NSA to cut system administrators by 90 percent to limit data access
(Reuters) – The National Security Agency, hit by disclosures of classified data by former contractor Edward Snowden, said Thursday it intends to eliminate about 90 percent of its system administrators to reduce the number of people with access to secre…
U.S. defense lawyers to seek access to DEA hidden intelligence evidence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Criminal defense lawyers are challenging a U.S. government practice of hiding the tips that led to some drug investigations, information that the lawyers say is essential to fair trials in U.S. courts.
Obama, family going on eight-day Martha’s Vineyard vacation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cue up the indignant reactions: President Barack Obama and his family are about to go on an eight-day vacation on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard, an elite playground for the East Coast wealthy set.
Marines demote sergeant who urinated on Taliban body
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Marine sergeant who was videotaped urinating on dead Taliban insurgents, an incident that stoked ire last year toward U.S. forces in Afghanistan, has been reduced to the rank of corporal after pleading guilty, the Marine Corps …
Obama says wants to pass housing reform measures this year
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would push to have a broad package of housing reform measures passed through Congress by the end of the year.
Analysis: Obama’s economic speeches pound Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The economic policy speeches President Barack Obama has been delivering in recent weeks are turning out to be blunt attacks on Republicans, with an eye toward coming fiscal battles and the 2014 congressional elections.
Russia ‘disappointed’ by Obama cancelling Putin meeting: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is disappointing, but he is still welcome in Russia, a top Kremlin foreign policy aide said on Wednesday.
Exclusive: IRS manual detailed DEA’s use of hidden intel evidence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Details of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration program that feeds tips to federal agents and then instructs them to alter the investigative trail were published in a manual used by agents of the Internal Revenue Service for tw…
Obama cancels meeting with Russia’s Putin over Snowden decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday canceled a Moscow summit with President Vladimir Putin planned for next month in retaliation for Russia’s decision to grant asylum to fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Congress wins relief on Obamacare health plan subsidies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congress has won some partial relief for lawmakers and their staffs from the “Obamacare” health reforms that it passed and subjected itself to three years ago.
