Security News

The NSA, Metadata, and the Failure of Stopping 9/11 (Schneier on Security)
2015-07-30 11:13

It's common wisdom that the NSA was unable to intercept phone calls from Khalid al-Mihdhar in San Diego to Bin Ladin in Yemen because of legal restrictions. This has been used to justify the NSA's...

NSA Says It Will End Access to 215 Records in November (Threatpost)
2015-07-28 13:25

The National Security Agency says that once its legal authority to conduct Section 215 bulk telephone surveillance ends on Nov. 29, its analysts no longer will be allowed to access the database...