May 22 Watch Does revised House bill on bulk data collection achieve its mission? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 22 House passes restraint on NSA surveillance By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of American phone records, the first legislative response to the disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Continue reading
May 15 Watch Journalist Glenn Greenwald on interrogating Snowden, ‘limitless’ ambitions of NSA By PBS News Hour Glenn Greenwald was the first reporter to meet with Edward Snowden when the former NSA contractor wanted to disclose secrets of the agency. Greenwald sits down with chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner in Washington to discuss that initial encounter… Continue watching
May 15 Watch Journalist Glenn Greenwald on interrogating Snowden, ‘limitless’ ambitions of NSA By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 13 Watch Former NSA director: Having surveillance tools revealed puts U.S. in greater harm By PBS News Hour Revelations about the surveillance programs operated by the NSA have made Americans wonder how much of their lives is being monitored by the government. Judy Woodruff sits down with retired Gen. Keith Alexander, former director of the National Security Agency,… Continue watching
May 02 White House seeks stronger privacy laws for big data By Eileen Sullivan, Julie Pace, Associated Press The White House is asking Congress to pass new privacy laws that would add more safeguards for Americans' data and provide more protections for emails sought in the course of a law enforcement investigation. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Keystone politics, Nevada land dispute By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Keystone pipeline decision delay, a conflict in Nevada over private use of public land, Putin’s motives in the ongoing… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Pulitzer Prize renews debate over controversial NSA surveillance reporting By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 18 Report: NSA has system capable of recording an entire country’s phone calls By Justin Scuiletti Every telephone call made in a foreign country can be recorded and replayed by the National Security Agency through their voice interception program, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Documents provided by Edward Snowden say that the surveillance technology, named MYSTIC,… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch In ‘The Snowden Files,’ revealing the man who revealed NSA secrets By PBS News Hour Continue watching