- Jimmy Carter believes U.S. is spying on him—"I believe if I send an email, it will be monitored." Also, he says that Snowden's leaks "good for Americans to know."
- Sen. Ron Wyden scorches senior CIA and NSA officials and their 'pattern of deception'
- Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington—"The CIA and NSA routinely ignore the Constitution, yet want the Justice Department to protect them from an over-reaching Congress."
- Government must stop requesting broad email search warrants, judge says—"District court says it will reject future broad requests." A federal judge says it's "repugnant to the Fourth Amendment."
- How Much Microsoft Charges the FBI for User Data
- Police keep quiet about cell-tracking technology—"Police across the country may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a technology tool known as Stingray. But they're refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do."
- Navy database tracks civilians' parking tickets, fender-benders, raising fears of domestic spying
- America's Creepy, Surveillance-Endorsing Love of NCIS—"By featuring warrantless agents who thwart domestic terrorists with fantastical technology, shows like NCIS essentially ask Americans to root for Big Brother."
- Former US intelligence contractor speaks on 1975 Australian coup—"Boyce, now 61, confirmed his previous statements that the CIA was centrally involved in the dismissal of the Whitlam government."
- Terror Report Release May Fuel The Spat Between Congress And The CIA
- CIA chief vows fast review of declassifying interrogation report—Declassifying or destructifying?
- Nancy Pelosi: When Legislators Take on the CIA, 'They Come After You'
- How the CIA Blew It—"America's spooks aren't going rogue. They just picked a fight they couldn't possibly win." Politico
- False Equivalence and the Feud Between the CIA and the Senate—"The outbreak of open hostilities between Dianne Feinstein and the spy agency she oversees is not a problem—it is a glimmer of hope."
- Greenwald: Some Facts About How NSA Stories Are Reported
- This Is How the NSA Is Trying to Win Over the Media—"[T]he latest step in the NSA's PR campaign is perhaps its boldest and most bizarre yet: A glossy, full-color "media kit" sent to news organizations."
- Was FISC judge misled by gov't lawyers in evidence-destruction spat?—"And a CA judge makes clear: Spying data must be kept to resolve activist suits."
- Targeting Huawei: NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm—Ruh-roh.
- SPIEGEL Interview with Former NSA Director Michael Hayden—"In a SPIEGEL interview, former NSA director Michael Hayden, 69, discusses revelations of US spying on Germany made public in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, surveillance against German leaders and tensions between Berlin and Washington."
- Google's Larry Page: We can't Have NSA Spying and a Functioning Democracy
- NSA hacker in residence dishes on how to 'hunt' system admins—"Latest Snowden docs offer lulz from NSA's internal hacker how-to board."
- The White House wants to know how worried you are about data privacy
- How Microsoft tracked down a spy who leaked its secrets—Was the "sniffing" justified on Hotmail, which Microsoft owns?
- It's not just Microsoft: Apple and Google can also read your emails
- Google Under Fire for Data-Mining Student Email Messages
- Now Gmail Encrypts Messages Sent to Google Servers
- Twitter gives up on encrypting direct messages, at least for now
- Facebook's DeepFace Project Nears Human Accuracy In Identifying Faces
- Fighting Against Phony Location Privacy Protections in the States
- Yahoo forces fantasy sports users to divulge phone numbers
- Michelle Obama tells Chinese students internet freedom's a universal right
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership Will "Significantly" Restrict Online Freedoms
- Twitter website 'blocked' in Turkey—So far not so much.
- Orange Gives All Of Its Data To France's NSA
- The Australian Law that Would Force Suspects to Hand Over their Passwords
- "Weev" prosecutor admits: I don't understand what the hacker did—""Andrew "weev" Auernheimer gets his day in appellate court."
- MIT faulted over its support for students—"School counters it is 'eager' to help 4 facing N.J. fraud charges." Here they go again.
- British man Lauri Love charged with hacking US Federal Reserve servers—"US indictment includes hacking and aggravated identity theft charges that carry a maximum prison sentence of 12 years."
