NSA Watch
Snowden denies receiving help from Russia on NSA leaks
Edward Snowden has rejected allegations that he disclosed dozens of spy programs and techniques used by the National Security Agency while cooperating with the Russian government.
Former British spy boss says text message collection “lawful”
A former British spy boss says the GCHQ's access to a trove of text messages collected by their counterparts at the NSA is "perfectly lawful."
Obama says will take “time” to win back trust of foreigners after Snowden leaks
It will take some time before the international community will be able to trust the U.S. government, President Obama acknowledged in an interview Saturday.
Snowden found bugs in NSA software that went unpatched, former colleague says
Former government contractor Edward Snowden frequently found bugs in NSA software that the agency never patched, a former colleague told Forbes in December.
Snowden documents detail NSA ability to spy on “offline” computers
The NSA has the ability to covertly monitor the contents of 100,000 "offline" computers, according to a report by the New York Times.
NSA global spying goes too far, former White House security official says
A former White House cybersecurity official says the NSA's global surveillance programs may be legal, but are morally wrong and go too far.
Few calls for NSA reform expected from Obama’s Friday speech
President Obama has decided that the NSA's bulk data collection program is valuable as a counterterrorism tool, according to a newspaper report published Thursday.
Clapper did not lie to Congress on NSA spy programs, ODNI counsel asserts
Spy chief James Clapper did not lie to Congress when he denied the NSA was collecting data on millions of Americans, the ODNI general counsel said Friday.
Former NSA boss to Obama: Don’t listen to panel recommendations
The former head of the NSA encouraged President Obama to discard suggestions made by a review panel on the agency's dragnet spying programs.
NSA statement suggests Congress not immune from spying
America's elected officials are probably not immune from government surveillance programs.
NSA seeks to build supercomputer to compromise web encryption
The NSA has secured a multi-million dollar research fund that, in part, pays for the development of a massive supercomputer capable of breaking nearly every kind of encryption standard used on the internet.
Senator to sue Obama administration over NSA spying
Senator Rand Paul announced his intention to file a lawsuit against the Obama administration over the National Security Agency's bulk collection of telephone records.