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The German government won't have to disclose who it spied on with the NSA
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's highest court has rejected a bid by opposition politicians to make the government disclose spy targets it worked on with the U.S. NSA spy agency to a parliamentary...
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Snowden: ‘Petraeus leaked more damning information than I did’
In an exclusive interview on Yahoo News, Edward Snowden, the national security contractor and whistleblower who leaked information about U.S. surveillance activities, spoke about his dwindling chances...
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Leaked NSA document says metadata collection is one of agency's 'most useful...
A leaked NSA newsletter published Wednesday highlights the collection of phone metadata as one of the agency's "most useful tools."The document — which was leaked by Edward Snowden and published by The...
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US and UK spies targeted commercial airline passengers' mobile phones
Paris (AFP) - American and British spy agencies have tried to intercept data from passengers' mobile phones on commercial airlines including Air France, media reports say, citing documents from US...
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Snowden slams declassified report linking him to Russian intel: 'It is an...
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden "has had and continues to have contact" with Russian intelligence services, according to newly declassified portions of a House Intelligence...
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The pressure is on Obama to grant last-minute clemencies – here's how 4...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under mounting pressure to free convicts as a last act, President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks, but...
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Edward Snowden could soon be on the path to Russian citizenship
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who revealed a massive domestic spying apparatus in the US by leaking stolen documents as he fled to China and Russia, may soon be on the...
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A secure email service used by Edward Snowden is relaunching
Lavabit, an encrypted email service once used by exiled whistleblower Edward Snowden, is relaunching.After the NSA contractor stole thousands of highly confidential documents about US spying...
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Top security expert: Trump's unsecured Android phone could be used to spy on...
President Donald Trump is still using an unsecured Android phone to send his tweets, according to The New York Times.One security analyst laid out the worst-case hacking scenario that Trump's unsecured...
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My quest to uncover secret Edward Snowden emails highlights the frustratingly...
It took the Defense Intelligence Agency nearly three years to confirm that former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden never used its email system.On January 25, Business Insider received a final...
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This is the law that could be used to imprison journalists for publishing leaks
New Espionage Act targets those who both 'communicate' and 'obtain' leaked informationNo public interest protections for journalistsSentences to be extended from two years to 14Republishing already...
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Report: Russia could send Edward Snowden back to the US as a 'gift' to Trump
Russia could return Edward Snowden to the US as a "gift" to President Donald Trump, according to two US intelligence sources cited by NBC News on Friday.One unnamed official, who NBC said gleaned...
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The law that will be used to jail journalists for publishing leaks
New Espionage Act targets those who both 'communicate' and 'obtain' leaked informationNo public interest protections for journalistsSentences to be extended from two years to 14Republishing already...
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My quest to find secret Snowden emails highlights the frustrating government-records processJoin the conversation about this story »NOW WATCH: Here are the dangerous and intense methods the US Navy...
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WikiLeaks publishes more secret CIA tools after the US threatens criminal...
WikiLeaks released another trove of information on the Central Intelligence Agency's secrets Friday afternoon, after the Justice Department said it was considering criminal charges against the...
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Putin says Snowden was wrong to leak secrets, but is no traitor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he believes former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was wrong to leak US spy secrets, but is no traitor.Snowden, 33,...
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CIA Director: 'Worship' of leakers like Snowden has led to worse information...
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he thinks disclosure of America's secret intelligence is on the rise, fueled partly by the "worship" of leakers like Edward Snowden."In some ways, I do...
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The 'splinternet' may be the future of the web — here's what that means
Both The Economist and WIRED are worried about the “splinternet”. The UK research organisation NESTA thinks it could“break up” the world wide web as we know it.What is this awkwardly named idea? It’s...
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Congress has just days to extend, reform, or repeal the controversial law...
A controversial surveillance law is set to expire at the end of the month.But Congress is still bitterly divided over whether to reauthorize it, reform it, or completely repeal it.FISA Section 702,...
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Edward Snowden created an app that turns smartphones into security systems...
Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor turned leaker, is working on a smartphone app.The app, Haven, is intended to turn smartphones into mobile security systems.Haven is available to...
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