Obama defends NSA surveillance, calls it ‘modest encroachment’
"Nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That's not what this program is about," Obama told reporters during a visit to California's Silicon Valley. The post Obama defends NSA surveillance, calls...
View ArticleWhy NSA whistleblower Snowden should leave Hong Kong
Edward Snowden, an American who has leaked details of top-secret US surveillance programs and is believed to be in Hong Kong, is technically free to leave the China-ruled city at any time, local...
View ArticleDozens of terrorist attacks prevented by surveillance: NSA chief
The head of the National Security Agency said on Wednesday that extensive US surveillance efforts had helped stop "dozens" of possible attacks, and warned that making details of the top-secret programs...
View ArticleWorried moms to insurance sellers: What the NSA might be in for!
Salman Khurshid says not to worry, the NSA is just looking for patterns, not reading our email. But given the amount of phone calls and emails we generate, has the NSA bitten off more than it can chew?...
View ArticleOsama facts: What saved the world’s most wanted terrorist for so long
Following are some of the interesting compilations from the Abbottabad Commission report leaked by Al Jazeera news channel as to how world's dreaded terrorist planned his 10-year undetected stay in the...
View ArticleObama defends surveillance as being only on ‘specific areas of concern’
President Barack Obama today defended America's controversial surveillance programme, saying the country is not "going around snooping" and targets "specific areas of concern". The post Obama defends...
View ArticleAfter spying revelations, Merkel seeks ‘no spy deal’ within EU too
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants the European Union's 28 member states to reach a "no spy deal" similar to an agreement France and Germany seek with the United State following allegations...
View ArticleUS: How NSA surveillance exposed political party divisions
The debate about whether to continue the dragnet surveillance of Americans' phone records is highlighting divisions within the Democratic and Republican parties that could transform the politics of...
View ArticleSnowden says he is willing to return to US, waiting for formal plea deal
Edward Snowden says he has offered to return to the United States and go to jail for leaking details of National Security Agency programmes to intercept electronic communications data. The post Snowden...
View ArticleEU votes to offer protection to ‘human rights defender’ Snowden from...
US intelligence whistle-blower Edward Snowden on Thursday hailed a European Parliament vote urging EU member states to take him in and offer protection as an "extraordinary" gesture of support. The...
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