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Trump to oust national security advisor HR McMaster, according to US media reports
Speculation is rife over who will be the next official to go.
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Speculation is rife over who will be the next official to go.
At least one person has been taken to hospital.
The Russian president denied meddling in the US election.
He’s had a few dealings with them in the past.
Intelligence officials have warned the development could jeopardise Americans’ safety.
A US appeals court made the judgement today.
And “Belfast”, and “Seán” and “pub.”
One person was shot dead after driving an SUV into the agency’s building.
Edward Snowden claims the NSA and GCHQ also targeted SIM cards used by companies including Vodafone and O2.
The latest documents released by Edward Snowden found that the NSA targeted SecurityKISS, a VPN service based in Dublin, using its computer system XKeyscore.
The company challenged the US government on constitutional grounds, but failed and was forced to hand over the US user data.
Edward Snowden made the revelations in a comprehensive interview with Wired.
“In the future Edward will have to decide whether to continue to live in Russia and become a citizen or to return to the United States,” his lawyer said today.
If enacted, the legislation would be the most significant change in the wake of Edward Snowden’s information leaks.
Under the Obama administration the NSA has continued to grow and Libya has slipped into chaos, meanwhile relations with Russia are reaching crisis point.
The row has damaged US-German ties, with no resolution in sight just yet.
It is likely to further strain US-German relations following previous revelations that the NSA spied on Merkel’s phone calls.
Always feel like, somebody’s watching meeee.
A code and compass is needed to guide journalism through the challenges of going online, writes an NUJ Ethics Council member.
Under the proposals, telephone data will stay in the hands of phone companies, while the NSA would require permission from a judge to obtain specific records.
The whistleblower was speaking to a crowd of 3,500 at US festival SXSW.
In one six-month period in 2008, the British spy agency collected webcam imagery from more than 1.8 million Yahoo user accounts around the world.
… US spy agencies would continue to “gather information about the intentions of governments”.
The European Commission has set out a number of proposals to change the way the internet is run globally and reduce the level of control the US has over it.
A letter from the Norwegian minister who nominated him said that he he has contributed to revealing “the extreme level of surveillance by nations”.
Iain Lobban is to leave GCHQ later this year after nearly six years as its director.
Tracking a smartphone’s apps could reveal its settings, what documents it had downloaded, and in some cases, the owner’s political alignment or sexual orientation.
This news anchor is clearly a Belieber.
The NSA will now have to seek court orders to access data on specific targets, but will continue to collect massive amounts of data.
The US president is expected to roll out only modest changes to the way in which the NSA collects phone and internet information.
The secret operation, codenamed ‘Dishfire’, used the messages to extract data on the location, contact networks and credit card details of mobile users.
The two companies behind it say that the phone will be unlocked and ready to pre-order at the end of February.
The technology has been used to monitor the Chinese Army, Mexican police and drug cartels, and trade institutions inside the European Union.
James Risen says he is willing to go to jail to protect those who gave him information.
It’s estimated that it would cost $60 million to move the records for the NSA program to phone providers
FBI boss James Comey said he doesn’t understand how someone who disagrees with the way the US government works could be considered a hero or a whistleblower.
The issue could well end up in the Supreme Court.
In case you missed it, here is what he fugitive whistleblower had to say in Channel 4′s Alternative Christmas Message.
It’s now 20 years since the British broadcaster began airing its alternative to the Queen’s annual televised address.