Siobhan Gorman

Utah Data Center

NSA has expensive problem with the power supply at its secretive Utah Data Center

Environment

The NSA’s massive Utah Data Center isn’t really even open yet and it’s already having problems. The building’s computers are being zapped, to the tune of $100,000 per incident, by power surges. And crews are having trouble figuring out why.

New Documents Show Sweeping NSA Surveillance of Americans

Intelligence officials defend surveillance programs as a necessity in war on terror

Conflict & Justice

NSA accused of tracking wide range of phone conversations, Internet connections

Global Politics

National Security Agency calls hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ a threat to national security

Global Politics

CIA agrees to new restrictions on its covert drone program

Global Politics

The CIA will allow the State Department to appeal proposed drone strikes that it thinks would not be in the American best interest.

NSA Declares ‘Anonymous’ a Threat to National Security

In Anonymous’s move away from denial of service attacks and toward real-world interactions –  such as recent threats against the Los Zetas Cartel –  the hacktivists have attracted the attention of the National Security Agency. In private meetings at the White House, NSA director General Keith Alexander warned that in a year or two the group could […]

CIA Makes Concessions to Drones Program

After numerous complaints from military and State Department officials, the Central Intelligence Agency has agreed to concessions in the way it runs its covert drones program. Military and diplomatic officials complained large drone strikes were undermining the already fraught relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan. A White House review came out in favor of the […]

The World

Bin Laden planned 9/11 anniversary attack

Conflict & Justice

According to data seized by Navy SEALs, the Al Qaida leader was in the initial phase of planning a terror attack on the U.S. to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It is unclear what targets Bin Laden was aiming to attack.

The World

CIA to Launch Drone Strikes in Yemen

Conflict & Justice

As Yemen continues to experience a leadership vacuum and violent unrest, the United States will launch covert drone strikes in the country to target al-Qaida militants. Siobhan Gorman, Wall Street Journal intelligence correspondent reports.