Pakistan has dozens of laboratories and production and storage sites scattered across the country. After developing warheads with highly enriched uranium, it has more recently tried to do the same with more-powerful and compact plutonium. Barton Gellman compactcountrydevelop share on social
For months, Obama administration officials attacked Snowden's motives and said the work of the NSA was distorted by selective leaks and misinterpretations. Barton Gellman administrationattackdistort Change image and share on social
On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal. Barton Gellman actattorneybelieve share on social
The federal government is often said in militia circles to have made wholesale seizures of power, at times by subterfuge. A leading grievance holds that the 16th Amendment, which authorizes the federal income tax, was ratified through fraud. Barton Gellman 16thamendmentauthorize share on social
The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin. Barton Gellman agendumaidalliance Change image and share on social
Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control. Barton Gellman activistcontroldemonstrate Change image and share on social
Privacy and encryption work, but it's too easy to make a mistake that exposes you. Barton Gellman easyencryptionexpose Change image and share on social
Among all the upheavals of war with al Qaeda, the surest indicator of the historic stakes is the ongoing rotation of top U.S. government managers - scores at a time - into a bunker deep underground and far from Washington. Barton Gellman bunkerdeepgovernment share on social
As digital communications have multiplied, and NSA capabilities with them, the agency has shifted resources from surveillance of individual targets to the acquisition of communications on a planetary scale. Barton Gellman acquisitionagencycapability share on social
Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives. Barton Gellman everydayfactisraeli Change image and share on social