$1bn top secret spy satellite launched into space aboard Delta IV rocket. The Delta IV is 235 feet tall and generates 17million horsepower per engineThe payload, known as NROL-65, is believed to be a ultra-advanced $1billion spy satelliteThe mission launched from a California Air Force base By Ryan Gorman Published: 02:37 GMT, 29 August 2013 | Updated: 09:56 GMT, 29 August 2013 The largest rocket in America launched a spy satellite Wednesday from California.
Taking off from Vandenburg Air Force Base, the Delta IV-Heavy rocket lifted off just after 2pm Wednesday afternoon. Army releases photo of Bradley Manning dressed as a woman that he emailed to his therapist - as the private takes stand to apologize for leaking documents to WikiLeaks. The former intelligence analyst, 25, apologized for his actions during a prepared statement at his sentencing hearing todayPhotograph of Bradley Manning dressed as a woman - wearing a wig and makeup was released today alsoHe faces up to 90 years in prison for leaking classified information'I'm sorry I hurt people.
I'm sorry that I hurt the US. I'm apologizing for the unexpected results of my actions,' he told the military judgeEarlier in the day, an Army psychologist testified that Bradley Manning's private struggle with his gender identity put massive pressure on the soldier By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter. Edward Snowden: U.S. government uses vast search tool to analyse 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' documents claim. XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' Frightening Pentagon report warns that China, North Korea and Iran will soon be armed with nuclear missiles capable of striking the United States. China missile fear: U.S. vulnerable to nuclear-tipped submarine-launched missiles, Pentagon warns. China maintains the fastest-growing fleet of ballistic and cruise missiles on the planet, and soon will deploy a nuclear-tipped, submarine-launched ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States from Chinese waters, according to a new Pentagon report.
Beijing’s new submarine-launched ballistic missile, the JL-2, will for the first time enable Chinese submarines to strike parts of the United States from China’s coastal waters, states the 2013 Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat Assessment, produced by the Department of Defense’s National Air and Space Intelligence Center. It adds that the number of Chinese ICBM nuclear warheads capable of reaching the United States “could expand to well over 100 within the next 15 years.” “China has the most active and diverse ballistic missile development program in the world,” said the report.
Will China send NSA whistle-blower back to the US for trial? Diplomatic firestorm as America's most wanted man tries to escape extradition in Hong Kong. Edward Snowden, a former CIA technical assistant fled to Hong KongLeaked details of Prism, which he says harvests personal data from webUS government allegedly targeting Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others'What they're doing (poses) a threat to democracy,' Snowden saysHe wants Hong Kong's free speech laws to save him from extraditionU.S.
National Intelligence director says surveillance keeps America safe Names Iceland as his destination of choice due to internet freedom By Matt Blake and Martin Robinson and Ian Drury and Jill Reilly Published: 09:57 GMT, 10 June 2013 | Updated: 18:14 GMT, 10 June 2013. 'They watch your ideas form as you type': Leaked top-secret documents reveal how U.S. intelligence agencies are tapping directly into servers of Apple, Google and Facebook to spy on their users.
PRISM data-mining program was launched in 2007 with approval from special federal judges Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Skype, AOL and PalTalk are involved in spying program The UK has had access to the PRISM data since at least 2010Details of data collection were outlined in classified 41-slide PowerPoint presentation that was leaked by intelligence officer PRISM was exposed one day after it was revealed that NSA has been collecting telephone records of Verizon customersIt is largest anti-terror intelligence-gathering operation since 9/11 By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:08 GMT, 7 June 2013 | Updated: 17:31 GMT, 7 June 2013 President Obama delivered a passionate defense on Friday of national security programs that secretly acquire information about Americans' phone calls, saying criticism of them is all 'hype.'
Obama defends secret NSA surveillance programs - as it happened. In our capacity as members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, we have spent years examining the intelligence collection operations that have been secretly authorized under the USA Patriot Act.
Based on this experience, we respectfully but firmly disagree with the way that this program has been described by senior administration officials. After years of review, we believe statements that this very broad Patriot Act collection has been "a critical tool in protecting the nation" do not appear to hold up under close scrutiny. We remain unconvinced that the secret Patriot Act collection has actually provided any uniquely valuable intelligence. Verizon providing all call records to U.S. under court order. The order, which was signed by a judge from the secret court that oversees domestic surveillance, was first reported on the Web site of the Guardian newspaper.
The Web site reproduced a copy of the order, which two former U.S. officials told The Washington Post appears to be authentic. If the document is genuine, it could represent the broadest surveillance order known to have been issued. It also would confirm long-standing suspicions of civil liberties advocates about the sweeping nature of U.S. surveillance through commercial carriers under laws passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. An expert in this aspect of the law said Wednesday night that the order appears to be a routine renewal of a similar order first issued by the same court in 2006.
Everything you need to know about the NSA’s phone records scandal. By Timothy B.
Lee June 6, 2013 On Wednesday, The Guardian released a classified court order requiring Verizon to turn over records of all domestic phone calls to the National Security Agency. Utah Data Center: The one million square foot Utah data mining facility being built by NSA. Government will complete its data storing facility in Utah this October Concerns about what personal information will be stored there as it emerged the government has been extracting data from big companies. Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily. The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.
The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries. The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk – regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing.
The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Fisa) granted the order to the FBI on April 25, giving the government unlimited authority to obtain the data for a specified three-month period ending on July 19. Revealed: The 821 guns, grenade launcher and claymore mines found by U.S. airport security in 2012. An average of four handguns are found in passengers' luggage every dayOf the 821 guns seized so far this year, 691 were found to be loaded Other finds include chainsaws, explosive cannonballs and bear mace By Daniel Miller Published: 09:04 GMT, 16 August 2012 | Updated: 12:19 GMT, 16 August 2012 It looks like enough to equip a small army, but this terrifying hoard of the deadly weapons has been discovered by U.S.
Airport security in passengers' hand luggage in the first half of 2012 alone. The incredible arsenal including 821 guns, military issue Claymore mines, Semtex plastic explosive and a even a grenade launcher, was seized by officers from the much-maligned Transport Security Administration. The weapons were discovered between January and July 2012, at 160 different airports, meaning on an average day, passengers attempt to smuggle four firearms aboard airliners. Customs chief-of-staff stands down after more allegations of 'lewd conduct' towards her male colleagues. Suzanne Barr, the Immigrant and Customs Enforcement chief-of-staff, has 'voluntarily placed herself on leave' while an internal review takes placeICE employees have made alleged graphic comments made by Barr and another official working for Homeland Security boss Janet NapolitanoAffidavits given as part of a discrimination lawsuit against Napolitano filed earlier this year by James T Hayes Jr, head of New York ICE office By Graham Smith Published: 08:55 GMT, 15 August 2012 | Updated: 17:53 GMT, 16 August 2012 A top Homeland Security official accused of sexual discrimination has stepped down from her job after two more employees this week lodged complaints about her 'lewd' behaviour.
Suzanne Barr, the Immigrant and Customs Enforcement chief-of-staff, has 'voluntarily placed herself on leave' while an internal review takes place, it emerged last night. Both statements detail incidents said to have taken place in 2009, reports Fox News. It is unknown whether or not she is married.