The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit against former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, alleging he violated nondisclosure agreements by publishing a memoir without giving the government an opportunity to review it first. The Justice Department is seeking to ...

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A presidential advisory panel on government surveillance recommended satisfying a demand of Internet companies such as Yahoo! Inc. and Facebook Inc. while putting new burdens on telecommunications providers to retain data for future snooping.

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The U.S. government urged a secret court to reject a request by Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. to let the companies publish the aggregate numbers and scope of user data they turn over to intelligence agencies.

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The measure would require the NSA to publicly report statistics about its activities, as well as requiring the head of the NSA to be confirmed by the Senate.

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Collection of bulk phone records by U.S. intelligence agencies is essential to preventing terrorist attacks and “wrong decisions” by Congress could curb this power, the head of the National Security Agency said.

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Organizations require trusted people, but they don’t necessarily know whether those people are trustworthy. How does an organization protect itself?

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Would I rather have my phone records collected and readied for possible inspection by the National Security Agency or have my genitalia scrutinized by the Transportation Security Administration? In today’s America you can have both.

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