World Dec 02 Russian news agencies say Edward Snowden receives passport, takes citizenship oath By Associated Press
Nation Sep 26 Watch 4:36 News Wrap: Military-age men fleeing Russia over call-ups, Putin grants Snowden citizenship In our news wrap Monday, new protests flared in Russia over military call-ups for the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin granted Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, Iran attacked Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq and accused them of instigating protests across…
World Sep 26 Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship by Putin Snowden has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the U.S. after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs. He has said he made the disclosures because he believed the U.S. had wrongly infringed on civil liberties. By Associated Press
Nation Sep 17 Justice Department files lawsuit against Snowden over memoir The Justice Department is seeking to "recover all proceeds" from Snowden's book, which was released Tuesday. By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Nation Jun 30 NSA deletion of call records raising questions The National Security Agency is deleting more than 685 million call records the government obtained since 2015 from telecommunication companies in connection with investigations. By Deb Riechmann and Susannah George, Associated Press
May 15 Watch 5:16 When should the government reveal cyber flaws to tech companies? By PBS NewsHour If the government can detect that there is a hole in a company's software that makes it vulnerable to attack, do they have an obligation to tell that company, even if it gives away the government's tool for conducting surveillance?… Continue watching
Jan 05 Why Obama’s last-minute pardons probably won’t include Manning, Bergdahl or Snowden By Josh Lederman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks, but don't expect many famous offenders to make the list. Continue reading
Dec 26 Weeks before Trump takes office, this U.S. civil liberties board is in disarray By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press A federal board responsible for protecting Americans against abuses by spy agencies faces an uncertain future just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Continue reading
Nov 20 GOP lawmaker asks officials to answer questions on NSA chief By Associated Press Rep. Devin Nunes asked the intelligence chief and defense secretary to answer questions about reports that they recommended the ouster of the NSA director. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 5:27 NSA contractor suspected of espionage is deemed a flight risk By PBS NewsHour The National Security Agency contractor accused of mishandling massive amounts of classified data has been deemed a flight risk. In August, Harold Martin was arrested at his home in Maryland, where the equivalent of half a billion pages of documents… Continue watching