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Rand Paul Is Killing It On Twitter

By Becca Stanek

Snowden: NSA Shared Sexually Explicit Photos

By Stephanie Burnett

Why Rand Paul Is Schmoozing in Silicon Valley

By Denver Nicks

Germany May Counter U.S. Spying With Typewriters

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Chinese State Media: The iPhone Is a 'National Security Threat'

A Chinese state broadcaster has labeled the iPhone a “national security threat” to the country. CCTV, a news station whose reports can have wide influence, said that the location-tracking feature on Apple’s popular smartphone could...

By Victor Luckerson

U.S. Spy Scandal in Germany Is Music to Putin's Ears

The rift in relations between Western allies could not have come at a better time for the Russian President

By Simon Shuster / Berlin

Germany Asks U.S. Intelligence Official to Leave

With tensions between the two allies already high

By Mirren Gidda

What the NSA Can Learn From Prophet Muhammad

Islam places immense emphasis on privacy in ways that Western governments today have only begun to match with privacy laws.

By Qasim Rashid

Privacy Advocates Call for FISA Court Reform

The Senate version of the USA Freedom Act would reform the process that led to NSA surveillance of five prominent Americans

By Denver Nicks

I'm a Muslim-American Leader, the NSA Spied on Me

But I am not the threat—our country's surveillance program is

By Nihad Awad

Report: U.S. Spied on Prominent American Muslims

Latest report based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden

By Melissa Hellmann

NSA Spying Hurts Cybersecurity for All of Us

The surveillance debate has focused on the legality of spying on Americans but some say the biggest danger is in the methods the NSA uses

By Denver Nicks

Germany, U.S. Mistrust Deepens Amid Spy Scandals

Just as the outrage over U.S. surveillance in Germany was starting to die down, a fresh set of allegations sends their relations into another tailspin

By Simon Shuster / Berlin

Morning Must Reads: July 7

In the news: Ukraine military's remarkable transformation; NSA targeting; Why we stuck with Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki; Obamacare; The Highway Trust Fund; Hillary distances herself from the President; Bloomberg's gun control group

By Alex Rogers

NSA's Surveillance Catches Mostly Regular Folks

9 out of 10 people caught up in the NSA's surveillance were average Internet users, many of whom were U.S. citizens, according to data leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden

By Nolan Feeney

Germany Arrests Man Said to Be U.S. Spy

With relations between allies already tense over snooping

By Mirren Gidda

Snowden and the NSA Can Both Be Right

Two reports raise the possibility that on balance, both the NSA collection programs and Snowden’s revelations have done more to advance the public good than to harm it

By Massimo Calabresi

NSA’s Snooping on Foreigners Is 'Extremely Valuable'

But highlights concerns about Americans getting caught in the surveillance net

By Denver Nicks

FBI Doesn’t Know How Many Americans It Spies On

Intel agencies dished on how many Americans get nabbed in the surveillance dragnet

By Denver Nicks

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