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NSA surveillance disclosure could affect court cases

2013-06-13 21:11:00

When federal officials recently confirmed the existence of a massive National Security Agency program that has been collecting Americans' phone data for years, they argued it was needed to fight terrorism. But that acknowledgment has opened...

NSA leak and armored-truck robbery: the odd Florida connection

2013-06-13 05:00:00

A federal judge in Florida said this week that she would review the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' phone data after a man accused of masterminding an armed-truck robbery asked for his NSA phone data in hopes...

Attacking Edward Snowden misses the bigger problem

2013-06-11 16:23:00

Please. Let’s stop focusing on the overpaid, tormented young man who last week revealed the National Security Administration’s Power Point Plan for Total Electronic World Domination. Let’s focus instead on what our nation’s...

The government knows who you're calling.

2013-06-07 01:05:00

WASHINGTON - The government knows who you're calling. Every day. Every call. Here's what you need to know about the secret program and how it works: Q. What happened and why is it a big deal? A. The Guardian newspaper published a highly classified...

Letters: Government surveillance and safety

2013-06-11 00:00:00

Re "Brave new world of snooping," Editorial, June 7 Aldous Huxley works well, and let's not forget George Orwell. But when studying the latest shock over vast and secret government spying, there is little time to unpack literary lessons. Covert...

NSA aftershocks: Leak inspires lawsuit, letters of protest

2013-06-11 23:45:00

WASHINGTON — The massive leaks about U.S. spying systems caused sharp political and legal aftershocks Tuesday as the Justice Department prepared to file criminal charges against Edward Snowden, a government contractor who has publicly admitted...

Brave new world of government surveillance

2013-06-07 00:00:00

There's a lot we don't know about the secret court order giving the federal government access on an "ongoing daily basis" to millions of telephone records, and that's a large part of the problem. But we know enough from a report in Britain's Guardian...

'The Wizard of Oz' in 3D for 75th anniversary

2013-06-07 10:17:00

The classic “The Wizard of Oz,” will be coming to theaters once again—but this time in 3D. Warner Bros. is celebrating the movie’s 75th anniversary by rereleasing it in 3D for one week, starting Sept. 20, and only in IMAX...

Snowden's leak of NSA secrets reveals deeper problem

2013-06-11 18:23:00

Please. Let's stop focusing on the overpaid, tormented young man who last week revealed the National Security Agency's Power Point Plan for Total Electronic World Domination. Let's focus instead on what our nation's wiretapping agency has actually...

NSA surveillance program is one of many Big Brothers watching

2013-06-12 05:00:00

In principle, the National Security Agency’s vast data collection operation is troubling, but, in the age of Google and Facebook, it feels like having just one more Big Brother in a growing family of Big Brothers. In response to the revelation...

Obama faces privacy questions as he raises them with Chinese leader

2013-06-07 07:03:00

SAN JOSE —�President Obama plans to take up the subject of cyber security with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday as the two meet behind closed doors for what U.S. officials hope will be a rapport-building session between the two leaders....

ACLU sues Obama administration over NSA surveillance

2013-06-11 13:57:00

The American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday that it has filed a federal lawsuit against key members of President Obama’s national security team over the National Security Agency’s telephone surveillance, the first legal challenge to...

People walk by a Verizon advertisement in New York City.

2013-06-07 00:00:00

A woman talks on the phone in front of the U.S. Courthouse in Washington on Thursday where the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court resides. The court granted an order by the National Security Agency for Verizon to secretly turn over the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers.

2013-06-06 17:44:46

The NSA Verizon phone records scandal

2013-06-06 13:00:00