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Surveillance
Leaked Pentagon Docs Put U.S.-South Korea Alliance in Spotlight
By Chad de Guzman
Satellites Exist. So Why Would China Use a Spy Balloon?
By Chad de Guzman
Britain Has More Surveillance Cameras Per Person Than Any Country Except China. That's a Massive Risk to Our Free Society
By Silkie Carlo
The Nunes Memo Attacks the Legitimacy of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It Should Act to Repair the Damage
By Daniel S. Alter
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Surveillance
China Is Creating a 'Database of Voices' to Boost Surveillance
The move coincides with a broad clamp down on dissent
By Joseph Hincks
October 23, 2017
Tech Firm Fights Warrant Demanding Anti-Trump User Data
DreamHost said the request was an overreach
By Feliz Solomon
August 15, 2017
U.S. Judge Allows Twitter Lawsuit On Surveillance to Proceed
"Twitter is continuing its fight for more transparency under the First Amendment," the company said
By David Ingram / Reuters
July 6, 2017
James Bond Would Not Make A Good Spy, Says Head of MI6
James Bond lacks the moral backbone to be a good spy, says the head of MI6
By Dominique Rowe
October 27, 2016
Hackers Claim to Be Selling Spying Tools Used by NSA
Auctioned material supposedly contains "cyber weapons" developed by alleged arm of NSA
By Joseph Menn / Reuters
August 16, 2016
Snowden, WikiLeaks Disagree Over Sharing Secrets
The spat comes after the release of DNC emails
By Justin Worland
July 29, 2016
Edward Snowden Is Hoping for a Pardon From President Obama
Or a plea bargain with the Justice Department
By Melissa Chan
June 27, 2016
Edward Snowden Invokes Martin Luther King to Defend Whistleblowing
"Martin Luther King brought forth this brand of civil disobedience . . . to create change that could not be ignored”
By Melissa Chan
May 12, 2016
China Interesed in Drone Data
Could your drone be spying for Beijing one day?
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
April 21, 2016
How Bike Sharing is Safer Than Riding Your Own Bike
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
April 7, 2016
How Amazon Uses Surveillance Footage to Scare Would-Be Thieves
At least one worker finds the strategy offensive
By Victor Luckerson
March 8, 2016
Don’t Blame Edward Snowden for Paris Attacks
We can’t rely on intelligence alone to prevent terrorist attacks
By James Bamford
November 17, 2015
The Origins of Illegal Surveillance in the United States Go Back to the 1930s
An oral history just released shows that cryptologists working for the Army knew they were breaking the law when they conducted secret electronic surveillance
By Steve Usdin / History News Network
October 19, 2015
Snowden Offered to Serve Prison Time in Plea Offer
But he says the U.S. has yet to respond
By Denver Nicks
October 6, 2015
This European Decision Could Seriously Hurt American Tech Companies
European official accuses U.S. of “mass, indiscriminate surveillance”
By Denver Nicks
September 23, 2015
Secret Document Shows NSA Spied on Iran U.N. Delegation
What happened when the NSA was asked by the Bush administration for blanket surveillance
By NBC News
September 23, 2015
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