Investigation Into Mexican Government Surveillance With Israeli Software Hits Roadblock

An investigation into the use of software manufactured and sold to the Mexican government by the Israeli company NSO Group, has stalled following alleged interference by corrupt officials and a refusal to cooperate by the US.

Giovanna Salazar
By Giovanna Salazar
In this June 28, 2017 photo, a journalist makes a sign that reads in Spanish "Spy government" during a demonstration at the Sinaloa state attorney general's office against the killing of yet another journalist and demanding justice for the killing of Riodoce journalist Javier Valdez in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico. Recently it has been revealed that spyware sold exclusively to governments had been used to monitor journalists and activists in Mexico. (AP/Enric Marti)

Since at least 2013, there has been evidence that the Mexican government possesses sophisticated surveillance technology. But it was not until 2016, with the case dubbed #GobiernoEspía (#SpyGovernment), that Mexico found itself in an uproar over government surveillance at both the national and international levels. The case was made public in the

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Trump Picks Surveillance Advocate & Google Lobbyist As Intelligence Czar

Trump has reportedly picked illegal surveillance fan and Google lobbyist , former Senator Dan Coats, as director of national intelligence.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2016 file photo, then-Indiana Sen. Dan Coats on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump is planning to appoint former Coats as Director of National Intelligence. (AP/Susan Walsh)

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he'll nominate former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats as national intelligence director, AP reports on Saturday. On Thursday multiple mainstream media outlets reported that Trump picked Coats, an outspoken advocate of illegal domestic surveillance programs. Trump said in a statement that Coats — a member of

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Surveillance Debate Produces Unusual Alliances In Washington

“We’re not usually on the same page about a lot of things, but our constituents on the right and left feel very passionately that if they’re not doing anything wrong that the government shouldn’t be in their business.”

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By Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2013, beside Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON — Congress' debate over domestic surveillance is scrambling partisan divisions in the Senate as libertarian-minded Republicans defy their leaders to

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Researchers Confirm: When NSA Watches Your Metadata, It Is Watching You

Stanford researchers prove what civil liberties advocates have warned since NSA scandal broke

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
NSA

University researchers have confirmed what civil liberties advocates have warned since the NSA scandal broke: metadata surveillance is a window to highly sensitive personal information, including medical issues, financial history, and even marijuana cultivation. Two Stanford graduate students proved this by doing the snooping themselves. Since

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Judge’s Order Preserves NSA Surveillance Records

The secret federal court that approved the agency’s surveillance has required that documents be purged after five years for privacy reasons.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
NSA spying

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco stopped the destruction Monday of millions of telephone records collected by the National Security Agency more than five years ago. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White, who is overseeing an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the agency, issued a nationwide order Monday to safeguard evidence

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US Sues Sprint Over Company’s Wiretap Expenses

Communication companies ordered by courts to intercept customers’ communications are allowed to recoup the cost of installing and maintaining the wiretaps.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A police investigator shows a wiretapping device and a tape recorder. (AP Photo)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that Sprint Communications Inc. overbilled government agencies $21 million for wiretap services. The lawsuit filed federal court in San Francisco alleges that that subsidiary of Sprint Corp. collected unallowable expenses from the FBI, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

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