Edward Snowden’s current grant of asylum from the Russian government expires on July 31, but his request for a one-year extension has not yet been granted. Snowden’s attorney, Anatoly Kucherena told the Interfax news agency, “We have filed documents to extend…
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SXSW tech crowd applauds whistleblower Snowden
Except for minor technical problems, the livestream appearance of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden went off as planned at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin. Speaking from Russia via video link (Google Hangouts), Snowden participated in a discussion panel with ACLU…
NSA can spy on 75% of internet traffic
In the above video, Siobhan Gorman (WSJ) reports on the latest revelations of NSA surveillance capability. In an interview with John Hockenberry (The TakeAway), below, she provides additional details.
NSA and CIA helped commercial firms develop data mining capabilities
Andrew Leonard over at Salon confirms what some of us already suspected: The National Security Agency (NSA) is not merely an end user of data collected by internet firms. NSA and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were directly involved in…