May 08 5 things to know about the NSA court ruling By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has declared illegal the National Security Agency program that collects data on the landline calling records of nearly every American. The ruling Thursday, the first of its kind by an appeals court, comes as… Continue reading
Apr 14 Artists ask NYPD to return Edward Snowden bust put in park By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The mysterious artists who planted a bust of Edward Snowden on a Revolutionary War monument now want to free their sculpture from police custody and display it again, saying it was intended as a thought-provoking "gift to the city."… Continue reading
Mar 30 AP: NSA weighed ending phone program before Snowden leak By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency considered abandoning its secret program to collect and store American calling records in the months before leaker Edward Snowden revealed the practice, current and former intelligence officials say, because some officials believed the costs… Continue reading
Mar 29 NSA considered scrapping phone program before Snowden leaks By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The National Security Agency considered abandoning its secret program to collect and store American calling records in the months before leaker Edward Snowden revealed the practice, current and former intelligence officials say, because some officials believed the costs outweighed the… Continue reading
Feb 27 White House introduces bill to protect consumer data privacy By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Amid "rapid growth" in the collection of data on Americans, the White House has drafted legislation that calls on businesses to do more to help consumers protect their personal information. Continue reading
Feb 20 NSA helped British steal cell phone codes, latest Snowden leak reveals By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Britain's electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents… Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 9:30 Watching Snowden’s pivotal moments in ‘Citizenfour’ By PBS News Hour Filmmaker Laura Poitras captured the moment former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself as the source behind a massive document leak of classified surveillance in 2013. Two years later, Snowden’s story is the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary, “Citizenfour.” Jeffrey… Continue watching
Feb 03 Obama tightens rules on use of bulk intelligence data By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has tightened rules governing how the FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies use Internet and phone communications of foreigners collected by the National Security Agency. Continue reading
Aug 22 As governments invade privacy, tools for encryption grow more popular By Charles Pulliam-Moore In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA collecting massive amounts of user meta-data, many people went in search of safer, more secure ways to use the internet anonymously. Once thought to be something only used by the… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Snowden and supporters fear Americans will lose interest from ‘NSA fatigue’ By PBS News Hour NSA leaker Edward Snowden discloses in an extensive profile in Wired magazine that the U.S. government ran a top secret cyber-war program, which he claims could accidentally start a war. Gwen Ifill gets an update on Snowden and his latest… Continue watching