http://www.yourstreet.com/news/national-security-agency YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Baltimore Sun The secretive agency, which did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday afternoon, wants to build 5.8 million square feet over 20 years on Fort Meade land next to its headquarters. NSA detailed the plans in a notice published in the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6462337/inside-charm-city-11,000-new-jobs-for-nsa- Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:21:08 -0700 The National Security Agency is planning to add as many as 11,000 jobs as part of a major expansion of its Anne Arundel County headquarters, according to a notice it filed with the federal government. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6459730/nsa-says-it-could-add-as-many-as-11,000-jobs-at-fort-meade Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:42:08 -0700 WASHINGTON -- The director of the National Security Agency, the country's largest intelligence body, has for the first time named a director of compliance to monitor adherence to rules governing the surveillance of phone calls and e-mails, as well as other agency... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6406983/national-briefs-07-24-09- Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:00:08 -0700 President Barack Obama is facing new pressure to reverse himself and to ramp up investigations into the Bush-era security programs, despite the political risks. Leading Democrats on Sunday demanded investigations of how a highly classified counterterrorism program... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6335641/obama-domestic-agenda-threatened Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:19:36 -0700 Donté Greene has his hands full entering his second season with the Kings. The 6-foot-10 forward shot only 32.6 percent as a rookie, and his maturity was questioned. LAS VEGAS – Donté Greene has lived the riches-to-rags story before, but there's no... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6329426/kings-greene-tries-to-rebound-from-adversity-150-again Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:00:08 -0700 WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers. In an interview... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6326737/michael-hayden-congress-was-informed-about-surveillance-program Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:40:08 -0700 The promise of reliable power was a primary consideration for the National Security Agency's decision to build a massive computer center in Utah, but some critics are worried that the power-gulping center will be built at the expense of existing ratepayers in the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6319500/effects-of-nsa-s-computer-center-on-utah-power-supply-a-concern Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:55:08 -0700 The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site, according to three current and former government officials.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6267053/obama-going-ahead-with-bush-era-plan-to-screen-computer-networks Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:59:08 -0700 Psst: The super-secretive National Security Agency is about to build a huge, $1.9 billion data center at Camp Williams, Utah,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6263597/utah-will-host-new-1-9-billion-nsa-spy-center Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:20:08 -0700 Fueled by $180 million in federal stimulus money, the National Security Agency will build a one-million square foot data center outside of Salt Lake City. According to the Salt Lake Tribune: Hoping to protect its top-secret operations by decentralizing its massive... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6262233/utah-lands-new-spy-center-idaho-doesn-t-come-close-to-needed-infrastructur Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:46:08 -0700 Psst. The super-secretive National Security Agency is about to build a huge, $1.9 billion data center at Camp Williams, Utah,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6259657/psst-big-spy-center-is-coming-to-utah Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:41:08 -0700 The National Security Agency's plan to build a 1-million-square-foot data center at Camp Williams in Utah will bring more than a 1,000 high-tech jobs to the state. Salt Lake Tribune View Comments | http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6258640/nsa-to-build-data-center-in-utah Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:07:08 -0700 Headlines from DemocracyNow.org , a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Supporters of Mousavi Hold Mourning Rally in Tehran Supporters of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6156645/headlines-holder-refuses-to-say-bush-s-warrantless-wiretapping-program-was Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:34:08 -0700 WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has not committed flagrant violations of the rules on surveillance of American e-mails and phone calls, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday. Sen. Read more on NewsOK.com http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6152564/sen-tom-coburn-joins-critics-of-wire-tapping-story Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:10:08 -0700 WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has not committed flagrant violations of the rules governing surveillance of American e-mails and phone calls, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said today. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6148874/top-senator-nsa-not-violating-surveillance-law Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:43:08 -0700 Washington - The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6150501/extent-of-e-mail-surveillance-renews-concerns-in-congress Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:44:36 -0700 WASHINGTON — The nation's two intelligence chiefs are locked in a turf battle over overseas posts, forcing National Security Adviser James L. Jones to mediate, according to current and former government officials. The jockeying between CIA Director Leon Panetta... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5989353/cia,-intel-director-locked-in-turf-battle Wed, 27 May 2009 13:28:08 -0700 The Moral Laboratory I opened my kitchen cabinet, and begrudged my lack of plastic wrap. Aluminum foil is good for sandwiches, but last night, I needed to be capable of creating a one-way seal on my mouth in order to fill my head and neck as full of water as... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5983006/that-tickles-how-james-bybee,-john-yoo,-dick-cheney-and-man- Tue, 26 May 2009 18:35:08 -0700 The University of Texas at San Antonio has been named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Research by the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5927095/utsa-earns-academic-excellence-designation-from-nsa,-homeland-security Tue, 19 May 2009 09:56:08 -0700 Comedienne Wanda Sykes returned to Washington this weekend to deliver the ever-fraught White House Correspondents Dinner host's comedy routine. Sykes grew up in the D.C. area, and famously worked as a procurement officer for the National Security Agency before... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5873120/d-c-area-native-wanda-sykes-whcd Mon, 11 May 2009 09:45:08 -0700