Comey Calls on Tech Companies Offering End-to-End Encryption to Reconsider "Their Business Model"
The FBI director essentially wants tech companies to roll back secure encryption to something less secure that law enforcement can intercept.
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The Stealth Expansion of a Secret U.S. Drone Base in Africa
Unbeknownst to most Americans, the U.S. has recently taken steps to transform a tiny, out-of-the-way outpost in the Djiboutian desert into a key hub for its secret drone war.
Exploiting Emotions About Paris to Blame Snowden, Distract from Actual Culprits Who Empowered ISIS
Imagine simultaneously devoting your efforts to depicting ISIS as the Greatest Threat Ever, while knowing the vital role you played in its genesis and growth. That’s the predicament of current and former U.S. officials.
GCHQ Profiling: An Appendix
From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users’ Online Identities
Top-secret documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden expose U.K. eavesdropping agency GCHQ's attempts to create the largest mass surveillance system anywhere in the world.
Lawyers Speak Out About Massive Hack of Prisoners’ Phone Records
An anonymous hacker provided <em>The Intercept</em> with millions of call records belonging to prison telecom giant Securus. Now, lawyers are speaking up about apparent violations of attorney-client privilege.
The U.S. Extends Its Drone War Deeper Into Africa With Secretive Base
In Cameroon, American soldiers are launching drones from a little-known base near the Nigerian border. The surveillance flights bring the U.S. closer to the brutal ground war against Boko Haram.
The Many Things Wrong With the Anti-Encryption Op-Ed in the New York Times
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and his counterparts in Paris, London and Madrid took to the New York Times op-ed page to pose a flawed argument against default encryption of mobile phones.
The Case Against Richard Glossip Is Crumbling, But He Is Still Scheduled to Die in a Week
On the eve of Richard Glossip's most recent execution date, a new witness came forward with evidence that Glossip was framed.
Overwhelmed NSA Surprised to Discover Its Own Surveillance "Goldmine" on Venezuela's Oil Executives
A top-secret NSA document describes how an analyst stumbled across internal communications from the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, highlighting serious issues with the agency's indiscriminate collection practices.