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French National Assembly

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2013

Legislation Will Soon Expand Cyber Power of French Government

By Wall Street Journal

The pending French measures would require Internet providers, telecom operators and content companies to give up “communications, information or documents processed or preserved by their networks or electronic communications services” when demanded by law enforcement.

Cybersecurity
France
German Chancellor Angela Merkel

NATOSource

Nov 25, 2013

Report: NSA Bugged Merkel’s Phone at Request of State Department

By Siobhan Gorman, Wall Street Journal

Shortly after former government contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself in June as the source of leaked National Security Agency documents, the agency’s director, Gen. Keith Alexander, offered to resign, according to a senior U.S. official.

Cybersecurity
Germany
NATO headquarters

NATOSource

Nov 20, 2013

German Spy Sentenced to Seven Years in Jail for Stealing NATO’s ‘Crown Jewels’ of Secrets

By AFP

A German court Tuesday sentenced a former NATO employee to seven years in jail for spying after the IT expert copied secret data in order to sell it to a foreign intelligence service.

Germany
Intelligence

New Atlanticist

Nov 7, 2013

Spying: It’s What’s For Dinner

By Alex Ward

Back in September, Brazil’s President Dilma Rouseff canceled her state visit to the United States, which included the rare honor of a state dinner, because she was “incensed over a series of reports that the NSA tapped her personal communications.” This, of course, was only one grievance among many as it was revealed the United States spies on […]

Brazil
Germany
No one has an overview of US R/D on cyber

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2013

Commission: Obama’s Efforts to Coordinate US Cyber Activities Have Largely Failed

By David E. Sanger, New York Times

[T]he National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community, concludes that President Obama’s efforts to differentiate the roles of competing agencies have largely failed.

Cybersecurity
Intelligence
The NSA's National Security Operations Center

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Oct 29, 2013

Politicians Must Weigh the Cost of Tapping Allies’ Phones

By Ivo Daalder, Financial Times

As the US Ambassador to Nato for the past four years, I spent a good deal of time talking and listening to my colleagues trying to figure out the positions of, and divisions within, allied nations on many critical issues

Intelligence
NATO
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls

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Oct 21, 2013

New Report of N.S.A. Spying Angers France

By Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times

The National Security Agency has carried out extensive electronic surveillance in France, a French newspaper reported Monday, drawing an angry condemnation from an important American ally.

Cybersecurity
France

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2013

Turkey-Syria-Kurdish Fronts Heat Up

By Ross Wilson

Reports that Turkish F-16s will fly reconnaissance flights along the Syrian frontier highlight rising alarm over border security and suggest a further internationalization of the civil war in Syria with implications for it, Turkey, and the region’s Kurds.

Intelligence
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jul 26, 2013

The NSA Isn’t the Only One Watching You

By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

On Wednesday, lawmakers in the House narrowly defeated a measure proposed by Rep. Justin Amash that would have dramatically curtailed the National Security Agency’s ability to collect phone records. While concerns about the breadth of the NSA’s surveillance are far from behind us, privacy advocates will do themselves a grave disservice if the NSA remains the sole […]

Cybersecurity
Intelligence

New Atlanticist

Jul 24, 2013

Three Hops and You’re Out

By James Joyner

Revelations that the government’s ability to access American citizens’ phone records without probable cause is much broader than previously contemplated got Congress’ attention last week, drawing rebukes and warnings from both sides of the aisle.

Intelligence
National Security

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