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After leaked documents began to reveal the scope of surveillance by the NSA, FBI, and other agencies, the Obama administration has strongly defended its policies. But it's also trying to rebuild the public trust, even as it insists that no privacy problem existed in the first place. That means declassifying documents, promising reviews, and — obviously — starting a Tumblr.
Jul 2, 2014, 4:39 PM UTCAdi Robertson
PRISM is legal, says panel that bashed NSA phone spying
"PRISM collection is clearly authorized by the statute."
Apr 24, 2014, 8:38 AM UTCAmar Toor
Brazil looks to protect privacy and net neutrality with internet bill of rights
President Rousseff hails the legislation as a victory for human rights, though provision on data storage is dropped
Mar 27, 2014, 1:45 PM UTCAdi Robertson
President Obama announces plan to dismantle NSA phone record database
New program would leave records with phone companies
Feb 26, 2014, 8:25 AM UTCAmar Toor
Obama assessing four alternatives to NSA phone data collection: WSJ
Proposals range from placing the program under phone companies to abolishing it altogether
Feb 18, 2014, 8:31 PM UTCKwame Opam
Intelligence chief says NSA should have been transparent about mass surveillance
Feb 16, 2014, 10:42 PM UTCNathan Ingraham
Germany and France are working together to keep internet traffic away from the US
Feb 7, 2014, 4:26 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Secret court approves Obama's limits on NSA phone record collection
Jan 30, 2014, 1:31 AM UTCSean Hollister
NSA taps Homeland Security veteran for 'impossible' privacy officer job
Jan 15, 2014, 2:54 AM UTCSean Hollister
NSA's 'Quantum' program reportedly lets the agency access 100,000 offline computers
Jan 8, 2014, 10:00 PM UTCCarl Franzen
US Commerce Department is advising the president on NSA spying reform
Dec 20, 2013, 7:40 PM UTCAdi Robertson
President Obama to make 'definitive' statement about future of NSA surveillance in January
Dec 18, 2013, 6:59 PM UTCRussell Brandom
NSA review panel recommends an end to bulk collection of phone records
Dec 17, 2013, 11:18 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
NSA's top defender wants Supreme Court to rule on metadata collection
Dec 16, 2013, 9:14 PM UTCRussell Brandom
The truth about the NSA's bogus malware apocalypse
Keith Alexander says China's BIOS virus could bring down the US economy — but could it?
Dec 14, 2013, 1:05 AM UTCKwame Opam
NSA officials go on tour to heal agency image amid surveillance scandal
Dec 13, 2013, 4:57 PM UTCAdi Robertson
White House says the NSA director will still lead military Cyber Command
Dec 13, 2013, 2:11 PM UTCAdi Robertson
NSA review panel calls to end bulk phone record collection, says WSJ
Dec 7, 2013, 9:05 PM UTCAdi Robertson
White House promises more transparency in second Open Government plan
Nov 19, 2013, 3:36 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Intelligence head releases order that let the NSA start collecting email metadata
Nov 13, 2013, 5:49 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
More NSA transparency would lead to bigger privacy invasion, agency lawyer says
Nov 9, 2013, 11:02 PM UTCDante D'Orazio
White House said to consider civilian replacement for outgoing NSA chief
Nov 8, 2013, 3:30 PM UTCAmar Toor
Will the global NSA backlash break the internet?
Brazil and Germany make moves to protect online privacy, but experts see a troubling trend toward Balkanization
Nov 5, 2013, 10:44 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
Secretary Kerry says US wants to work with allies on NSA surveillance concerns
