Court Says NSA Bulk Telephone Spying Is Unconstitutional
America's founding fathers would be "aghast" at the NSA's bulk telephone metadata spying, a federal judge today said, finding that the program violates the Fourth Amendment and the legal argument...
View ArticleObama Concedes NSA Spying May Need ‘Refining’
President Barack Obama said he would propose reforms next month to the NSA’s vast spying powers disclosed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, hinting today he might stop the bulk collection of records...
View ArticleObama’s NSA Phone Spying Reforms Might Make Things Worse
President Barack Obama turned heads before Christmas when he said he was "seriously" considering following the recommendations of an advisory panel he commissioned which suggested a major overhaul to...
View ArticleJudge Rules NSA Bulk Telephone Metadata Spying Is Lawful
A federal judge ruled today that the NSA's bulk telephone metadata spying program is "lawful," a decision at odds with a different federal judge who two weeks ago said it infringed the Constitution.
View ArticleObama Revamps NSA Phone Metadata Spying Program
President Barack Obama announced today a revamping of the National Security Agency's vast surveillance powers by ending the government's bulk retention of records associated with every phone call made...
View ArticleWatchdog Panel: NSA Phone Spying Is Illegal — Stop It
A once-neglected and overlooked executive branch oversight board declared today that the NSA's bulk telephone metadata snooping is illegal, does little to combat terrorism, and should be ended.
View ArticleTech Giants, Telcos Get OK to Release Stats on NSA Spying
In Obama's speech 10 days ago outlining surveillance reforms, the president promised he would allow corporations like Google, Apple and Microsoft to be more transparent with their customers about NSA...
View ArticleTop U.S. Spy Claims ‘Terrorists Are Going to School’ on Snowden Leaks
A clearly frustrated U.S. intelligence chief complained today that America's adversaries are changing the way they communicate electronically in the wake of the leaks by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
View ArticleFeds Refuse to Release Public Comments on NSA Reform — Citing Privacy
The President Barack Obama administration has received 28 proposals from corporations with ideas for managing the NSA’s massive database of U.S. phone call metadata. But don’t expect to see the...
View ArticleCIA Hack Scandal Turns Senate’s Defender of Spying Into a Critic
It's refreshing to hear Dianne Feinstein express outrage over warrantless and illegal government spying, But sadly to say, there’s some dark humor of sorts here, too. Feinstein is perhaps the biggest...
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NSA Doesn’t Need to Spy on Your Calls to Learn Your Secrets
When you're surveilling one person, the contents of conversations can be more important than metadata. But when you're surveilling an entire population, metadata is far more useful. The post NSA...
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Court Rules NSA Bulk Data Collection Was Never Authorized By Congress
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Thursday that the NSA's bulk collection of phone metadata was not authorized under the Patriot Act and was therefore illegal. The post...
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The Senate Fails to Reform NSA Spying, Votes Against USA Freedom Act
A last-minute bid to reform NSA spying before lawmakers break for a week-long recess failed early Saturday morning after hours of debate and filibuster overnight when Senate lawmakers voted 57-42...
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What We Know About the NSA and AT&T’s Spying Pact
The telecom giant, according to one Snowden document, was extremely willing to help out the spy agency. The post What We Know About the NSA and AT&T’s Spying Pact appeared first on WIRED.
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Judge Blocks NSA Spying and Sets an Important Precedent
The new ruling is significant because it's rare that a judge ever enjoins the NSA from spying and could set a precedent. But the ruling itself is limited. The post Judge Blocks NSA Spying and Sets an...
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Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act
A ruling from a court of appeals indirectly notes that web history isn't just metadata, and warrantlessly tracking it could violate the Wiretap Act. The post Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can...
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The President’s NSA Advisory Board Finally Gets a Tech Expert
Columbia University computer science professor Steve Bellovin says one thing he'll be looking at is the collection of data authorized under the mysterious EO12333 authority. The post The President's...
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