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Defense And Security Archive

Archives for September 2014

Cybersecurity
Everyone agrees that NSA reform legislation is needed. So why hasn’t it happened?Everyone agrees that NSA reform legislation is needed. So why hasn’t it happened?
Cybersecurity

More than a year after Ed Snowden’s revelations, Congress still hasn’t passed legislation on NSA surveillance.

By Timothy B. Lee
Syria
This Pentagon map shows where the US is bombing in SyriaThis Pentagon map shows where the US is bombing in Syria
Syria

The map shows that the airstrikes conducted the night of September 22-23 targeted known strongholds of ISIS.

By Dylan Matthews