Aug 01 Senate demands public accounting from John Brennan over CIA spying By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — For months, CIA Director John Brennan stood firm in his insistence that the CIA had little to be ashamed of after searching the computers of the Senate Intelligence Committee. His defiant posture quickly collapsed after a devastating report… Continue reading
Jul 14 U.S. reputation survives spying revelations, poll finds By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Widespread global opposition to U.S. electronic surveillance since the revelations by onetime National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has not badly tarnished the overall image of the United States, and it remains far more popular around the world… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch Is Germany overreacting to allegations of U.S. espionage? By PBS News Hour Germany announced today that it is kicking America’s top spy out of the country after new reports of U.S. espionage. For debate on the expulsion request, Gwen Ifill talks to Mark Lowenthal, former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council… Continue watching
May 02 Watch Obama and Merkel speak about Russia, economic issues and spying By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 24 Report on Bush-era war on terror may further divide Congress, CIA By Bradley Klapper & Stephen Braun, Associated Press If senators vote this week to release key sections of a voluminous report on terrorist interrogations, an already strained relationship between lawmakers and the CIA could become even more rancorous, and President Barack Obama might have to step into the… Continue reading
Mar 15 Obama seeks to stay neutral in CIA-Senate spat By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- For President Barack Obama, a public spat between his trusted ally at the CIA and a loyal Democratic senator has put into sharp focus his complicated role in managing the post-Sept. 11 anti-terror programs he inherited from George… Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch Report suggests U.K. spies collected images from Yahoo webcam chats with NSA help By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 27 UPDATED: Intelligence officials secretly collected private Yahoo video chat images By Jordan Vesey Updated 6:15 p.m. ET A NSA spokesperson, late today, emailed the following statement to the NewsHour: "As we’ve said before, the National Security Agency does not ask its foreign partners to undertake any intelligence activity that the U.S. Government would… Continue reading
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 18 Watch European critics react to proposed NSA changes By PBS News Hour In his speech on Friday, President Obama discussed how the U.S. will change its intelligence gathering practices. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Geoff Dyer, Foreign Policy correspondent at the Financial Times, about the speech and how it was received by American… Continue watching