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
Jan 20 Watch Can the tech industry strike the privacy, safety balance? By Gwen Ifill, PBS News Hour Even before President Obama outlined his proposed changes in how the NSA should collect data for surveillance, many tech giants were vocal in their criticism. Gwen Ifill discusses what's at stake with Christian Dawson of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition and… Continue watching
Jan 19 Lawmakers question proposed U.S. surveillance changes By News Desk A chief element of President Barack Obama's attempt to overhaul U.S. surveillance will not work, leaders of Congress' intelligence committees said Sunday, pushing back against the idea that the government should cede control of how Americans' phone records are stored. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch Brooks and Marcus on Obama's surveillance reforms, Benghazi attack blame By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Gwen Ifill to discuss the week's top political news, including whether or not President Obama went far enough with his recommended surveillance reforms, who's blame for the… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch Obama unveils new limits on U.S. spying while defending surveillance operations By PBS News Hour President Obama called for several changes to U.S. spying practices including ending the NSA's storage of bulk phone metadata. Kwame Holman reports on the president's reforms and Hari Sreenivasan gets reaction from Kate Martin of the Center for National Security… Continue watching
Jan 14 NSA surveillance doesn't stop terrorism, report claims By Justin Scuiletti A new report published by the New America Foundation claims that NSA surveillance may not be as useful combating terrorism as the government suggests. Continue reading
Jan 03 FISA court reauthorizes NSA phone surveillance program Video still by PBS NewsHour The top-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Friday reauthorized the National Security Agency's program to collect phone records in bulk for 90 more days, the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement. The… Continue reading
Jan 02 NSA aims to build quantum computer that could crack world's encryptions The Washington Post reported Thursday that the National Security Agency is investing nearly $80 million into the construction of "a cryptologically useful" quantum computer -- a device that would be capable of cracking various types of encryption around the… Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch How have surveillance practices impacted cyber security agenda, private sector? How have surveillance practices impacted cyber security agenda, private sector?… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch Looking back at the Snowden leaks that sparked U.S. surveillance revelations Looking back at the Snowden leaks that sparked U.S. surveillance revelations… Continue watching