Testimony From NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander - News Updates

NSA Chief: No 'Flip Of Switch' To Spy On Americans, But 50 Plots Disrupted -- The Atlantic

The House Intelligence Committee invited Gen. Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency, to Capitol Hill for a (friendly) discussion of his agency's surveillance tactics. Joined by representatives of the Department of Justice and the FBI, Alexander outlined four plots he claimed were disrupted by their surveillance, including the one involving the New York City subway. On the whole, the one-sided hearing belied the witnesses' frequent claims that the NSA receives robust oversight from Congress.

Alexander returned to Capitol Hill only six days after a Senate hearing on cybersecurity and NSA budgets turned into an unexpectedly strong grilling of his agency's surveillance tactics. The House Intelligence hearing was specifically predicated on those tactics, but with a predisposition. Its title: "How Disclosed NSA Programs Protect Americans, and Why Disclosure Aids Our Adversaries." Joining Alexander were four witnesses sharing his worldview: John Chris Inglis, deputy director of the NSA; James Cole, Deputy Attorney General; Sean Joyce, Deputy Director of the FBI; and Robert Litt, General Counsel for the Director of National Intelligence.

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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

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

WNU Editor: The hearings can be watched live here.