Articles by Scott Shane

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No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A.
Scott Shane – The New York Times, 11 Nov 2013

From thousands of classified documents, the National Security Agency emerges as an electronic omnivore of staggering capabilities, eavesdropping and hacking its way around the world to strip governments and other targets of their secrets, all the while enforcing the utmost secrecy about its own operations. It spies routinely on friends as well as foes, as has become obvious in recent weeks.

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Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will
Jo Becker and Scott Shane – The New York Times, 4 Jun 2012

This was the enemy, served up in the latest chart from the intelligence agencies: 15 Qaeda suspects in Yemen with Western ties. The mug shots and brief biographies resembled a high school yearbook layout. Several were Americans. Two were teenagers, including a girl who looked even younger than her 17 years.

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