NSA surveillance not that great at preventing terrorism – reportDespite official claims that certain NSA surveillance programs have proved instrumental in averting dozens of terror threats, these methods appear to have proven significantly less valuable than their more traditional counterparts in terms of having provided impetus for the launch of terrorism investigations.18:40 13.01.2014
European Parliament Committee urges action against NSA surveillance programAfter vehemently condemning mass surveillance programs exposed in recent months by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, a draft report published this week by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs called on the US and EU member states to impose a ban on blanket mass surveillance and bulk personal-data processing.15:48 10.01.2014
US Foreign Intelligence Court reauthorizes bulk phone data collectionThe US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) reauthorized on Friday the collection in bulk by the US government of “telephony metadata.”18:03 04.01.2014
Fugitive NSA analyst Snowden says mission accomplishedFormer US security contractor Edward Snowden has accomplished his mission of sparking debate by revealing classified United States government documents about the programs he worked on, he said in his first sit-down interview with journalists since arriving in Russia.13:58 24.12.2013
US Senate committee reveals murky world of consumer data salesA US Senate committee released a report Wednesday illuminating the enormous market for so-called “data brokers” that profit on the sale of data collected from “hundreds of millions” of consumers.14:46 19.12.2013
US Federal Court asserts NSA surveillance likely unconstitutionalA US federal court issued an injunction Monday barring the US government from collecting plaintiffs’ data in accordance with an NSA surveillance program revealed to the world by fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.14:41 17.12.2013
Burka-wearing terror suspect sued UK authorities for rights abuses - reportTerror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, who escaped surveillance Friday after changing into a burka, is in the process of suing various UK government agencies based on allegations of complicity in torture and mistreatment.19:17 07.11.2013
Spain launches preliminary NSA surveillance probe – reportSpanish Attorney General Eduardo Torres-Dulce has initiated a preliminary probe into allegations published earlier this week by Spanish news agency El Mundo claiming that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had tracked upwards of 60 million phone calls in Spain over the course of a month.13:49 30.10.2013
German lawmakers want Snowden to testify on NSA scandal - reportIn the aftermath of revelations of US surveillance carried out against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, lawmakers from Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) have reportedly urged the imperative that fugitive whiste-blower Edward Snowden should come forward with a testimony.11:58 30.10.2013
Ex-cop admits to having run surveillance on murdered Forbes Chief Editor KhlebnikovEx-police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who pleaded guilty to charges connected with the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, told the Moscow City Court on Thursday that he ran surveillance on murdered Forbes Russia Editor in Chief Paul Khlebnikov, honoring the request of two of his co-defendants.15:39 19.09.2013
Georgian police to destroy illegal video footage of citizensThe Georgian Interior Ministry began the destruction of illegal recordings of the private lives of citizens made during the previous administration's reign.16:52 05.09.2013
French prosecutors probe US surveillance scandal – reportFrench prosecutors have launched a preliminary probe into the NSA PRISM surveillance program that was exposed to the world by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden.13:15 29.08.2013
5,000 more illegal video recordings of private life of Georgian nationals foundLasha Tugushi, a special commission member and the editor of the Rezonansi newspaper in Georgia, has announced at a news conference today that the Georgian Interior Ministry has uncovered 5,000 more illegal video recordings of the private life of Georgian nationals.16:47 15.07.2013
US telecom provider asks to declassify document publicized by SnowdenA US telecommunications provider has filed a request with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to officially publish an order allowing it to monitor personal data, already revealed by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.17:18 28.06.2013