In an interview with National Public Radio, the deputy director of the National Security Agency Richard Ledgett claimed the NSA has lost track of about 1,000 intelligence targets since 2013 because of NSA leak Edward Snowden’s revelations, including a terrorist group that was planning attacks against the United States and Europe.
The National Security Agency’s data harvesting program, PRISM, has been the subject of much speculation and controversy since its existence was revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in 2013.
The U.S. military and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have been using surveillance blimps, known as aerostats, for many years. However, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) may be considering using them as well, based upon an agency request for information.
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson blasted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration Wednesday over reports that the National Security Administration spied on Israel.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie mocked Sen. Rand Paul for his increasingly negative campaign after a primary debate where he repeatedly challenged the New Jersey Governor and Sen. Marco Rubio.
She doesn’t understand email servers, and after last night’s Democratic Presidential debate it seems she doesn’t understand the basics of web privacy either. In comments that even the ultra-progressive Vox Media outlet The Verge called “borderline illiterate,” Hillary Clinton appeared to simultaneously support and oppose
In a segment from this Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Friday’s edition of CBS This Morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook reiterated his stance in favor of unbreakable encrypted communication for consumers, dismissing concerns that terrorists and criminals can use such systems to evade law enforcement.
Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum argued that “Islam is different” and the idea that its political structure is “protected under the First Amendment is wrong,” a point former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee agreed with. Santorum said, “The
Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul stated, “Outside the country, there really are no constitutional protections” when asked about surveillance of people who aren’t US citizens that are applying to come into the US, although he stated that
It was a bombshell development last month when FBI Director James Comey estimated his agency was running over 900 active investigations against suspected ISIS operatives in the United States. On Friday, Fox News reported that at least 48 of those suspects are so high-risk that the FBI has deployed its elite Mobile Surveillance Teams to keep track of them.
The excuses have started again. Despite the atrocities in Paris, tech companies continue to stubbornly insist that they have no business helping the government catch terrorists. Governments have upped the pressure on Silicon Valley recently, pointing to tech companies’ support
The long-running debate over privacy vs. government surveillance – which is the high-tech iteration of the ancient struggle between liberty and security – gained new urgency after the Paris terror attack. Intelligence officials across the Western world are worried that terrorists have found new means of coordinating their efforts that cannot be monitored.
Speaking at a global security forum hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CIA Director John Brennan warned that the Islamic State is probably planning more attacks like the massacre in Paris.
The UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, unveiled the government’s controversial Draft Investigatory Powers Bill in Parliament today. Dubbed ‘The Snooper’s Charter’ by critics, the bill will overhaul the surveillance powers of police and security services.
Something embarassing in your web history? British police will be able to see it under new powers granted by the draft Investigatory Powers Act, dubbed the ‘Snooper’s Charter’ by critics.
The U.S. Senate has passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) by a vote of 74-21, despite vociferous objections from civil liberties groups who say the bill will afford the government even more powers to collect the private online data of ordinary citizens.
(Ferenstein Wire)—The technology industry is scrambling to understand how it will continue business in Europe, after the continent’s high court struck down a privacy agreement that protected U.S.-based companies operating abroad, known as Safe Harbor.
Amazon views its work environments as a tough response to slack conditions elsewhere in the labor force, encouraging excellence and superior effort from its workers by setting standards it proudly describes as “unreasonably high.” Many horrified readers thought the NYT article described brutally exploitative conditions covered by corporate happy-talk about achievement.
New Jersey Governor and Republican Chris Christie argued that fellow GOP presidential candidate Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s argument that the NSA should get a warrant was incorrect “Because if you don’t have probable cause, you can’t get a search warrant”
Japanese officials are concerned over the recent WikiLeaks exposure of American spying.
The Sunday Times of London published a report on Sunday saying British intelligence has cancelled “live operations in hostile countries” and recalled its agents after Russia and China successfully cracked over a million classified files stolen by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
