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Top spy won't answer questions about G20 surveillance
News that the Harper's government allowed the largest American spy agency to conduct widespread surveillance in Canada during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits isn't drawing a response from the defence minister or the head of Canada's surveillance agency.
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Spies worry over doomsday cache stashed by ex-NSA contractor Snowden
British and U.S. intelligence officials say they are worried about a "doomsday" cache of highly classified, heavily encrypted material they believe former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has stored on a data cloud. The cache contains documents generated by the NSA and other agencies and includes names of U.S. and allied intelligence personnel, seven current and former U.S. officials and other sources briefed on the matter said.
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Techies vs. NSA: Encryption arms race escalates
Encrypted email, secure instant messaging and other privacy services are booming in the wake of the National Security Agency's recently revealed surveillance programs. But the flood of new computer security services is of variable quality, and much of it, experts say, can bog down computers and isn't likely to keep out spies.
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Terrorism offences 'may have been committed' over Miranda material
It appears "possible that some people may have committed offences" Scotland Yard's head of counter-terrorism told MPs when she updated them on the state of the investigation into the material seized from David Miranda in August.
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Watch How "1984" Becomes Real Life
What if Edward Snowden was made to disappear? No, I'm not suggesting some future CIA rendition effort or a who-killed-Snowden conspiracy theory of a disappearance, but a more ominous kind. What if everything a whistleblower had ever exposed could simply be made to go away?
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Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the NSA's Secrets
How two alienated, angry geeks broke the story of the year.
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NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
Snowden documents show agency is collecting billions of records on whereabouts of mobile devices.
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82 Years Before Edward Snowden, There Was Herbert O. Yardley
On the National Security Agency's site, there is a timeline dedicated to the most significant events in cryptologic history. Among its many entries: November 4, 1952, the day the NSA itself was created; December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor; and the earliest event that is commemorated, the U.S. State Department's decision to hire a 23-year-old Indiana native, Herbert O. Yardley, on November 16, 1912, just prior to the outbreak of World War I.
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Sweden spied on Russia for NSA: report
Sweden helps the United States National Security Agency (NSA) spy on Russia, leaked documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal.
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America Is Launching A Giant, World-Sucking Octopus Into Space
One of the National Security Agency's partners is launching a spy satellite with a classified payload into space on Thursday night - and its logo is an angry, globe-gripping octopus. The spacecraft, being rocketed into the sky by an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, carries a payload from the National Reconnaissance Office.
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This Video is Nothing Short of Terrifying
This video should rock everyone who watches it to their core. Please share this to spread the word!
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Twenty years ago the NSA tried to protect you from spies, not spy on you
There's a crushing monotony to stories on how the National Security Agency has been bending and breaking every rule to crack open your mail.
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NSA considered spying on Canadians without the country’s consent
The U.S. National Security Agency considered spying on Canadians without the knowledge or consent of its intelligence partners in this country, according to a top-secret draft NSA directive.
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Government whistle-blowers to Edward Snowden: Don't come home
Every day at 5:45 a.m., John Kiriakou wakes up. He pulls on green pants and a green button-down shirt with his name and number on the front. Breakfast is at 6. He watches the news from 6:30 to 7:30, then goes back to sleep. He wakes up again at 11 a.m. for lunch, after which he exercises until around 2:30 in the afternoon. Mail call is at 3:30. Dinner is at 5 p.m.
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Sweden helps the US spy on the Baltics: report - Radio Sweden
Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) is not only spying on Russia's political leadership but also on civilian targets, including the energy ...
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Are WikiLeaks' best days behind it?
After Manning’s initial leaks were published, WikiLeaks' profile took the world stage. The site was subsisting on online donations from citizens around the world who were becoming increasingly interested in the idea that states should have nothing to hide.
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Edward Snowden to give evidence to EU parliament, says MEP
The European parliament is lining up Edward Snowden to give evidence by video link this month, in spite of resistance by British Conservatives, a Green MEP has announced.
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Edward Snowden voted Guardian person of the year 2013
Whistleblower's victory, for exposing the scale of internet surveillance, follows that of Chelsea Manning last year
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U.S. tech companies call for more controls on surveillance
Eight major U.S. web companies, including Apple, Google and Facebook, made a joint call on Monday for tighter controls on how governments collect personal data, intensifying the furor
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Snowden document shows Canada set up spy posts for NSA
A top secret document retrieved by American whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals Canada has set up covert spying posts around the world and conducted espionage against trading partners at the request of the U.S. National Security Agency.
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