The National Security Agency’s collection of telephone call metadata is legal, a federal judge ruled, contradicting an earlier ruling in one of several cases tied to the surveillance initiative.
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Read More »The National Security Agency’s collection of telephone call metadata is legal, a federal judge ruled, contradicting an earlier ruling in one of several cases tied to the surveillance initiative.
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Read More »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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Read More »In a free society, there comes a point at which a government charged with violating the privacy of its citizens can no longer rely on secret evidence and a plea for trust.
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Read More »A Minnesota activist is alleging the NSA and Department of Homeland Security violated his First Amendment rights by issuing cease-and-desist letters against his merchandise.
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Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »The U.S. has the unique challenge of trying to run secret intelligence in an open democracy. It has to do so under the law.
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Read More »We now know that right after 9/11, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to conduct blanket surveillance on electronic communications without a warrant. The Federal Intelligence Security Act of 1978 created a procedure whereby he could have obtained a ...
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