A federal judge reinstated the NSA bulk domestic surveillance that was temporarily halted a month ago, allowing the agency to go back to hoovering up metadata while it unwinds the program for good.
Former NSA director Michael Hayden marveled at the puny nature of the reforms put in place two years after Edward Snowden revealed vast, intrusive U.S. government surveillance.
They are protesting the extent to which industry lobbyists have hijacked the Commerce Department's emerging code of conduct for facial recognition technology.
A fascinating sociological experiment unfolds before our eyes as the <em>Washington Post</em> unveils its new “PowerPost” vertical, subtitled “Intelligence for Leaders.” The project will focus "on the subjects that matter most to the people at the center of power."
Telephone calls involving Americans are recorded by the NSA through surveillance technically aimed at foreigners. Are they automatically transcribed, too?
Congress has finally brought itself to end the unprecedented bulk collection of domestic phone records — just one surveillance program out of the multitude Snowden revealed.
Encryption is not the refuge of scoundrels, it is an essential tool needed to protect the right of freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age, a new United Nations report concludes.
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