Microsoft, Facebook release stats to reassure users on NSA surveillance
Following whistleblower Edward Snowden’s leaks of National Security Agency documents pointing to mass online surveillance, both Facebook and Microsoft have released details on the number of legal orders made to…
NSA whistleblower: ‘Mass surveillance makes intelligence community less efficient’
While the intelligence community has succeeded in duping the US administration into allowing mass surveillance, it did not help improve national security at all, former NSA analyst William Binney told…
Judge rules office of ‘America’s toughest sheriff’ racially profiled Latinos
A federal judge has ruled that an Arizona sheriff infamous for his tough approach to immigration law enforcement and his office’s deputies violated the rights of Latinos by profiling them…
Obama announces restrictions on drone strikes, pledges to close Gitmo
President Barack Obama announced drastic changes to the United States’ counterterrorism operations Thursday, reforming the rules that guide America’s drone program while also expediting the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees.…
Obama’s media shield law makes prosecuting journalists even easier
United States President Barack Obama is encouraging Congress to take up a media shield law that was abandoned at the start of his administration, but critics of the bill say…
AP investigation Get short URL
The White House has denied having any prior knowledge of the Justice Department’s criminal probe of the Associated Press, but lawmakers appalled by the revelation are nonetheless lashing out at…
The US government might be the biggest hacker in the world
The United States government is investing tens of millions of dollars each year on offensive hacking operations in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the computers of its adversaries, Reuters reports.…
Boston Marathon explosions: LIVE UPDATES
At least three people, including an eight-year-old, have been killed and more than a hundred injured after two explosions hit the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The investigation of…
FBI releases images of suspects in Boston Marathon bombing (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
The FBI released images and video on Thursday of its two suspects in the Boston Marathon attack, who the agent in charge said should be considered “armed and extremely dangerous.”…
US Supreme Court declines to challenge New York gun law
The United States Supreme Court will avoid weighing in for now on a restrictive gun law in New York state. The country’s top justices said Monday that they won’t hear…
