Russia Gets the L.A. Treatment

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2013 In response to that country's anti-gay laws, Los Angeles City Council members placed a rainbow flag on the St. Petersburg Sister City sign; the U.S. and the U.K. are blatantly trying to inhibit journalists from doing their job; meanwhile, certain Amazon textbooks are rented under the condition they do not leave the state they're purchased in. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NSA Loophole Permits Warrantless Invasion of Americans’ Privacy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 9, 2013 Top secret documents passed to The Guardian by Edward Snowden show the National Security Agency has a "secret backdoor" into its databases that allows its agents to search U.S. citizens' email and phone calls without a warrant or other oversight. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Snowden Has Sensitive NSA ‘Blueprints,’ Greenwald Says

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 15, 2013 In an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald said that Edward Snowden has very sensitive documents that detail how the National Security Agency operates and reveal how one could evade the NSA's surveillance program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Greenwald: Snowden Holds Information That Could Cause More Damage to U.S. Than Anyone Ever Has

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 14, 2013 The U.S. should be careful in its pursuit of whistle-blower Edward Snowden because he controls information that could become the United States' "worst nightmare," according to The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Truthdigger of the Week: Michael Hastings

BLANK Jun 23, 2013 Hastings' death is a loss to readers who would have profited from his continued devotion to telling the stories of American politics and the military with fewer inhibitions than lesser reporters.Hastings' death is a loss to readers who would have profited from his continued devotion to telling stories of American power with fewer inhibitions than lesser reporters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

British Spy Agency ‘Masters the Internet’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 22, 2013 Britain's Government Communications Headquarters has secretly gained access to the network of cables that carry the world's phone calls and Internet traffic and has begun to process vast amounts of personal information that it shares with the U.S. National Security Agency, documents provided by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden reveal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Snowden Told Us This Week

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 19, 2013 The whistle-blower spoke directly with Guardian readers Monday to answer questions about his leak of NSA documents and government surveillance in general. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S., Britain Spied on Diplomats at Global Summits, Report Says

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 17, 2013 After its recent revelation that the National Security Agency is monitoring the phone records and Internet activity of millions of Americans, The Guardian reported Sunday that the U.S. and Britain monitored and intercepted the digital communications of foreign officials during two international conferences in London. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gore Criticizes NSA Surveillance, Maher Slams Entrenched Congress, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 17, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Iran elects a new president and the latest Gallup poll reveals which societal institution Americans have the least amount of confidence in. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ellsberg on NSA Leaker Snowden: ‘He’s Done an Enormous Service’ (Video)

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 10, 2013 "It can't be overestimated to this democracy," Daniel Ellsberg told CNN on Sunday night. "It gives us a chance, I think, from drawing back from the total surveillance state that we could say we're in process of becoming, I'm afraid we have become. That's what he's revealed." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Whistle-Blower Edward Snowden Opens Up About NSA Leak

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 10, 2013 In an interview with The Guardian, the man who was revealed Sunday to be the source behind the British newspaper's recent NSA stories explains to Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill why he became a whistle-blower, when he decided to leak the documents, what he expects to happen to him now and whether he sees himself as another Bradley Manning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )