More countries caught spying, courtesy of Snowden leaks
Documents leaked by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden from the US National Security Agency show New Zealand has used electronic surveillance to spy on its tiny Pacific Island neighbours
World’s largest SIM maker hacked, customers monitored
The intelligence services of the United States and Britain hacked into the world’s largest SIM card maker, taking encryption keys allowing them to monitor users
Snowden honoured for putting life on the line
Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden received a standing ovation Monday when he was honoured in absentia alongside four other winners of the 2014 Right Livelihood Award at a ceremony in the Swedish parliament
Snowden documentary maker talks about fighting surveillance
Laura Poitras’ documentary CITIZENFOUR – an intimate account of Edward Snowden’s effort to lift the lid on NSA snooping post 9/11 – premiered this month
Could Snowden win a Nobel prize?
Nobel season opens with speculation rife over fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden’s prospects for the peace prize
Snowden wins “alternative Nobel”
Edward Snowden was among the winners Wednesday of a Swedish human rights award, sometimes referred to as the “alternative Nobel,” for his disclosures of top secret surveillance programs
Snowden damaged the NSA
The director of national intelligence acknowledged the damage done to US spy activities by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden
U.S. passed citizens’ info to Israel: Snowden
Former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden has accused the US National Security Agency of routinely passing private, unedited communications of Americans to Israel
Snowden explains why he did it
Edward Snowden says dishonest comments to Congress by the US chief of national intelligence pushed him over the edge and prompted him to leak a trove of national security documents
Assange warns Snowden about travelling
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to watch his “physical security” if he travels abroad
New leaker carries on Snowden’s work
The latest media scoop about the internal workings of the US intelligence community has convinced officials they have a new leaker feeding information to journalists
NSA spying through coding standards
U.S. government standards for software may enable spying by the National Security Agency through widely used coding formulas
Rights group takes British spy agency to court
Civil liberties group Liberty said there was “a reasonable likelihood” that GCHQ, MI5, and MI6 spied on its members
Snowden slams British surveillance plans
Edward Snowden has attacked British plans to allow police and security services greater access to Internet and phone data
NSA finds no complaint e-mails from Snowden
Edward Snowden says he repeatedly raised constitutional concerns about the NSA internally, but an NSA search turned up only a single e-mail