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Groklaw shut down for fear of NSA spying

The award-winning legal site Groklaw shut down today in order to protect its users from NSA surveillance. 

On Aug 20, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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Get on the NSA’s radar with the push of a button

Click here to bring the NSA to your front door. Just kidding! (Or are we?)

On Aug 20, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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The NSA may review 10 times as much data as it claims

The NSA has denied the claim made by several media outlets that the agency underestimated the amount of data it collects by a factor of 10.

On Aug 20, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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British intelligence destroyed the Guardian’s hard drives

According to Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, the U.K. government destroyed the paper's hard drives that contained leaks from Edward Snowden. 

On Aug 20, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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Greek community creates an off-the-grid Internet

Communities around the world are building their own parallel Internets to stay out of reach of governments and major corporations.

On Aug 19, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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U.K. detains Glenn Greenwald’s partner at airport for 9 hours

In an apparent effort to intimidate Glenn Greenwald, U.K. authorities detained his partner, David Miranda, at England's Heathrow Airport.

On Aug 18, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

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NSA says 3,000 privacy violations were ‘not willful’

The NSA confirmed an audit that found 2,776 privacy violations in a year, but claimed they were all unintentional.

On Aug 18, 2013 by Jay Hathaway

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Court that oversees NSA spy programs has no ability to investigate violations

The head of the FISA court says it's hard to do his job when he has to take intelligence agencies at their word.

On Aug 16, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Ed Snowden talks to his dad online, against lawyer’s advice

The Snowden family risked an encrypted chat, their Russian lawyer reported.

On Aug 16, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Did the head of the NSA lie about breaking privacy laws?

Two weeks ago, the head of the NSA gave an apparently untrue speech in which he denied that the agency had ever broken any privacy laws. 

On Aug 16, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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NSA audit finds agency broke surveillance laws thousands of times a year

According to a top secret audit, in the 12-month period preceding March 2012 alone, the agency committed 2,776 violations.

On Aug 16, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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I asked the NSA for its file on me, and here’s what I got back

When I sent the NSA a formal request through the Freedom of Information Act, the agency acted like I was a total newbie at this stuff.

On Aug 16, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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The best NSA parody on the Web is almost too good

What makes this NSA parody site so good is how not far-fetched it seems.

On Aug 16, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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Snowden, at Dell, saw NSA’s reach earlier than previously thought

Dude, you're getting access to a top secret surveillance document.

On Aug 16, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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All proceeds from YACHT’s new single go to fight the NSA

The electro-pop band YACHT released an NSA protest song and is using 100 percent of the proceeds to combat government surveillance.

On Aug 15, 2013 by Joe Kloc