National Security Agency

France’s Government Aims to Give Itself—and the NSA—Carte Blanche to Spy on the World

By Danny O’Brien | EFF | September 30, 2015 The United States makes an improper division between surveillance conducted on residents of the United States and the surveillance that is conducted with almost no restraint upon the rest of the world. This double standard has proved poisonous to the rights of Americans and non-Americans alike. […]

‘Karma Police’: Illegal GCHQ operation to track ‘every visible user on the internet’

RT | September 26, 2015 New documents shared by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal GCHQ mass-surveyed “every visible user on the internet,” codenaming the operation Karma Police after a popular song by Radiohead. The mission was started in 2009, without the agency obtaining legal permission to carry out the operation. Also there was no Parliamentary consultation […]

US Spies Await Terrorist Attack to Change Public’s Tune About Cyber Privacy

Sputnik – 26.09.2015 As the United States seeks backdoor encryption access, it faces strong pushback in the form of public opinion. But according to some intelligence officials, that perception could change if another terrorist attack were to occur on American soil. Faced with a public outcry over privacy concerns and the tarnished reputation of American […]

Data sharing deal with US must end due to ‘mass surveillance’ – EU court advisor

RT | September 23, 2015 The European Court of Justice’s top legal aid has said that a 15-year-old agreement that eases the transfer of data between the EU and the US should be ended, accusing American intelligence services of conducting “mass, indiscriminate surveillance.” The ECJ’s advocate-general, Yves Bot, said on Wednesday that the Safe Harbour […]

Facebook snoops on people just like NSA – Belgian watchdog to court

RT | September 21, 2015 Facebook is spying on people in “the very same way” that the US’s National Security Agency (NSA) does, said the Belgian data protection watchdog at a court hearing where the social network stands accused of violating the privacy of internet users. “When it became known that the NSA was spying […]

US Freedom Act a ‘surveillance act in disguise’ – ex-MI5 agent

RT | August 30, 2015 The US is playing games with public trust by passing different versions of the same intrusive surveillance system, a modern day Panopticon. Any alleged changes to the bulk collection program are purely cosmetic, according to ex-MI5 agent Annie Machon. The recently passed USA Freedom Act was hailed as a stepping […]

Whistleblowers sue DOJ, FBI, and NSA for malicious prosecution, civil rights violations

RT | August 28, 2015 Five whistleblowers are suing the Justice Department, National Security Agency, FBI and their former directors for violating their constitutional and civil rights after they complained about government waste and fraud through proper channels. According to the complaint, filed in Washington, DC’s federal district court, all five were subjected to illegal searches […]

When the NSA tells journalists things, those things are not necessarily true

PrivacySOS | August 15, 2015 If you find yourself reading a story about US war or spying that contains a variation on the phrase “according to US officials” in the top paragraph, you are likely biting into a whopper of state propaganda and lies. Today’s NYT reporting on Snowden documents provides just the latest example. […]