A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance ...
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What kind of telephone activity does the NSA collect on people? Metadata. How harmful is it to your privacy health? Nada. It is only metadata. That has been the line drawn in the sand by government supporters of NSA activities in monitoring ...
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Critics of the U.S. National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. residents' telephone records should offer a better way to track terrorists and protect the country against attacks, the agency's director said Wednesday. The NSA's ...
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Three prominent U.S. senators have in a federal court filing questioned the claim of the National Security Agency that its bulk collection of phone records is required for intelligence purposes. The brief argues that after extensive ...
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Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
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Proposals in Congress to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records would compromise the agency's ability to find and track terrorists, representatives of the intelligence community said Monday. The USA ...
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Earlier this month,?Lavabit?and?Silent Circle?-?two privacy-minded email providers – decided to shut up shop rather than give the US government the chance to access their customer data. Shortly thereafter, Lavabit owner Ladar ...
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Several U.S. senators will push for changes in the way the National Security Agency collects the telephone records of millions of U.S. residents, with lawmakers saying they will focus on making the NSA program more transparent to the ...
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Privacy and digital rights groups have dug in for a longer fight against massive surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, even after the House of Representatives voted last week against an amendment to curtail the ...
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The U.S. National Security Agency and Department of Justice exceeded their legal authority to conduct surveillance when collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. residents, several U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday. Several members ...
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The recently revealed mass collection of phone records and other communications by the U.S.National Security Agency may not be effective in preventing terrorism,according to some critics. The data collection programs,as revealed by former ...
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Recent leaks about surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency show an agency with little regard for the U.S. Constitution and laws on the books, two past NSA leakers said Wednesday. Leaks by former NSA contractor Edward ...
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Edward Snowden says he leaked information to show the extent to which citizens were spied on in the US. Picture: AP / The Guardian Source: AP The US Justice Department has charged former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden ...
The National Security Agency can retain communications of U.S. citizens or residents potentially indefinitely if those communications are encrypted, according to a newly leaked secret government document. The document describes the ...
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The U.S. Congress should press for privacy protections and more information about surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, some technology and civil liberties activists said Friday. After recent news leaks about two ...