NSA
The latest news and comment on the US National Security Agency
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Fisa courts stifle the due process they were supposed to protect. End themIntelligence agencies will always seek to collect more data. But the courts that oversee them must be as concerned about due process as they are with secrets
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UK internet providers may yet be required to keep browsing dataLatest round of lobbying by senior police officers and security services suggests the measure will be resurrected in new investigatory powers bill
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US court refuses to stop NSA phone surveillance during 180-day 'transition'Earlier judgment ruled bulk collection of phone records illegal but program can continue until replaced by new procedure under USA Freedom Act
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ACLU lawsuit against NSA mass surveillance dropped by federal courtJudge TS Ellis III dismissed the suit because it relied on ‘subjective fear’ that National Security Administration collects information that is innately harmful
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Could a simple mistake be how the NSA was able to crack so much encryption?Most encryption software does the high-tech equivalent of reusing passwords, and that could be how the US national security agency decrypted communications
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Edward Snowden joins Twitter: 'Can you hear me now?'NSA whistleblower publishes first few tweets from @Snowden handle, saying in his profile: ‘I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public’
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The Republican hopeful positioned himself as pro-data collection and anti-encryption in a race where privacy and net neutrality have never mattered moreJeb Bush is the ultimate anti-internet candidate
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Court hears first arguments in case challenging bulk data collection by NSAPlaintiffs claim ‘upstream’ program, partially revealed in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, is illegally surveilling communications of all internet users
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Edward Snowden: mass surveillance does not help combat terrorism – videoEdward Snowden backs a push for an international treaty for protection against improper surveillance and of whistleblowers
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Appeals court rejects challenge to NSA's ongoing mass collection of phone dataJudges found that the man who brought the case, Larry Klayman, could not prove his particular phone records had been swept up in NSA dragnets
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Obama calls Japanese leader to express regret for WikiLeaks spying scandalObama told prime minister Shinzo Abe he thought the trouble the revelations that the US had spied on senior Japanese officials caused was regrettable
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Security check firm that cleared Edward Snowden agrees $30m fraud settlementUnited States Investigations Services strikes deal with justice department after claims it took shortcuts when vetting federal employees
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UN deciding ‘how best to respond’ after AT&T helped NSA spy on headquartersUnited Nations has said it expects member states to respect its right to privacy after AT&T helped NSA wiretap Internet communications
Theresa May unveils UK surveillance measures in wake of Snowden claims