Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), one of Germany’s most reputable newspapers, said on Friday that the source of millions of documents leaked…
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Fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said Tuesday he sees a “turning point” in the surveillance reform plans unveiled by the White House and Congress. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked documents which…
Whether you think former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor, at the very least you now know that the National Security Agency has expanded the scope of its surveillance of American citizens quite a bit. The government…
The deputy head of the NSA spying agency accused fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Thursday of displaying “amazing arrogance” in revealing US eavesdropping techniques. NSA deputy director Richard Ledgett argued that Snowden, hailed…
Anger at the United States Government and the NSA’s surveillance practices hasn’t diminished much since former contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents last summer. Today, over 5,000 companies and organizations like Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, the…
When we last checked in on USIS, the contracting firm which large parts of the federal government and the intelligence community used to conduct background checks on employees (including Ed Snowden), we noted that it had been caught falsifying reports…
US lawmakers were poised Friday to seize a chance to take the initiative in reforming America’s vast digital surveillance network, after President Barack Obama opened the door to them. Under pressure after fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden…
President Barack Obama will Friday announce plans to stop the National Security Agency hoarding hundreds of millions of telephone call records, among reforms to US surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden. A senior US official, speaking ahead…
The document collection leaked by Edward Snowden continues to bear fruit; a collaborative investigation between The Guardian and the UK’s Channel 4 News has revealed that the U.S. government’s National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting millions…
The deluge of details regarding the NSA’s surveillance tactics shows no sign of abating, as yet another document leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden has made its way into the pages of the New York Times. According to the report, the NSA has…