NSA

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

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

Mozilla's Vice President: Trading Away Your Privacy

Todd Krainin and Paul Detrick | 6.1.2014 9:30 AM

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

Tonight on The Independents: Obama's Foreign Policy, Snowden's Spycraft, Jared Polis on Email Privacy, Adam Sandler's Cinematic Racism, Ferret Freedom, Videotaping Gun Sales, the Drone-Memo Switcheroo, Plus After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.28.2014 8:15 PM

Policy

NBC's Brian Williams Gets Exclusive with Edward Snowden

Nick Gillespie and Alexis Garcia | 5.25.2014 9:30 AM

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

Barack Obama

The Anatomy of an Obama Scandal

In six easy steps

Ed Krayewski | 5.21.2014 4:31 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

A.M. Links: VA Scandal Keeps Growing, Edward Snowden Gets His Own Comic Book, Russian Prime Minister Says 'Second Cold War' Approaching

Damon Root | 5.20.2014 9:00 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

"When Exposing a Crime is Treated as Committing a Crime, You Are Ruled By Criminals."

Nick Gillespie | 5.17.2014 9:39 AM

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

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Two-Part Interview with Glenn Greenwald, Plus Obamacare Choice-Stifling, the Politics of Nigeria, Casey Kasem, Global Drunkenness, Spring Fashion w/ Gavin McInnes, and After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.13.2014 8:02 PM

Civil Liberties

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

Scott Shackford | 5.13.2014 5:30 PM

Policy

Glenn Greenwald's New NSA Book: Agency Wants to 'Know it All'

Book details how he met Snowden and reveals more NSA documents

Scott Shackford | 5.13.2014 2:51 PM

Policy

U.S. Intel Folks Ordered to Just Pretend Leaks Didn't Happen

Scott Shackford | 5.9.2014 11:53 AM

NSA

White House Praises NSA Reform Bill, Privacy Activists Still Have Concerns

It's called the USA Freedom Act, so it has to be great...right?

Matthew Feeney | 5.8.2014 11:18 AM

Politics

Stop Spying, NSA!

Surveillance oversight

Peter Suderman | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Not-So-Private Email

Encryption under threat

Alyssa Hertig | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Sneaky Apps

NSA in your pocket

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

NSA

Video: Mozilla's Denelle Dixon-Thayer: Trading Away Your Privacy

Paul Detrick and Todd Krainin | 4.24.2014 11:19 AM

Culture

Governments Behind Surge in Cyber-Espionage

J.D. Tuccille | 4.24.2014 10:03 AM

Civil Liberties

The Value of Privacy

What we really value is the freedom to choose when we'll give up some privacy and when we'll tell people to butt out.

John Stossel | 4.23.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Clapper Signs Media Directive Gagging Intelligence Workers

Matthew Feeney | 4.22.2014 2:16 PM

Politics

Snowden Reportedly Regrets Asking Putin Surveillance Question

Matthew Feeney | 4.21.2014 4:15 PM

Politics

The Menace of Secret Government

Obama's proposed intelligence reforms fail to safeguard civil liberties

Ronald Bailey | 4.21.2014 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Snowden Defends Question to Putin, Notes Russian President's Evasiveness

Scott Shackford | 4.18.2014 3:30 PM

Politics

Justin Amash Digs Captain America Movie, Slags NSA Surveillance

Nick Gillespie | 4.17.2014 10:43 AM

Politics

The Original NSA Whistleblower

Intelligence analyst William Binney's revelations preceded Edward Snowden's by more than decade. Why didn't anyone listen?

Nick Gillespie | 4.17.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Snowden Asks Putin if Russia Conducts Mass Surveillance

Matthew Feeney | 4.17.2014 9:57 AM

IRS

The IRS is Taking a Page From the NSA's Playbook and Snooping on Social Media

Looking at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts belonging to people they want to investigate.

Matthew Feeney | 4.16.2014 10:45 AM