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Does the NSA Tap That? What We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Internet Surveillance
By Justin Elliott Among the snooping revelations of recent weeks, there have been tantalizing bits of evidence that the NSA is tapping fiber-optic cables that carry nearly all international phone and Internet data. The idea that the NSA is sweeping … Continue reading
DHS warns employees not to read leaked NSA information
By Josh Hicks The Department of Homeland Security has warned its employees that the government may penalize them for opening a Washington Post article containing a classified slide that shows how the National Security Agency eavesdrops on international communications. An … Continue reading
NSA surveillance may be legal — but it’s unconstitutional
By Laura K. Donohue The National Security Agency’s recently revealed surveillance programs undermine the purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was established to prevent this kind of overreach. They violate the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee against unreasonable search and … Continue reading
Fact-check: The NSA and Sept. 11
By Justin Elliott In defending the NSA’s sweeping collection of Americans’ phone call records, Obama administration officials have repeatedly pointed out how it could have helped thwart the 9/11 attacks: If only the surveillance program been in place before Sept. … Continue reading
Why the Spying Scandal Is a Serious Racial Justice Issue
By Imara Jones Given the massive investment in national security after 9-11, recent news that the federal government is spying on hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the world may not have come as a … Continue reading
NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it?
By Timothy B. Lee Computer programmers believe they know how to build cryptographic systems that are impossible for anyone, even the U.S. government, to crack. So why can the NSA read your e-mail? Last week, leaks revealed that the Web … Continue reading
Did Hollywood Help Make NSA Surveillance Permissible?
By John Patterson Last week’s NSA leaks scandal had one scary side-story: a poll determining that a slim but clear majority of Americans weren’t worried in the least about the 360-degree, all-platform access that the eavesdropping agency apparently now has … Continue reading
Want to Make Anonymous Phone Calls? Keep It Simple
By Fahmida Rashid If the revelations that Verizon (and perhaps other telcomms) is handing over customer call records to the federal government has you scrambling for your tinfoil hat, there is a simple way to make sure those … Continue reading
Report: VZW, T-MO Not Part of NSA Surveillance Program
By Andrew Berg Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile may not have been required to particpate in the NSAs phone surveillance program.Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal today reported that the NSA may have exempted T-Mobile … Continue reading
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