Hints Surface That NSA Building Massive, Pervasive Surveillance Capability -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — Despite U.S. intelligence officials’ repeated denials that the National Security Agency is collecting the content of domestic emails and phone calls, evidence is mounting that the agency’s vast surveillance network can and may already be preserving billions of those communications in powerful digital databases.
A McClatchy review of public records, statements by Obama administration officials and interviews with cyber and telecom security experts lends credence to assertions that the capability for such surveillance exists.
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Next US-Russia Arms Talks Could Involve Short-Range Nuclear Weapons -- Voice of America
Japan to Choose Osprey for China Defense? -- James Hardy, The Diplomat
Israel seeks $5B in U.S. loans to buy arms -- Space Daily/UPI
Israeli weapon systems on “Flying Cannon”? -- iHLS
Exclusive: Iran importing missile-grade ore from Germany, France -- Reuters
North Korea under fire at Asia security forum -- Space Daily/AFP
War game to simulate China carrier attack on Taiwan, report says -- Stars and Stripes/Asia News network
US Army opens new base in northern Italy -- Stars and Stripes
Navy Pivots Training to Match Pacific Transition -- DoD Buzz
Navy's Bigger, Faster Fire Scout To Fly This Fall -- Defense News
Four military C-130s being sent to help fight Arizona fires -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. to Attempt First Missile Intercept Test Since 2008 -- Bloomberg
Navy looks to expand danger zone at Hawaii missile range -- Army Times
Navy: New piers, projects in lean times -- UT San Diego
Pentagon Reverts to Nuclear Stockpile Secrecy -- Secrecy News
Army’s internal battle: Fight with GAO over battlefield intelligence system -- Washington Times
Military Drones in U.S. Skies Could Pave Way for Thousands of Civilian Ones -- US News and World Report
Pentagon civilian workers in Germany get raises while those in U.S. get cuts -- McClatchy News
Rates of unintended pregnancies in the Navy are surprisingly high -- Washington Post
Senate confirms Gorenc as next USAFE commander -- Stars and Stripes
Judge enters not guilty plea for Army psychiatrist charged in 2009 deadly Fort Hood shootings -- FOX News/AP
Prosecutors in Bradley Manning trial rest their case -- Washington Post
Pentagon prosecutors seek Sept. 22, 2014 trial date for 9/11 case at Guantánamo -- Miami Herald
The Secret Service May Be Ready To Buy President Obama A New Armored Limo -- Business Insider
A true Band of Brothers: 3 Texas siblings enter US Military Academy at West Point together -- Washington Post/AP
Obama Poking Holes in America's Nuclear Umbrella -- Jonathan Bergner, Real Clear Defense
Why Pentagon Must Embrace Transformation, This Time -- Robert D. Holzer, Breaking Defense
Land Warriors: Why the United States Should Open More Bases in the Middle East - Michael O'Hanlon and Bruce Riedel, Foreign Affairs
Edward Snowden: The Real Jason Bourne? -- Jonathan DeHart, The Diplomat
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,110 -- AP
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