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Snowden was right: US court deems NSA bulk phone-call snooping illegal, possibly unconstitutional, and probably pointless anyway
2020-09-03 15:02

It's been a long time coming, and while some might view the decision as a slap for officials that defended the practice, the three-judge panel said the part played by the NSA programme wasn't sufficient to undermine the convictions of four individuals for conspiring to send funds to Somalia in support of a terrorist group. Snowden made public the existence of the NSA data collection programmes in June 2013, and by June 2015 US Congress had passed the USA FREEDOM Act, "Which effectively ended the NSA's bulk telephony metadata collection program," according to the panel.

The Viking Snowden: Denmark spy chief 'relieved of duty' after whistleblower reveals illegal snooping on citizens
2020-08-25 07:03

Denmark's top foreign intelligence chief has been suspended for spying on Danish citizens illegally for up to six years after a whistleblower released a trove of documents to government regulators. In a press release yesterday, the independent regulator of the Danish security services said it had received information from a whistleblower in November that revealed the country's foreign intelligence service "Had withheld key and crucial information," and given "Incorrect information on matters relating to the collection of the service and disclosure of information."

Barr 'Vehemently Opposed' to Pardoning Snowden
2020-08-24 11:31

Attorney General William Barr said he would be "Vehemently opposed" to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he might consider it. "There are many, many people - it seems to be a split decision that many people think that he should be somehow treated differently, and other people think he did very bad things," Trump said of Snowden at a news conference on Saturday.

Bart Gellman on Snowden
2020-05-20 19:08

Bart Gellman's long-awaited book on Edward Snowden, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State, will finally be published in a couple of weeks. It's an interesting read, mostly about the government surveillance of him and other journalists.

Judge: Government Can Collect Royalties From Snowden Memoir
2019-12-19 15:48

Court Rules That Former NSA Contractor Violated Nondisclosure AgreementA federal judge ruled this week that the U.S. government is entitled to proceeds from Edward Snowden's memoir and his paid...

Judge Rules in Favor of U.S. Effort to Take Snowden Book Money
2019-12-19 05:49

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden violated secrecy agreements with the U.S. government that allow it to claim proceeds from a memoir he published earlier this year, a judge...

You leak our secrets? We'll leak your book sales, speech fees – into our coffers: Uncle Sam wins royalties fight against Edward Snowden
2019-12-18 20:33

Merry Christmas! A federal judge has ruled that the US government can collect royalties from the sale of ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden's memoir Permanent Record and any fees from related public...

James Clapper: Lessons Learned in a Post-Snowden World
2019-11-15 18:19

Former national intelligence director James Clapper discusses lessons learned from the 2013 Snowden leak as well as the top cyberthreats that the U.S. is currently facing.

Snowden Warns of Web Giants' 'Irresistible Power'
2019-11-05 12:55

Technology has given internet giants "irresistible power" when they work in concert with governments, whistleblower Ed Snowden told the Web Summit that opened in Lisbon on Monday. read more

Uncle Sam demands summary judgment on Snowden memoir: We're not saying it's true, but no one should read it
2019-10-25 18:00

We really needed to take a look before you published The US government has gone back to court in a bid to get a summary judgment against whistleblower Edward Snowden and Macmillan – the publisher...