In a Lawsuit Affidavit, NSA Whistleblower William Binney Confirms U.S. Government Spies on Citizens

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Jul 10, 2017 The case, part of a lawyer's long legal battle against intelligence officials for allegedly violating his Fourth Amendment rights, was filed when Barack Obama was president. The case, part of a lawyer's long legal battle against intelligence officials for allegedly violating his Fourth Amendment rights, was filed when Barack Obama was president. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

John Oliver Flew to Russia to Interview Edward Snowden for One of the Best Clips You’ll See All Year

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 6, 2015 John Oliver recently discovered, much to his dismay, that many Americans still don't know who Edward Snowden is or what he did. So the "Last Week Tonight" host did what any good political comedian would: He took a trip to Moscow to talk to the whistleblower. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NSA Advocate Condoleezza Rice’s Appointment to Dropbox Board Has Ruffled Many a Tech Feather

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Obama to End NSA Metadata Program As We Know It

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 25, 2014 President Obama is expected to announce major reforms to the best known and most controversial program in the government's mass surveillance regime, however the devil is in the details. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Tech Giants Knew About NSA Surveillance

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 23, 2014 The senior lawyer for the National Security Agency said Wednesday that U.S. technology companies such as Yahoo and Google were fully in the know about the spy agency's widespread collection of their customers' data, contrary to claims they made at the time those programs became publicly known. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Edward Snowden’s Email Provider Explains Why He Refused the Government

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 9, 2013 Lavabit founder Ladar Levison chose to blow up his own company rather than turn over his 400,000 users' data to the feds. Here he explains why to Amy Goodman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taxpayer Money Used to Cover PRISM Compliance Costs

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 23, 2013 Top-secret material passed to The Guardian shows that the National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to help major Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook cover the cost of certification for participating in the PRISM surveillance program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Greenwald Blows Lid Off Massive NSA Web Surveillance Operation ‘XKeyscore’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2013 The Guardian columnist broke another major story about the NSA on Wednesday, this one detailing an Internet surveillance program that allows the powerful agency to spy on the emails, Web chats and search histories of millions of Americans without prior authorization. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Internet Surveillance

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica Jul 23, 2013 Among the snooping revelations of recent weeks, there have been tantalizing bits of evidence that the NSA is tapping fiber-optic cables that carry nearly all international phone and Internet data.But like other aspects of NSA surveillance, virtually everything about this kind of NSA surveillance is highly secret and we’re left with far from a full picture. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Violence of Organized Forgetting

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Jul 23, 2013 America has become amnesiac -- a country in which forms of historical, political, and moral forgetting are not only willfully practiced but celebrated. Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )

Microsoft Gave NSA Access to Users’ Emails, Web Chats and Video Calls, Report Says

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2013 According to an account Thursday in The Guardian based off of top-secret documents obtained from whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Microsoft allowed the National Security Agency to access its users' electronic communications as part of the NSA's PRISM program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Defends NSA Surveillance, Romney Was Against Presidential Run, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 3, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly renewing their gun control push and why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's catchy new campaign video against his Democratic Senate opponent is a big fail. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )