
NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans' Communications Without a Warrant
Changes to the NSA's "upstream" program are welcomed by privacy advocates who had argued it violated the Fourth Amendment.
Changes to the NSA's "upstream" program are welcomed by privacy advocates who had argued it violated the Fourth Amendment.
For those who believe in core progressive American values, today marks the first day of a disaster on an epic scale.
Denis McDonough, now White House chief of staff, wrote in 2008 that he was surprised to see "a sensitive doc bumping around on public email addresses."
Donald Trump threatened to jail Hillary Clinton if he becomes president. In the meantime, he looked like he wanted to hit her.
Both vice presidential candidates used aggressive, neocon-like rhetoric against the Syrian and Russian governments.
In the brief moments in between Donald Trump's free association about himself, a few matters of substance emerged. That's what The Intercept staff mostly focused on during our live-blogging of the event.
The way Trump uses the word "rape" to demonize his political targets is hateful and ignorant.
A former assistant inspector general at the Pentagon who was responsible for protecting whistleblowers became one himself when the process failed.
A user of a dark web child-porn website is demanding access to the security vulnerability the FBI used to expose him. Mozilla wants to see it first, so it can fix it.
Two surveillance programs up for reauthorization target foreigners overseas, but inevitably sweep up data on innocent Americans. The question is: How much?