Feb 11 Watch Making privacy tools usable for the everyday internet user By Cindy Huang Continue watching
Feb 09 What we’re watching Sunday By Kayla Ruble PBS NewsHour is following the news of the day, from new Snowden revelations to empty seats in Sochi. Continue reading
Feb 06 Der Spiegel journalists on walking the fine line between informing the public and compromising NSA intelligence By Margaret Warner PBS NewsHour Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner talks with two journalists from the German magazine Der Spiegel to get their take on covering an international spy scandal that has lead a lot of Americans to rethink the fine line… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch NSA surveillance revelations sour German perception of Obama By PBS News Hour In 2008, huge crowds showed up in Berlin to get a glimpse of then-senator Barack Obama during his first presidential campaign. But six years later, German enthusiasm has waned, largely because of evidence that the NSA has spied on German… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch Thursday, January 30, 2014 By PBS News Hour On our program tonight, we examine the outlook for political action in 2014 as the White House and Congress lay out their agendas for the year ahead. Also: a rising German politician discusses the impact of U.S. spying on transatlantic… Continue watching
Jan 30 Navy admiral tapped to be the next chief of the NSA By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is announcing that the head of the Navy’s Cyber Command has been chosen to be the next chief of the troubled National Security Agency. Vice Adm. Mike Rogers, also a former intelligence director… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch In Germany, memories of repressive national spying inflamed by U.S. surveillance By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch News Wrap: NSA director urges Snowden to return still-secret documents By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, testified in a Senate hearing about the negative effects of revelations about secret spying programs leaked by Edward Snowden, and urged the former contractor to return any still-secret… Continue watching
Jan 28 Obama and the journey to find ‘balance’ in NSA surveillance By Justin Scuiletti During his State of the Union address Tuesday evening, President Obama stated that he would work with Congress to reform U.S. surveillance practices; citing the need for America to move off a “permanent war footing.” The president stated that the… Continue reading