What Does It Mean When the NSA Has Your Number?
A study of what the NSA may be able to learn by analyzing telephone metadata may confirm the worst fears of privacy advocates.
May 13, 2014
Obama on Mass Government Surveillance, Then and Now
Barack Obama campaigned for the White House promising "no more secrecy," but as president he has embraced the same domestic surveillance programs he derided as a candidate.
May 13, 2014
NSA Reform: A Guide to the Options
Lawmakers in Congress are jousting over how to reform the NSA's domestic surveillance activities. Will changes go far enough?
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Thomas Drake
Thomas Drake served as a senior executive at the NSA from 2001 to 2008. He brought his concerns about wasteful spending at the NSA and the government's surveillance program to a Baltimore Sun reporter; he was later charged with leaking classified information under the Espionage Act, but the charges were ultimately dropped.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Thomas Tamm
Former Department of Justice attorney Thomas Tamm uncovered evidence of the government's secret electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens, a discovery he later leaked to The New York Times.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: J. Kirk Wiebe
J. Kirk Wiebe worked as a senior analyst at the NSA from 1975 to 2001. In the aftermath of 9/11, he was among a handful of NSA employees who stumbled upon a secret program at the agency to monitor the communications of millions of U.S. citizens. Wiebe and his colleagues decided to approach inspector generals at the Defense Department and Justice Department with what they found.
May 13, 2014
How Edward Snowden Leaked "Thousands" of NSA Documents
"I've got some stuff you might be interested in." With that simple message, the biggest leak of government secrets in history was set in motion.
May 13, 2014
Inside the NSA the Day After 9/11
Spying on the home front was the one rule that NSA analysts were constantly warned against before 9/11, but that all changed the morning after the attacks.
May 12, 2014
New Report Slams "Unprecedented" Growth in US Prisons
Despite a dramatic boom in incarceration rates, a new report finds that the deterrent effect of tough-on-crime policies remain "highly uncertain."
May 1, 2014
What Does Solitary Confinement Do To Your Mind?
Supporters say the practice helps keep prisons safe, and that may be true. What’s undeniable, however, is that solitary confinement can also take a heavy mental toll.
April 22, 2014
Joseph Ponte: In Maine, "We Rewrote the Segregation Policy"
Former corrections commissioner Joseph Ponte on reforming the solitary policy in Maine — and why it's a work in progress.
April 22, 2014
5 Takeaways From the U.N. Climate Change Report
In the push to curb global climate change, 2015 could be a make or break year.
April 14, 2014