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NSA Investigating If Chinese Hackers Breached US Telecom Firms

The U.S. is in the early stages of an investigation into potential Chinese hacking of American telecommunications companies, according to a top intelligence official. National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh said the NSA, along with other government agencies and …

Agency Official Says Security Controls ‘Work’ Despite NSA Theft

The top U.S. counterintelligence official says secret government data is vulnerable to thieves, such as the National Security Agency insider accused of working undetected for 20 years to steal a large trove of classified material, even as he defends the …

Intel Agency Lawyers Urge Retention of Secret Data

Senior national security lawyers on Monday told an independent oversight board examining U.S. surveillance programs that the government needs to keep its trove of innocent Americans’ telephone records despite growing efforts in Congress to shut down the program. The lawyers …