in an interview broadcast Monday. "That's why we set up the FISA court," he added, referring... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:32:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2157160-obama-nsa-secret-data-gathering-transparent.html 2013-06-18T04:32:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2150520-mangled-facts-secrecy-brew-confusion-nsa.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Wondering what the U.S. government might know about your phone calls and online life? And whether all of this really helps find terrorists? Good luck finding solid answers. Americans trying to wrap their minds around two giant surveillance programs are confronted with a mishmash of leaks, changing claims and secrecy. Members of Congress ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:27:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2150520-mangled-facts-secrecy-brew-confusion-nsa.html 2013-06-14T15:27:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2150040-lawmakers-terrorists-change-tactics-leaks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senior Republican lawmakers said Thursday that terrorists are already changing their behavior after leaks about classified U.S. data gathering programs, but they offered no details. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said it's part of the damage from disclosures by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of two NSA programs, which... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2150040-lawmakers-terrorists-change-tactics-leaks.html 2013-06-13T23:26:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2147024-correction-military-sexual-assault-story.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story June 12, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was the only Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee who supported a measure to remove commanders from decision-making on whether to prosecute sexual assault cases in the military. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., also supported the proposal. A corrected version of ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:59:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2147024-correction-military-sexual-assault-story.html 2013-06-13T18:59:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2147650-cia-deputy-director-michael-morell-retires.html WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who defended harsh interrogation techniques and was involved with the fallout after the attack on the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, announced his retirement Wednesday. When President Barack Obama named a successor to former CIA Director David Petraeus last January, Morell was passed over in fa... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:09:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2147650-cia-deputy-director-michael-morell-retires.html 2013-06-12T22:09:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2143236-congress-briefed-us-surveillance-programs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the government's years-long collection of phone records and Internet usage is necessary for protecting Americans — and does not trample on their privacy rights. But the country's main civ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:43:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2143236-congress-briefed-us-surveillance-programs.html 2013-06-12T03:43:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145032-nyc-bomb-plot-details-settle-nsa-debate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration declassified a handful of details Tuesday that credited its PRISM Internet spying program with intercepting a key email that unraveled a 2009 terrorist plot in New York. The details, declassified by the director of national intelligence, were circulated on Capitol Hill as part of government efforts to tamp down c... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:58:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145032-nyc-bomb-plot-details-settle-nsa-debate.html 2013-06-11T19:58:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2143124-journalist-us-surveillance-case-to.html HONG KONG (AP) — The journalist who exposed classified U.S. surveillance programs leaked by an American defense contractor said Tuesday that there will be more 'significant revelations' to come from the documents. "We are going to have a lot more significant revelations that have not yet been heard over the next several weeks and months," said Glenn Green... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:49:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2143124-journalist-us-surveillance-case-to.html 2013-06-11T05:49:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2142694-us-spy-programs-raise-ire-abroad.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of thwarting terrorist threats. But a senior intelligence official said there are no plans to end the secretive surveillance systems. The programs causing the global uproar were r... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:49:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2142694-us-spy-programs-raise-ire-abroad.html 2013-06-11T02:49:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2141068-nsa-contractor-risks-steep-jail-time-data-leak.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and touching off a national debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity. He risked decades in jail for the disclosures — if the U.S. can extradite him from Hong Kong where he has taken refuge. Edward Snowden, 29,... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:26:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2141068-nsa-contractor-risks-steep-jail-time-data-leak.html 2013-06-10T14:26:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140632-5-things-to-note-nsa-surveillance-programs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden identified himself Sunday as a principal source behind revelations about the National Security Agency's sweeping phone and Internet surveillance programs. Five things to know about the disclosures: — THE PROGRAMS: The NSA has been collecting the phone records of hundreds of millions of Americans each day, creating a databa... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:28:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140632-5-things-to-note-nsa-surveillance-programs.html 2013-06-09T23:28:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140222-senators-differ-value-phone-records-program.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are divided about whether there's evidence that the government's phone records collection program has kept the United States safe. It was disclosed last week that the National Security Agency has been gathering the records of hundreds of millions of U.S. phone customers. Democratic Sen. Ma... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:24:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140222-senators-differ-value-phone-records-program.html 2013-06-09T17:24:18Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2136646-officials-renew-call-closing-gitmo-visit.html WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and two leading senators on national security reaffirmed their support for closing the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after visiting the facility on Friday. In a joint statement issued by McDonough and Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and John McCain-R-Ariz., the officials said ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2136646-officials-renew-call-closing-gitmo-visit.html 2013-06-07T23:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2135900-big-data-turning-government-big-brother.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials. The revelations that the National Security Agency is perusing millions of U.S. customer phone records at Verizon Communicati... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:17:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2135900-big-data-turning-government-big-brother.html 2013-06-07T18:17:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133466-monumental-phone-records-monitoring-laid-bare.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records — hundreds of millions of calls — in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating terrorism under powers granted by Congress after the 9/11 attacks. At issue is a court order, first disclose... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:03:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133466-monumental-phone-records-monitoring-laid-bare.html 2013-06-07T03:03:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2135020-what-you-nsa-phone-data-program.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government knows who you're calling. Every day. Every call. Here's what you need to know about the secret program and how it works: Q: What happened and why is it a big deal? A: The Guardian newspaper published a highly classified April U.S. court order tha... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:35:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2135020-what-you-nsa-phone-data-program.html 2013-06-06T20:35:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2134104-ag-wont-prosecute-reporters-their-jobs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder denied Thursday that the Obama administration is killing suspected terrorists with drone strikes to avoid capturing them and sending them to the Guantanamo prison it wants to close. Appearing before a Senate panel, Holder also generally declined comment about a long-running National Security Agency program to... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:36:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2134104-ag-wont-prosecute-reporters-their-jobs.html 2013-06-06T17:36:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2134626-white-house-nsa-phone-records-critical-tool.html ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House says a court order allowing the government to secretly collect millions of U.S. citizens' telephone records is a critical tool to fight security threats. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says he can't discuss classified information. But he says the court order in question allows the intelligence community to k... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:25:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2134626-white-house-nsa-phone-records-critical-tool.html 2013-06-06T17:25:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133994-intel-chair-nsa-court-order-renewal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence committee says the top secret court order for telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon is a three-month renewal of an ongoing practice. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California spoke to reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference on Thursday after the Obama administration ... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:30:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133994-intel-chair-nsa-court-order-renewal.html 2013-06-06T15:30:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102018-will-senate-bid-lure-rogers-house-seat.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sticks around the House or fulfills GOP hopes and launches a bid for the U.S. Se... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:16:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102018-will-senate-bid-lure-rogers-house-seat.html 2013-05-22T07:16:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100320-key-senator-to-myanmar-sanctions-bill-lapse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy. McConnell, R-Ky., made the announcement after meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein, who is m... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:10:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100320-key-senator-to-myanmar-sanctions-bill-lapse.html 2013-05-21T22:10:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088342-gop-dems-challenge-holder-subpoenas-to-ap.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before issuing subpoenas for the news service's telephone records. In exchanges that often turned testy, Holder... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:27:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088342-gop-dems-challenge-holder-subpoenas-to-ap.html 2013-05-15T20:27:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2086630-holder-defends-subpoenas-ap-telephone-records.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood by an investigation in which he insisted he had no involvement. Pestered by Republicans and some Democrats, Holder testified that he has faith in the individuals... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:25:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2086630-holder-defends-subpoenas-ap-telephone-records.html 2013-05-15T20:25:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080096-review-chairman-clinton-benghazi-call.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We knew where the responsibility rested," Thomas Pickering said Sunday. "They've tried to point a finger at people more senior than wher... Sun, 12 May 2013 18:53:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080096-review-chairman-clinton-benghazi-call.html 2013-05-12T18:53:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2079024-one-homes-calif-subdivision-sinking.html LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March. The cracks soon turned into gaping fractures, and within two weeks their 600-square-foot garage broke from the house and the entire property — manicured lawn and all — dropped 10 feet below th... Sun, 12 May 2013 01:31:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2079024-one-homes-calif-subdivision-sinking.html 2013-05-12T01:31:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2068842-woman-who-secret-prison-bypassed-top-spy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the CIA's highest-ranking women, who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded, has been bypassed for the agency's top spy job. The officer, who remains undercover, was a finalist for the job and would have become the first female chief of clandestine operations. As one of the last remaining senior ... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:49:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2068842-woman-who-secret-prison-bypassed-top-spy.html 2013-05-07T22:49:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2056962-gitmo-closure-elusive-obama-steps.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite President Barack Obama's new vow, closing the Guantanamo Bay prison is still a tough sell in Congress. So the White House may look instead toward smaller steps like transferring some terror suspects back overseas. Shutting down the prison at the U.S. naval base in Cuba is a goal that has eluded Obama since he took office. In his ... Wed, 01 May 2013 20:43:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2056962-gitmo-closure-elusive-obama-steps.html 2013-05-01T20:43:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040532-lawmakers-intel-blocked-boston-bombs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are again asking whether a failure to share intelligence contributed to a deadly attack on U.S. soil, after senior officials briefed them Tuesday on the investigation into last week's bombings at the Boston Marathon. None of the lawmakers are saying — yet— that better sharing could have stopped the bombings, as Congress did aft... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:25:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040532-lawmakers-intel-blocked-boston-bombs.html 2013-04-24T01:25:18Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2037246-feinstein-asks-what-boston-suspect-told-fbi.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein wants to know what the FBI learned when it interviewed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) after his six-month stay last year in the Russian provinces of Dagestan and Chechnya. The FBI had been tipped off a year earlier by Russian officials that 26-year-old Tsarnaev, who was killed la... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:56:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2037246-feinstein-asks-what-boston-suspect-told-fbi.html 2013-04-22T17:56:56Z