NSA targeting system now deployed along Mexican border, leaked docs reveal
A top-secret NSA targeting system which dramatically increased the civilian death toll in Afghanistan and Iraq has made its way back home, according to leaked...
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NSA kills phone spying program exposed by Snowden… to replace it with something better?
The National Security Agency has reportedly ended the intrusive spying program that combs through Americans’ calls and texts...
Clapper claims he ‘didn’t lie’ about NSA spying on Americans, but ‘didn’t understand’ the question
NSA director-turned-cable-news-pundit James Clapper is still insisting he wasn’t lying when he told a congressional panel the NSA...
‘Ask Snowden’: Huawei exec pokes fun at US spying during tech show
A Huawei executive hit the US where it hurts by making fun of the NSA and bringing up whistleblower Edward Snowden during a no-holds-barred speech...
Facebook snoops on people just like NSA – Belgian watchdog to court
Facebook is spying on people in “the very same way” that the US’s National Security Agency (NSA) does,...
Federal court rules in favor of NSA bulk snooping, White House happy
Despite the opposition of the US public and lawmakers to NSA surveillance, the courts keep handing the Obama...
FBI chief pushes for encryption ‘back door’ despite tech experts’ opposition
Encryption is a threat to public safety, the FBI director argued before testifying at a Senate hearing. Crypto experts and the tech industry oppose demands...
Hollande says US spying ‘unacceptable’ after WikiLeaks report, ambassador summoned
French President Francois Hollande has described reports from WikiLeaks that Washington spied on three French presidents as “unacceptable.”...
NSA surveillance reforms: Are telecom companies ready?
The USA Freedom Act, signed this week, has curbed the NSA's mass surveillance powers. Now the phone companies...
NSA spy powers enshrined in Patriot Act to expire at midnight EST
Controversial provisions of the Patriot Act authorizing government surveillance programs have expired after the Senate failed to vote...
NSA says it will keep phone records even if surveillance program ends
The National Security Agency has said it will lock down and mothball its archive of US citizens’ phone records if its legal authority to go...
NSA director wants ‘maritime’ law for internet
International partners should embrace a sort of “Law of the Sea” for the internet, the head of the...
‘We Are Always Listening’: Pranksters plant recording devices across NYC
A group of anti-NSA pranksters have planted recording devices in public places across New York, saying that they...
‘German intelligence dependent on NSA’ – Berlin’s spy chief
The German Intelligence Agency chief says Berlin is dependent on the NSA, not vice versa, as US presence is vital to protect the country. Gerhard...
‘I have to work a lot harder’ in Russia than at NSA – Edward Snowden
Whistleblower Edward Snowden says he has been working harder and doing more significant things while in exile in...
White House reveals ‘weak’ NSA reform nearly 2 years after Snowden scoops
The Obama administration has announced changes to the surveillance operations conducted by the United States intelligence community, but...
New documents reveal which encryption tools the NSA couldn’t crack
Thanks to Edward Snowden, we're getting a new look at which programs can successfully keep out the NSA. A report in Der Spiegel has shed...