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White House Pumped Millions Into NYPD’s Muslim Surveillance Programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance. The money is part of...
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No Criminal Charges for Cop Who Placed Camera in School Bathroom
GLEN BURNIE, Md. — Anne Arundel County Police say no crime was committed when an officer put a device that was believed to be a camera in the men’s restroom of a high school. Officers said Tuesday that...
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Police, Politicians Nationwide Push Surveillance Post-Boston
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the example of surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as a reason to get more...
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Is Big Data Turning Government Into ‘Big Brother?’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and...
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Report: FBI Visits NSA Leaker’s Dad In Pa.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A newspaper reports the FBI has visited the Pennsylvania home of a man whose son identified himself as the source of leaks about a top-secret U.S. surveillance program. The...
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Official: US, Germany To Negotiate ‘No Spy’ Pact
BERLIN (AP) — A senior German official says Germany and the U.S. will begin talks this month on an agreement not to spy on one another in wake of the revelations about electronic surveillance by the...
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Report: Germany Summoning U.S. Ambassador Over Eavesdropping Questions
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) - The German government is demanding a “complete explanation” about claims the U.S. monitored Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone. Foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has summoned...
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Justice Dept. Asks Appeals Court to Overturn Judge’s NSA Surveillance Ruling
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration moved Friday to ask the secretive U.S. spy court to allow the National Security Agency to continue collecting every American’s telephone records every day, in the...
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Obama Expected To Curb NSA Access To Phone Records
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to restrict National Security Agency access to Americans’ phone records and rein in spying on foreign leaders, according to people familiar with a...
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14 States Propose Bills To Curtail Powers Of Law Enforcement To Monitor,...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Angry over revelations of National Security Agency surveillance and frustrated with what they consider outdated digital privacy laws, state lawmakers around the nation are...
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NATO Deploys Surveillance Planes To Ukraine Border
BERLIN (AP) — NATO deployed two surveillance planes to fly over Poland and Romania on Wednesday to monitor the crisis in neighboring Ukraine. The military alliance said two AWACS, or Airborne Warning...
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Apple Co-Founder: Snowden Is A ‘Hero’
LONDON (CBS DC) – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is full of praise for NSA leaker Edward Snowden. He tells the Times of India that Snowden is a “hero” for divulging information about the top secret...
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Merkel: ‘Difficulties Yet To Overcome’ In US Spy Scandal
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel downplayed reports that U.S. intelligence services tapped her mobile phone, with both leaders saying they have begun a...
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Report: NSA Installing Spyware On US-Made Hardware
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – The National Security Agency has been accessing routers, servers and other computer network devices to plant backdoors and other spyware before the hardware is shipped overseas,...
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U.S. Government to Local Cops: Keep Quiet on Neighborhood Cellphone Surveillance
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire...
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Facebook: 24 Percent Rise In Government Requests For User Data
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Facebook announced it received nearly 35,000 requests for data from governments all over the world in the first six months of 2014, reports CNet. That’s a 24 percent increase from...
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Obama: ‘Handful Of Senators’ Standing In The Way Of The Patriot Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Blaming a “handful of senators” for stalled national security legislation, President Barack Obama said Friday he has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators...
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Congress Sends NSA Phone-Records Bill To President
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress approved sweeping changes Tuesday to surveillance laws enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks, eliminating the National Security Agency’s disputed bulk phone-records collection...
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