While I was away (and did you miss me?), ODNI issued two statements on July 9. Joint Statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice on Court-ordered Legal Surveillance of U.S. Persons It is entirely false that U.S. intelligence agencies conduct electronic surveillance of political, religious or activist…
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In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are
Barton Gellman, Julie Tate, and Ashkan Soltani report: Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S. digital networks, according to a four-month investigation by The Washington Post. Nine of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations, which…
ISPs take GCHQ to court in UK over mass surveillance
Owen Bowcott reports: Internet service providers from around the world are lodging formal complaints against the UK government’s monitoring service, GCHQ, alleging that it uses “malicious software” to break into their networks. The claims from seven organisations based in six countries – the UK, Netherlands, US, South Korea, Germany and Zimbabwe – will add to…
Senators question US surveillance transparency report
Grant Gross reports: A recent report from the U.S. intelligence director that provides the number of surveillance targets in 2013 is not specific enough to provide the transparency the nation’s residents need, two senators said Monday. The transparency report, issued Thursday by the Office of Director of National Intelligence, doesn’t reveal the specific number of people…