NSA Congressional Hearings - News Roundup

Federal Authorities Say NSA Surveillance Programs Stopped 50 Bomb Plots Including Attacks Against The New York Stock Exchange And The City's Subway System -- Daily Maul/AP

Federal officials insisted on Tuesday that the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including bomb attacks against the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway system.

While monitoring a known extremist in Yemen, intelligence agents 'were able to detect a nascent plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange,' FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce said in testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence committee during a hearing on National Security Agency data gathering programs.

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More News On Today's Testimony From NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander

Live blog: NSA Hearing -- CNN
NSA chief defends surveillance as helping stop over 50 attacks - live -- The Guardian
NSA chief to talk leaks, spy programs at House committee hearings (live blog) -- al.com
Live Updates: NSA Director Testifies Before House Intelligence Committee -- Legal Insurrection

The NSA Hearing, by the Numbers -- Threat Level
Officials: Surveillance programs foiled more than 50 terrorist plots -- Washington Post
NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled -- AP
NSA Chief: More Than 50 Potential Terrorist Acts Prevented -- Voice of America
NSA chief: Snooping helped thwart 50 terrorist attacks in 20 countries -- Christian Science Monitor
NSA Chief Says Surveillance Has Stopped Dozens of Plots -- New York Times
Officials cite thwarted plots, oversight in defending surveillance -- CNN
Surveillance thwarted stock exchange bomb plot, officials say -- CNN
Intelligence Officials Push Back On Phone Snooping Case -- Defense News
Surveillance programs foiled terror plots, official says -- AP
NSA chief: agency programs prevented over 50 potential terrorist acts -- Reuters
More Than 50 Terror Attacks Said to Be Prevented by NSA Programs -- Bloomberg Businessweek
NSA chief defends surveillance, says helped prevent terror more than 50 times since 9/11 -- FOX News
NSA Chief Says Surveillance Has Helped Stop More Than 50 'Terrorist Events' -- NBC
NSA head: Surveillance helped thwart more than 50 terror plots -- Washington Post
NSA director: Surveillance programs foiled 50 terror plots -- USA Today
NSA: 'Over 50' Terror Plots Foiled by Data Dragnets -- ABC News
NSA Chief Defends Surveillance Programs -- Wall Street Journal
Plot to Bomb NYSE Foiled by Surveillance Program: FBI -- CNBC
NSA will declassify more details about surveillance -- Washington Times
U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Calls Recent Leaks Damaging -- Wall Street Journal
NSA Chief: No 'Flip Of Switch' To Spy On Americans, But 50 Plots Disrupted -- The Atlantic
NSA: We Can't Flip Switch to Read Your Emails, Listen to Calls -- PC World
NSA Implementing 'Two-Person' Rule To Stop The Next Edward Snowden -- Forbes
Expanded '2-person rule' could help plug NSA leaks -- Computer World
5 New Revelations About NSA Surveillance -- Dana Liebelson, Mother Jones