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Ex-CIA technician who leaked Verizon court order comes forward

Last week, British newspaper The Guardian revealed a secret court order that enables the United States government to collect the telephone records of millions of customers of Verizon, one of America’s...

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News you may have missed #841 (Snowden leak analysis)

US officials defend spy programs as safeguards against terror. Some in US intelligence see Chinese behind Snowden leak. Leak highlights risk of outsourcing US spy work.

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New documents reveal massive NSA surveillance capabilities

Documents provided by American former intelligence technician Edward Snowden show that the United States National Security Agency has unprecedented surveillance capabilities, which allow it to monitor...

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NSA ‘broke, circumvented Internet encryption standards’

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) has been able to crack or get around basic encryption standards used daily by hundreds of millions of Internet users, according to newly leaked documents.

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News you may have missed #853

Meltdowns hobble NSA data center. Uganda expels Sudan diplomat accused of spying. FBI accused of using no-fly list to recruit informants.

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Leftist group behind 1971 burglary of FBI office comes forward

Members of an American leftwing group, who in 1971 burgled a regional branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), stealing documents that revealed illegal government activities, have come...

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News you may have missed #873 (controversy edition)

German parliament confirms NSA inquiry to start in April. Former Colombia spy chief sentenced over illegal wiretapping. French spies allegedly spy on Orange customer data.

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News you may have missed #882 (cybersecurity edition)

GCHQ launches 'Cyber Security Challenge'. Chinese hackers spied on investigators of Flight MH370. Developer alleges NSA and GCHQ employees are helping Tor Project.

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News you may have missed #885

Americans’ cellphones targeted in secret US spy program. Israel's usually secretive spy agencies get into public spat. Poland mulls military intelligence brigade close to Belarus border.

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News you may have missed #887 (Anglosphere edition)

Canadian military deploys spies during Arctic exercise. Sudden resignation of NZ spy chief raises questions. British government argues for more powers for spy agencies.

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UK spies intercepted emails from top European, American media

Britain’s communications-interception agency captured private emails from journalists and editors in some of the world’s top media, including The New York Times, the BBC, The Washington Post, and NBC.

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France approves sweeping spy bill in response to Islamist attacks

Lawmakers in the French National Assembly have overwhelmingly approved a new bill giving the country’s intelligence services unprecedented domestic spy capabilities. The bill, which is dismissed by...

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News you may have missed #892 (legislative update)

Canadian lawmakers vote to expand spy powers. Danish spy chief resigns over Islamist attacks. OSCE urges France to reconsider controversial spying bill.

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We must spy because of Turks, ISIS, says outgoing Cyprus spy chief

The head of the main intelligence agency of the island state of Cyprus has resigned after an invoice leaked online showed that the agency made several purchases of controversial surveillance software.

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South Korean spy’s suicide reportedly linked to wiretap controversy

A suicide note found next to the body of a South Korean intelligence officer mentions a phone hacking scandal that has caused controversy in the country.

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Canada watchdog body to hold secret hearings over illegal spying claims

A government watchdog in Canada is preparing to hold a series of closed-door hearings to weigh accusations that the country’s intelligence services illegally spied on law-abiding activists opposing the...

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Spy charges for journalists who claimed Turkey arms Syrian Islamists

Two leading Turkish journalists, who claimed in a series of articles that Ankara has been arming militant Islamists in Syria, are facing espionage charges for “airing Turkish state secrets”.

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Poland’s intelligence watchdog chief says 52 journalists were spied on

Over 50 journalists and their contacts were systematically spied on by the Polish intelligence services between 2007 and 2015, according to the former director of an anti-corruption watchdog.

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Swiss vote to give unprecedented surveillance powers to spy agencies

Voters in Switzerland have strongly approved a proposed law that aims to expand the surveillance powers of Swiss intelligence agencies.

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Macedonian ex-spy chief is among officers indicted for wiretap scandal

Several former and current intelligence officers, including a former director of the national spy service, have appeared in court in Macedonia, accused of illegally wiretapping thousands of people on...

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New South Korean president bans spy agency’s domestic operations

The new president of South Korea has officially banned the country’s spy agency from engaging in domestic intelligence gathering, in a move that some say signals an era of sweeping security reforms in...

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German parliament report on NSA spying contains little consensus

A lengthy parliamentary report on American intelligence activities in Germany was presented last week in Berlin, but was condemned by opposition parties as insufficient and incomplete, prompting calls...

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Report from Holland: A heated debate over a new intelligence and security act

On March 21, the Dutch public cast their vote about the new Intelligence and Security Services Act, in Dutch Wet op de Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdiensten (or WIV). In this two-part post, we report...

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Report from Holland: Cable-bound interceptions and ‘dragnets’

For the past year, the Netherlands has had a new law governing its two secret services, the AIVD and the MIVD. The new law was and still is heavily criticized, especially because it allows untargeted...

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Analysis: New legal framework for Dutch intelligence services becomes law

On May 1, 2018, following a nationwide referendum, the legal framework for the Dutch intelligence community changed as the new Intelligence and Security Services Act became operational. But the public...

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Spies are known to use journalistic cover, claims Australian intelligence agency

Foreign spies are known to pose as journalists, which is why journalists should not be exempted from national security investigations, according to testimony by a senior Australian counterintelligence...

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German court stops spy agencies from conducting mass surveillance of foreigners

Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has ruled that the country’s intelligence agencies are not entitled to spy en masse on the telecommunications exchanges of foreign citizens. The ruling comes in...

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Argentine former president and spy agency director indicted in wiretapping probe

The former president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, has been indicted as part of a widening investigation into a domestic spying program, which allegedly targeted opposition politicians, journalists and...

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US Defense Intelligence Agency responds to claims it was asked to spy on...

The United States Defense Intelligence Agency, a Pentagon organization tasked with collecting foreign military secrets, has rejected reports that it is spying on protestors inside the country. However,...

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Cell phones of leading Polish opposition figures hacked by government, group...

CENTRAL FIGURES OF POLAND’S opposition coalition, which narrowly lost the 2019 parliamentary election, had their cell phones hacked with a surveillance software used by the country’s spy services,...

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