Oct 30 Watch News Wrap: Fed to hold interest rates steady, keep up stimulus efforts In our news wrap Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it's keeping short-term interest rates at a record low and continuing its stimulus efforts. Also, The Washington Post reported the NSA is routinely intercepting email traffic between Yahoo and Google data… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Rep. Sensenbrenner: Mass data collection makes it harder to prevent attacks Rep. Sensenbrenner: Mass data collection makes it harder to prevent attacks… Continue watching
Oct 29 Key lawmaker: Don't scrap NSA phone surveillance .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch U.S. intel officials defend surveillance of foreign intentions as 'fundamental' Intelligence officials defended the NSA's spying programs in a House committee hearing, insisting that monitoring the intentions of foreign leaders is "fundamental" and that surveillance helped to protect American citizens. But some lawmakers underscored concerns that spying on allies has… Continue watching
Oct 28 Sen. Feinstein 'totally opposed' to intelligence gathering on U.S. allies Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate's Intelligence Committee, said Monday she is "totally opposed" to the National Security Agency's collection of intelligence on U.S. allies, according to Reuters. "Unless the United States is engaged in hostilities… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch Uproar over U.S. surveillance scope raises question of what spying is acceptable Uproar over U.S. surveillance scope raises question of what spying is acceptable… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch What are the diplomatic costs of the NSA surveillance revelations for the U.S.? How U.S. spying revelations affect diplomacy… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch Fallout from NSA leaks threaten trust at home, damage relationships abroad Fallout from NSA leaks threaten trust at home, damage relationships abroad… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch EU leaders Merkel, Hollande call for 'no spying' agreement with U.S. EU leaders Merkel, Hollande call for 'no spying' agreement with U.S. Continue watching
Oct 25 An exclusive club: The 5 countries that don't spy on each other By Margaret Warner It was born out of American and British intelligence collaboration in World War II, a long-private club nicknamed the “Five Eyes.” The members are five English-speaking countries who share virtually all intelligence — and pledge not to practice their craft… Continue reading