People have been talking a lot lately about the National Security Agency. But there's another important "NSA" in the federal government — the president's national security adviser.
That person is a sort of funnel — gathering information from the military, the intelligence community, the State Department — and channeling it all to the president.
Susan Rice has been in the job for only a month — but it's been one heck of a month. The day Rice started her new job, Egypt's military overthrew the Egyptian government. Then, the controversy surrounding leaker Edward Snowden blew up.