Revelations from WikiLeaks published this week show how boundlessly and comprehensively American intelligence services spied on the German government. It has now emerged that the US also conducted surveillance against Spiegel .

The French military’s use of torture in Algeria is often cited as a success story. But the real story is more complex. Second of two parts. By Darius Rejali.

Measure aimed at helping feds detect terrorist threats, but critics fear intrusion on privacy and free speech. By Ellen Nakashima.

Now out of prison, Kiriakou is trying to return to a normal life.

Imagine “explaining the evilest technology on earth,” company CEO joked last month.

A casual search reveals the FBI and DHS are a pitiful 0 for 40 warning of terror attacks—some of which were specifically about 4th of July threats, none of which materialized in any way.

A new report says giving the governments “exceptional access” to encrypted communications would jeopardize confidential data and critical infrastructure.

The privacy of countless website owners is at risk, thanks to a proposal in front of the byzantine organization at the heart of the Internet: ICANN.

The 2016 presidential candidate was responding to the suggestion by former Attorney General Eric Holder that a deal was possible

The Dutch government is looking to expand its surveillance powers, something which would seemingly be at odds with the current public antipathy towards mass surveillance, but of course isn't, because governments are expanding powers even while...

In the past decade, Moxie Marlinspike has squatted on an abandoned island, toured the U.S. by hopping trains, he says, and earned the enmity of government officials for writing software. Mr. Marlinspike created an encryption program that scrambles messages until they reach the intended reader. It’s so simple that Facebook Inc. ’s WhatsApp made it a standard feature for many of the app’s 800 million users.

British PM is pressing for a legislation which stops people from sending any form of encrypted messages

Two major breaches last year of U.S. government databases holding personnel records and security-clearance files exposed sensitive information about at least 22.1 million people, including not only federal employees and contractors but their families and friends, U.S. officials said Thursday. The total vastly exceeds all previous estimates... By Ellen Nakashima.

The scathing report, commissioned by the American Psychological Association, says the C.I.A. used prominent outside psychologists to quell internal objections. By James Risen.

The agency collected and stored intimate chats, photos, and emails belonging to innocent Americans—and secured them so poorly that reporters can now browse them at will. By Conor Friedersdorf.

Zero context or corroboration, any info or translation appreciated. Could well be a spoof or hoax?

Probe shows psychological association colluded with US defence department to use abusive interrogation techniques.

The U.S. government wants to stop terrorists and criminals from 'going dark.' But at what cost?

'ProxyHam' would have let users hide up to 2.5 miles away from it — but now it has mysteriously disappeared, and some suspect the government is at fault.

Laura Poitras has filed suit to find out why she was stopped and searched.