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Activists ask US court to stop phone record collections by government – report

Activists for American civil liberties groups made a request to a federal court in New York to declare law, allowing the National Security Agency to collect phone records, unconstitutional.

10:32 15.07.2015

Wikimedia sues NSA over upstream mass surveillance

Wikimedia Foundation, nonprofit organization that controls and operates the Wikipedia website, is filing a suit against American National Security Agency (NSA) over the expansive surveillance program which involves the Wikipedia.

17:32 10.03.2015

Attorney General of Germany says no tangible evidence on Merkel’s NSA wiretap

The Supreme Court of Germany has yet to uncover any tangible evidence supporting the claim that Chancellor Angela Merkel phone was tapped by American intelligence services, according to Attorney General of Harald Range.

15:27 11.12.2014

Snowden believes US intelligence follows him in Moscow

Edward Snowden believes US intelligence agencies spy on him in Russia where he was granted a three-year residence permit earlier this month.

11:15 14.08.2014

Snowden granted 3-year residence permit in Russia

Former NSA contractor and CIA employee Edward Snowden has been granted a Russian residence permit for three years, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena announced on Thursday at a news conference in Moscow.

15:11 07.08.2014

US is losing interest in a deal with Snowden, says NSA official

There’s less need now for the Obama administration to make a deal to allow Edward Snowden to return home than there was after his wave of surveillance disclosures began more than a year ago, NSA Deputy Director Richard Ledgett said during an appearance at the Aspen Security Forum.

12:22 28.07.2014

NSA says reports about eavesdropping on American citizens are exaggeration

Media reports suggesting that nine out of ten surveillance targets are ordinary Internet users are an exaggeration, an NSA press spokesperson told RIA Novosti.

10:06 08.07.2014

Germany launches criminal investigation into Merkel’s NSA wiretap - report

The Attorney General of Germany Harald Range will conduct a criminal investigation into the alleged tapping of chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone by the US National Security Agency, German daily Local writes on Wednesday.

13:58 04.06.2014

Snowden wants to go home but will ask to extend asylum in Russia

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who was granted political asylum in Moscow last summer, would like to return home to the United States under certain conditions, but will instead ask to extend his temporary asylum.

11:22 29.05.2014

Germany wants Zuckerberg to testify in NSA case - report

Members of the German parliamentary commission, which is investigating the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) questionable activity, want the heads of US high-tech companies, including Apple, Facebook, Twitter and Google, to testify to the Bundestag, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

10:33 23.05.2014

Former US congressman Ron Paul petitions for Snowden’s clemency

Former congressman and presidential hopeful Ron Paul launched a petition demanding clemency in the US for fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, whose grant of asylum in Russia is set to expire on July 31 of this year.

12:51 14.02.2014

US senator sues Obama over NSA surveillance

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against US President Barrack Obama and various other high-ranking officials over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance activities.

17:45 13.02.2014

NSA monitored former German chancellor Schröder's phone - report

The National Security Agency monitored former German chancellor Schroder's phone, Süddeutsche Zeitung writes on Wednesday citing anonymous sources and Edward Snowden's revelations.

12:04 05.02.2014

No evidence Snowden spied for Russia - US Senator

A senior US lawmaker said Tuesday that she has seen no evidence that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was working with Russia when he disclosed troves of documents on classified US spying programs.

10:23 29.01.2014

Snowden concerned about threats from US – lawyer

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, who was granted temporary asylum in Russia in August 2013, expressed his concerns over threatening allegations in US mass media and plans to file a request for protection with the Russian law-enforcement authorities.

17:54 21.01.2014

Snowden joins Freedom of the Press Foundation's board

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden will sit on the board of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the American NGO said on its website.

10:27 15.01.2014

NSA surveillance not that great at preventing terrorism – report

Despite 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 program

After 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

Fugitive NSA analyst Snowden says mission accomplished

Former 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 Federal Court asserts NSA surveillance likely unconstitutional

A 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