Surveillance

NSA

Federal Privacy Oversight Board: Phone Metadata Collection Bad; Internet Metadata Collection Good

Scott Shackford | 7.2.2014 3:35 PM

Politics

Bipartisan Senate Duo Pressures Obama for Real Surveillance Reform

Zenon Evans | 7.2.2014 1:37 PM

Civil Liberties

NSA Allowed to Spy On Pretty Much Anyone, Anywhere, Documents Reveal

Broad authorization, convenient legal interpretations, and technical hanky-panky put us all at risk.

J.D. Tuccille | 7.1.2014 5:07 PM

NSA

If You're Connected to the Internet, the NSA Always Has Ways of Spying On You

Ronald Bailey | 7.1.2014 2:32 PM

Policy

Crowd Intelligence

Outsmarting the CIA

Zenon Evans | 7.1.2014 12:00 PM

Science & Technology

Lawmaker Slams Ex-NSA Chief: 'Nothing to Offer' but State Secrets

Zenon Evans | 6.27.2014 12:40 PM

Civil Liberties

About That Creepy Biometric Database, FBI, We'd Like to Know a Bit More

J.D. Tuccille | 6.26.2014 2:52 PM

Civil Liberties

'Complete Control': Notorious Surveillance Contractor Tech Uncovered

Zenon Evans | 6.26.2014 1:38 PM

NSA

House Passes Amendment Ordering Actual Restraints on NSA Searches

Scott Shackford | 6.20.2014 12:32 AM

Politics

Does TSA = Troyer Squeezing Administration?

Nick Gillespie | 6.18.2014 7:10 AM

Policy

Can Ignorance Protect Your Privacy?

A ruling against warrantless tracking assumes that people don't know how cellphones work.

Jacob Sullum | 6.18.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

WTF FBI? Agency Has Huge List of Twitter Slang (and Some of It's Fake)

Here's nine of the weirdest. ALOTBSOL, AMIRITE?

Zenon Evans | 6.17.2014 2:16 PM

NSA

Sens. Wyden, Udall, Paul take to L.A. Times to Demand Real NSA Reform

Scott Shackford | 6.17.2014 10:31 AM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court: Cellphone Tracking Requires a Warrant

Jacob Sullum | 6.12.2014 2:01 PM

Civil Liberties

We're Too Big and Disorganized to Comply With Court Orders, Says NSA

J.D. Tuccille | 6.10.2014 7:52 PM

Culture

Welcome to the Naked Future

Celebrating the death of privacy

Ronald Bailey | 6.8.2014 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

LAPD Acquires Two Drones

Paul Detrick | 6.8.2014 9:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Governments Constantly Tap Your Calls, Warns International Telecom

J.D. Tuccille | 6.6.2014 4:48 PM

Civil Liberties

What Did Edward Snowden Teach Us in Just One Year?

Scott Shackford | 6.5.2014 3:33 PM

Edward Snowden

Snowden One Year Anniversary: Americans Still Being Spied On By Their Own Government

Ronald Bailey | 6.5.2014 1:11 PM

Civil Liberties

NSA Hammered by Unwelcome Headlines, Even With a Small Courtroom Win

Chances are, the professional snoops are pining for the quieter old days.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.4.2014 5:11 PM

NSA

Admiral Michael Rogers, New NSA Director Really Doesn't Get Why Americans Don't Want to Be Spied On

Ronald Bailey | 6.4.2014 11:23 AM

Civil Liberties

US Marshals Seize FL Cops' Surveillance Records to Deny Them to ACLU

J.D. Tuccille | 6.4.2014 9:31 AM

Civil Liberties

Chinese Amnesia on the 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

Paul Best | 6.4.2014 7:08 AM

Civil Liberties

NSA Wants a Good Look at Your Photos (Aren't You Flattered?)

J.D. Tuccille | 6.2.2014 11:45 AM

Politics

NSA Compiling Secret, Massive Database for Facial-Recognition Program. Relax, It's for Terrorists Only!

Nick Gillespie | 6.2.2014 11:30 AM

Politics

On Repeat: NSA Slow Jam

Meredith Bragg | 6.1.2014 5:00 PM

Policy

Iran Spies on U.S. Officials By Facebook Friending Them

Zenon Evans | 5.30.2014 12:05 PM

Edward Snowden

NSA Says It Can't Find Emails Where Snowden Expressed Concerns About Controversial Surveillance Programs

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2014 8:30 AM

Edward Snowden

Snowden: The Government That Is Attacking Me Is Also Reforming Because of Me

Scott Shackford | 5.29.2014 11:20 AM

Civil Liberties

Glenn Greenwald's No Place to Hide Reveals the Secrets Behind Edward Snowden's Revelations

A pulse-racing exposé of the government's conspiracy to violate every American's right to privacy

Andrew Napolitano | 5.29.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Rand Paul to SCOTUS: 'The Founding Fathers Would Have Protected Your Smartphone'

Damon Root | 5.28.2014 2:09 PM

Politics

Janet Napolitano Heckled at Commencement Speech

Zenon Evans | 5.27.2014 4:24 PM

Policy

NBC's Brian Williams Gets Exclusive with Edward Snowden

Nick Gillespie and Alexis Garcia | 5.25.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

Expensive Fusion Centers Tracked Occupy Movement with High-Tech Tools Like Google News Alerts

Scott Shackford | 5.23.2014 3:11 PM

Policy

House Approves a Weakened Surveillance Reform Bill After Co-Sponsors Turn Against It

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2014 6:27 PM

Civil Liberties

House Passes NSA 'Reform' Bill That May Be More Show Than Substance

J.D. Tuccille | 5.22.2014 4:18 PM

Edward Snowden

At The New York Times, a Sudden Appreciation for Media Censorship with Greenwald

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2014 4:05 PM

Policy

NYPD Mulls Using Microphone-Equipped Drones

Zenon Evans | 5.22.2014 3:45 PM

Policy

Change to Surveillance Reform Bill Could Nullify Ban on Mass Record Collection

Jacob Sullum | 5.21.2014 12:20 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Jeffrey Miron on the Stimulus, John Stossel on Good News, Deroy Murdock on the V.A., Mary Katharine Ham on the CIA & Life Sentences for Teen Hash Dealers, Plus Call-in Aftershow and More!

Matt Welch | 5.20.2014 8:37 PM

Policy

NSA Records All Cell Phone Calls in the Bahamas, Finds Some Guy Mailing Marijuana

Scott Shackford | 5.20.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Thomas Massie on Hemp, Julian Sanchez on the NSA, Christie's Saber-Rattling, Hillary's Age, Mrs. De Blasio's Parenting, Switzerland's Minimum-Wage Rejection, Plus Sexy After-show!

Matt Welch | 5.19.2014 8:33 PM

Policy

Router Company Begs Obama to Stop NSA Tampering as Feds Focus on Chinese Hackers

Scott Shackford | 5.19.2014 11:01 AM

Civil Liberties

Greenwald and Chomsky Smack Down Surveillance State Talking Points

Tackling the attacks on Edward Snowden and the complicit media

Matthew Robare | 5.17.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

Glenn Greenwald: 'There has been a complete breakdown in partisan or ideological divisions over how people reacted to this story'

Matt Welch | 5.15.2014 2:18 PM

Politics

Prying Provokes Privacy Protection

Obama's PATRIOT games end in bipartisan support for surveillance reform.

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Credit (or Blame!) Video Games for Edward Snowden's Activism

Scott Shackford | 5.13.2014 5:30 PM