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NSA Reform: A Guide to the Options
Lawmakers in Congress are jousting over how to reform the NSA's domestic surveillance activities. Will changes go far enough?
May 13, 2014
Readings & Links: NSA Secrets
A guide to the major leaks about the NSA's domestic surveillance program.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Ben Rhodes
Ben Rhodes is President Obama's deputy national security adviser for strategic communications and speechwriting. Here, he discusses the president's review of "the program" and the White House reaction to the Snowden leaks.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Thomas Drake
Thomas Drake served as a senior executive at the NSA from 2001 to 2008. He brought his concerns about wasteful spending at the NSA and the government's surveillance program to a Baltimore Sun reporter; he was later charged with leaking classified information under the Espionage Act, but the charges were ultimately dropped.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald is a journalist, lawyer, and columnist who broke the story of widespread NSA surveillance while working for The Guardian U.S. His stories, based on documents provided to him by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Diane Roark
Diane Roark served as a top staff member on the House Intelligence Committee from 1985 to 2002. She fought to end the NSA's post-9/11 warrantless wiretapping initiative, telling FRONTLINE she considered the program "unethical, immoral, politically stupid, illegal and unconstitutional."
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: William Binney
A 36-year NSA veteran, William Binney resigned from the agency and became a whistleblower after discovering that elements of a data-monitoring program he had helped develop -- nicknamed ThinThread -- was being used to spy on Americans.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Andrew Card
Andrew Card served as chief of staff to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. As a top adviser to the president, Card played a central role in developing the administration's post-9/11 intelligence strategies.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Barton Gellman
Reporter Barton Gellman broke the story of the NSA's work to mine the communications data of millions of Americans by tapping directly into the central servers of U.S. Internet companies. His story, which drew on leaked documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, was honored with the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Alberto Gonzales
Alberto Gonzales served as U.S. Attorney General from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining the Justice Department, he was White House Counsel to President George W. Bush. As the president's top legal aide, Gonzales helped form the administration's legal rationale for turning the NSA's surveillance capabilities on the communications of U.S. citizens.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Michael Hayden
A retired U.S. Air Force general, Michael Hayden served as director of the CIA from 2006 to 2008 and the director of the NSA from 1999 to 2005. As head of the NSA under President George W. Bush, Hayden developed the administration's highly controversial warrantless wiretapping program.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Thomas Tamm
Former Department of Justice attorney Thomas Tamm uncovered evidence of the government's secret electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens, a discovery he later leaked to The New York Times.
May 13, 2014