America’s split personality: Paranoid superstate and land of equality
From "The Heat" to "White House Down," from Snowden to gay rights, America plays both hero and villain
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Politics, U.S. Politics
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Report: NSA tracked U.S. emails for a decade
"It is hard to distinguish email metadata from email content"
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 4:03 PM UTCTechnology verizon, Leaker, Edward Snowden
Putin denies US extradition request for Snowden
The Russian president says the intelligence leaker is free to travel as he pleases
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 5:57 PM UTC 10News Associated Press
Obama: NSA surveillance has saved lives
The president estimates the spy program has helped avert at least 50 threats
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 12:21 PM UTC 15Politics Associated Press, NSA, Germany
How NSA’s just like Wall Street
Neither is held accountable for its misdeeds, and both are destroying American democracy
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 10:33 PM UTC 12Technology RobertReich.org
FBI’s shameless 9/11 claims
FBI Director Robert Mueller invokes the terror attack to defend NSA's snooping -- but history doesn't support him
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 9:05 PM UTC 12Politics National security
NSA has a propaganda center to make it seem fun!
There's a lot you'll never know about the ultrasecret spy agency, but you can buy a coffee mug
Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 2:26 PM UTC 15Politics National Security Agency
Why you can’t sue the government for spying on you
The courts have set up "one big Catch-22" that makes it impossible to take on the government
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 9:15 PM UTC 10Politics Surveillance
What happens next to Snowden?
The NSA leaker fled to Hong Kong, but his fate remains unclear
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 1:40 PM UTCPolitics Edward Snowden, Hong Kong
Judge behind Verizon order tied to free trip from libertarian think tank
Report reveals court member embroiled in phone records controversy attended expenses-paid terrorism seminar
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 8:12 PM UTCPolitics
Despite Obama’s claim, FISA court rarely much of a check
Records show that the court meant to oversee the government hasn't denied an application in almost four years
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 7:43 PM UTCPolitics FISA, Court, Civil Liberties
5 things you need to know about government spying
After a flood of new revelations on government snooping, here's what you need to know
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 4:50 PM UTC 23All Salon National Security Agency
As senator, Obama wanted to curb data collection he now defends
Then-Sen. Obama's bill would have drastically limited the mass collection of phone records by the government
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 10Politics Barack Obama, Civil Liberties
Big Data arms Big Brother
The clandestine program PRISM gives government unprecedented access to our personal information
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 12:50 PM UTCTechnology Associated Press, Big Data
Obama administration defends collecting phone records
On Thursday, a senior official called the practice "a critical tool in protecting the nation" from terrorism
Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 2:20 PM UTC 13Technology Associated Press, Barack Obama
Government collects millions of phone records daily
A top secret NSA order requires telecomm giant Verizon to daily give over information on all calls in its system
Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 12:07 AM UTC 75Technology NSA, National Security Agency
Whistleblowing now akin to treason
The persecution of a former National Security Agency official highlights a disturbing government initiative
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 4:20 PM UTCPolitics AlterNet, Whistleblowing
House revives cyber bill maligned by privacy groups
The legislation would let industry and the federal government swap information on the latest cyber threats
Monday, Apr 8, 2013 10:15 PM UTC4 From the Wires
Don’t be the next Broadwell
A quick and dirty guide to locking down your online life -- and staying safe from government snooping
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 6:15 PM UTC 10Technology Paula Broadwell, Security
NSA whistle-blower: Obama “worse than Bush”
Thomas Drake on life inside the National Security Agency and the price of truth telling
Wednesday, Mar 7, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 50News National Security Agency
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