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Angela Merkel proposes European network to avoid US spying

In her weekly podcast, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed the creation of a European communications network to help improve…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden leaks: NSA and GCHQ get personal data from Angry Birds

According to a new report, the NSA and Britain’s GCHQ routinely try to gain access to personal data from Angry…

11 years ago

Only 1% of files leaked by Edward Snowden published

Guardian’s editor Alan Rusbridger revealed only 1% of files leaked by Edward Snowden have been published. Alan Rusbridger told the…

11 years ago

John Kerry admits US spying has gone too far

Secretary of State John Kerry has admitted that in some cases, US spying has gone too far. John Kerry is…

11 years ago

Indonesia: Australian ambassador summoned amid Asia US spying reports

Australia's ambassador has been summoned in Indonesia amid reports that Australian embassies have been used as part of a US-led…

11 years ago

US Senate intelligence committee orders major review of surveillance operations

The Senate's intelligence committee has ordered a major review of the US surveillance operations. The committee's chair, Senator Dianne Feinstein,…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden NSA leaks: France summons US ambassador over spy scandal

France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has summoned the US ambassador over Le Monde newspaper claims that the US spied on…

11 years ago

UN General Assembly 2013: Dilma Rousseff criticizes US over electronic espionage claims

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has criticized the US over allegations it carried out electronic espionage. Speaking at the opening of…

11 years ago

NSA gathered up to 56,000 personal emails between people with no links to terror suspects

Declassified court documents show a NSA surveillance system illegally gathered up to 56,000 personal emails by Americans with no links…

11 years ago

NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times a year

Documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) broke privacy rules and overstepped its legal authority…

11 years ago

Matt Damon disappointed by Barack Obama

Movie star Matt Damon says he no longer has a crush on President Barack Obama. “He broke up with me,”…

11 years ago

US declassifies documents on its phone-snooping

The Obama administration has released documents on its phone-snooping, as a Senate panel questions intelligence officials about the programme. The…

11 years ago

House of Representatives rejects Amash amendment voting to continue NSA’s phone surveillance

The US House of Representatives has rejected the Amash amendment, voting to continue collecting data on phone calls, in the…

11 years ago

White House urges Congress to reject Justin Amash amendment on NSA data collection

The White House is urging Congress to reject an attempt to stop the NSA collecting Americans' phone records. With a…

11 years ago

France’s intelligence service intercepts computer and telephone data on a vast scale, Le Monde reveals

According to the French daily Le Monde, France's foreign intelligence service intercepts computer and telephone data on a vast scale,…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden did not cross Russian border, says Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia has had no involvement in the travel plans of fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden case: US criticizes Russia and China after fugitive left Hong Kong for Moscow

Secretary of State John Kerry has said US would be "disappointing" if Russia and China had helped fugitive Edward Snowden evade…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden denies being a Chinese agent and defends leaking NSA secrets in live chat

Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor who leaked documents on US surveillance programmes, has defended himself in an online chat, the…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden: CIA leaker banned from flying to UK

The British government has warned airlines not to allow Edward Snowden, an ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details,…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden South China Morning Post interview: U.S. government has been hacking Chinese networks for four years

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has claimed that the U.S. government has been hacking Hong Kong and Chinese networks for at least…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden vows to fight any attempt to extradite him from Hong Kong

Whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked secret US surveillance details, has vowed to fight any attempt to extradite him from Hong…

11 years ago

EU demands clarification on US data snooping

The European Union is demanding assurances that Europeans are not having their rights infringed by a massive US surveillance programme.…

11 years ago

Lindsay Mills: Edward Snowden left his girlfriend in Hawaii and fled to Hong Kong to leak NSA secrets

Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who leaked the NSA's surveillance secrets, thought about marrying his girlfriend Lindsay Mills and had previously…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden: FBI agents visit his father’s home after he leaves The Mira hotel in Hong Kong

FBI agents visited the Pennsylvania home of Edward Snowden's father and stepmother, just hours after the 29-year-old NSA whistleblower checked…

11 years ago