Jun 08 Watch What has the U.S. learned from the Snowden leaks? By PBS News Hour Monday will mark one year since Edward Snowden made headlines by identifying himself as the source of classified information leaked from the National Security Agency. Has U.S. policy changed as a result of these revelations? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Shiobhan… Continue watching
May 29 Read the only email of Snowden raising concerns the NSA has found By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Edward Snowden says he repeatedly raised constitutional concerns about National Security Agency surveillance internally, but an NSA search turned up a single email in which Snowden gently asks for "clarification" on a technical legal question about training materials, agency officials… Continue reading
May 29 Watch Kerry: Snowden should come home and deal with the consequences By PBS News Hour Continue watching
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 19 Cisco CEO asks Obama to curb NSA surveillance as a matter of ‘trust’ By Justin Scuiletti National Security Agency surveillance is undermining U.S. technology sales, claims the CEO of networking giant Cisco. John Chambers, in a letter dated May 15, wrote to President Barack Obama that the United States benefited economically because of the confidence of… Continue reading
May 02 Watch Obama and Merkel speak about Russia, economic issues and spying By PBS News Hour 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 26 White House says big data could be used to discriminate against Americans By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press A White House review of how the government and private sector use large sets of data has found that such information could be used to discriminate against Americans on issues such as housing and employment even as it makes their… Continue reading
Apr 01 Top U.S. intel officer confirms warrantless searches of Americans By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press The Obama administration has been conducting warrantless searches of Americans' communications as part of the NSA's surveillance operations that target foreigners located outside of the U.S., the administration's top intelligence official confirmed in a letter to Congress disclosed Tuesday. Continue reading