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The Top brass of US intelligence agencies prepare to testify in Washington, May 11, 2017, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on major threats facing the U.S. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

NSA to Expand Surveillance of Elections Over Russian Hacker Fears

New Leak Shows NSA Hacked Overseas Banking Networks

The newly leaked set of documents were published by a group calling itself TheShadowBrokers.

April 14th, 2017
Associated Press
April 14th, 2017
By Associated Press
NSA spying

A new set of documents published by a group calling itself TheShadowBrokers suggests that the U.S. National Security Agency has burrowed deep into the Middle East's financial network. TheShadowBrokers, which startled security experts last year by releasing some of the NSA's hacking tools, has resumed pouring secrets into the public domain, this

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Wikileaks Reveals America’s Homegrown Assault On Democracy

WikiLeaks’ new dump of CIA documents reveals that when it comes to undermining the Constitution and democracy, U.S. intelligence agencies and their political “overseers” are doing the jump quite nicely, thanks, says Norman Solomon.

March 8th, 2017
Norman Solomon
March 8th, 2017
By Norman Solomon
Newly Declassified Documents CIA Media

For months now, our country has endured the tacit denigration of American ingenuity. Countless statements — from elected officials, activist groups, journalists and many others — have ignored our nation’s superb blend of dazzling high-tech capacities and statecraft mendacities. Fortunately, this week the news about release of illuminating CIA

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US Surveillance Oversight Board In Disarray Ahead Of Trump Transition

The board was revitalized after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s disclosures on the scope of U.S. spying in 2013. It notably concluded that the NSA’s phone surveillance program was illegal.

December 22nd, 2016
Associated Press
December 22nd, 2016
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON (REPORT) — A federal board responsible for protecting Americans against abuses by spy agencies is in disarray just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will have only two remaining members as of Jan. 7 — and zero Democrats, even though it is required to

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US Surveillance Of Yahoo Email Seeks To Weaken Concept Of ‘Privacy’

Back in October, it was revealed that Yahoo has been scanning every single email of every single account belonging to every single user, likely covering in excess of a billion separate accounts.

December 22nd, 2016
Jason Ditz
December 22nd, 2016
By Jason Ditz
A Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

(REPORT) — Officials familiar with the NSA surveillance program targeting Yahoo’s email service say that the program reflects an ongoing effort to dramatically weaken the concept of “privacy” online, resting heavily on nebulous definitions of “search” and “reasonable” to argue for such a broad program. Back in October, it was revealed that Yahoo

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Titanpointe: The NSA’s Spy Hub In New York, Hidden In Plain Sight

An investigation by The Intercept indicates mysterious New York City skyscraper is one of the most important NSA surveillance sites on U.S. soil — a covert monitoring hub that is used to tap into phone calls, faxes, and internet data

November 17th, 2016
Ryan Gallagher
Henrik Moltke
November 17th, 2016
By Ryan Gallagher
And Henrik Moltke
The AT&T Long Lines Building houses an international telephone exchange - but does it also contain something more? (Google Street View)

They called it Project X. It was an unusually audacious, highly sensitive assignment: to build a massive skyscraper, capable of withstanding an atomic blast, in the middle of New York City. It would have no windows, 29 floors with three basement levels, and enough food to last 1,500 people two weeks in the event of a catastrophe. But the

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The New Snowden? NSA Contractor Arrested Over Alleged Theft Of Classified Data

Harold Thomas Martin, is charged with stealing highly classified source codes developed to covertly hack the networks of foreign governments.

October 6th, 2016
Whitney Webb
October 6th, 2016
By Whitney Webb
NSA spying

A contractor working for the National Security Agency (NSA) was arrested by the FBI following his alleged theft of “state secrets.” More specifically, the contractor, Harold Thomas Martin, is charged with stealing highly classified source codes developed to covertly hack the networks of foreign governments, according to several senior law

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