FBI busts Russian spy ring in New York: Evgeny Buryakov detained
US prosecutors say Evgeny Buryakov, 39, was part of an alleged Russian spy ring that included two others as others were identified. The other two named defendants, Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy, but they no More...
NSA program XKeyscore enables widespread surveillance through everything a user does on the Internet
The National Security Agency is operating a massive database system that allows analysts to comb through individuals’ emails, chats and Internet browsing histories at will, according to a new report from The More...
The New Yorker cover features NSA surveillance jab with Uncle Sam becoming a ‘peeping Tom’
The latest cover of the New Yorker took a jab at the Obama administration over its recent scandals, especially the NSA surveillance program. The illustrated cover shows a giant Uncle Sam looking into a woman’s More...
Democrats, Republicans unite as Dianne Feinstein says No Senate hearing on NSA surveillance anytime soon
While the House of Representatives will hold a rare open intelligence hearing specifically devoted to the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs of data-mining phone records and Internet use, a similar More...
Peter King says NSA leaker, Edward Snowden is ‘dangerous’ and ‘should be prosecuted’
The ex-CIA employee who admitted Sunday to leaking top secret information about America’s surveillance programs is a “defector” who could still pose risks to U.S. assets overseas, Rep. Peter King More...
John McCain defends NSA and FISA programs, evokes 9/11 and says terrorism is ‘getting worse’
Arizona Senator and former GOP Presidential candidate John McCain said Sunday the threat of terrorism in the United States “is getting worse,” and this validates the government’s controversial monitoring of More...
DHS Source says surveillance is going after whistleblowers, leakers, media sources and involves both parties
The news that the NSA is monitoring Verizon, multiple Internet and communication sources is just the latest scandal to hit Washington. While the Intelligence head is providing some damage control, a DHS “insider” More...
James Clapper, US Intelligence head, points to ‘rush to publish’ on spy program, details sone PRISM and FISA rules
America’s top intelligence official is declassifying some details about the surveillance program in response to the backlash against the US government is monitoring internet and phone activity grows. photo More...
Surveillance Nation
Fourth Amendment – Totally trashed. So now it has been revealed how the US government is spying on American citizens… using phone records, social media, the Internet and a whole host of other means. President More...
NSA not just monitoring Verizon, over 3 billion US calls monitored daily on all US citizens
Former employees of the National Security Agency say the publishing of a court order asking Verizon to hand over all its phone calling records for a three-month period opens a new window on an operation that has More...
Fusion center director says they only spy on ‘anti-government’ Americans
Complaining about the government may draw the ire of the officials, especially in Arkansas. photo Charles Fettinger via Flickr The goal of fusion centers “is to collect and share information, to prevent bad things More...
