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The Trump administration’s big new anti-leak memo leaked last night
Of course it did.<p>Every administration faces leaks, and no administration likes them. The Obama administration went further than its predecessors in launching criminal prosecutions of national security leakers, but the Trump administration appears to be positively obsessed with both leaks and …
PoliticsTake cybersecurity away from spies... for everyone's sake
Our online intelligence services need freedom from the state<p>Until 1994, GCHQ, the British signals intelligence agency, didn't officially exist. Now, …
CybersecurityMike Pompeo Cancels Harvard Speech Over Chelsea Manning Appointment
CIA Director Mike Pompeo has pulled out of an appearance at Harvard University in protest of the school naming Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow, Pompeo announced Thursday night. In a letter, Pompeo accused Manning, who sent classified documents to WikiLeaks, of being an “American traitor.” …
Mike PompeoNational Security Official: 'Significant Damage' From Classified Leaks
The man in charge of internal security of the nation's intelligence services says there is so much leaking of classified information right now that …
U.S. PoliticsTrump administration's anti-leak plan revealed in leaked document
The Trump administration is planning a wide-ranging crack-down on leaks from inside the government, according to a leaked internal memo.<p>The memo, …
SurveillanceEx-CIA Chief Delivers Blistering 'I Quit' to Harvard Over Their Latest Hire: Convicted Leaker Manning
When Harvard's Kennedy School of Government announced its decision to invite a convicted felon — classified information leaker Chelsea Manning — to …
SurveillanceWhy 'Fairness For All' Legislation Actually Produces More Discrimination
In July the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear the case of Jack Phillips, the cake artist in Denver whom the government ordered to …
Conservative ViewEx-CIA Director Says Intelligence Not Undermining Trump
Former CIA Director James Woolsey talks about the relationship between President Donald Trump and the U.S. intelligence community. He speaks on …
Donald TrumpThe Trump White House's latest plan to deal with leaks has already been leaked to the press
The newest strategy from the Trump administration to deal with its persistent problem of information leaks has been leaked to to the press, less than …
H. R. McMasterTyler Tessier, Boyfriend Of Maryland Teacher Laura Wallen, Charged With Murder
Tyler Tessier, the boyfriend of pregnant Maryland school teacher Laura Wallen who went missing, and was found dead, has been charged with murder and …
SurveillanceConservative Twitter Praises Ex-CIA Chief For Resigning as Harvard Fellow After Chelsea Manning Hire
On Wednesday, Harvard University announced its new “visiting fellows” for the 2017-2018 academic year. They include; former Press Secretary <b>Sean …
SurveillanceWhistleblowers to get percentage of corporate penalty
A percentage of penalties paid by corporates for wrongdoing will go to whistleblowers, under a "reward system" recommended by a parliamentary …
Australian NewsCyber Warriors and Cyber Spies Struggle to Strike Balance
On May 2, 2011 the agonizing, decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden finally ended. The raid by U.S. Navy seals on the walled compound in Abbottabad, …
CybersecurityNSA leaker Edward Snowden cautions that Apple's new facial scanning will be 'abused'
Edward Snowden, who knows something about cybersecurity and information privacy, criticized one feature of the new iPhone X on Tuesday, saying …
PrivacyHow the NSA Built a Secret Surveillance Network for Ethiopia
“A warm friendship connects the Ethiopian and American people,” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced earlier this year. “We remain …
AfricaNSA Broke the Encryption on File-Sharing Apps Kazaa and eDonkey
Before services like Spotify and Netflix proliferated, people who wanted to listen to music or watch movies online, on demand, had few legal options. …
SurveillanceNSA’s Quiet Presence at a Base in England’s Countryside Revealed in Snowden Documents
Civil war was raging in Libya, and Col. Moammar Gadhafi was in hiding. Two thousand miles away, on the outskirts of a small village in the English …
SurveillanceIntelligence community briefs House members in attempt to sell FISA law
<b>(CNN) —</b> The intelligence community held two classified briefings for House members at the National Security Agency this week, so that lawmakers could see a demonstration and learn more about intelligence collection under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, according to an invitation obtained …
PoliticsMove over James Bond, spy museum’s collection just got a lot bigger
Dinosaur bones and George Washington’s fake teeth are nice, but how about a tiny suicide syringe hidden in a silver dollar and designed for spies …
Soviet UnionNSA Secretly Gives Tech Company A $2.4 Billion Contract
The NSA quietly granted a tech company a $2.4 billion contract last week in part of a larger series of deals with IT service firms, according to …
SurveillanceCongress to Trump: Reform Surveillance Authorities or Lose Them
To be clear, they do not, despite the Trump's vocal complaining that he was snooped on during the election campaign.<p>Section 702 of the Foreign …
SurveillanceChina-born New Zealand MP denies being a Chinese spy, admits to teaching spies English
A China-born member of New Zealand's parliament is now having to fend off accusations that he was trained as a spy in his home country after a media …
ChinaSloppy U.S. Spies Misused Covert Network for Personal Shopping — and Other Stories from Internal NSA Documents
NSA agents successfully targeted “the entire business chain” connecting foreign cafes to the internet, bragged about an “all-out effort” to spy on …
SurveillanceChina-born New Zealand MP denies being Beijing spy
WELLINGTON: A New Zealand lawmaker received military and intelligence training in China, it emerged Wednesday (Sep 13), but he denied allegations of …
ChinaIntelligence director pulls national security BS on spying question
The director of national intelligence (DNI) has refused to say whether US spying agencies are using legislation specifically intended to cover only …
SurveillanceEdward Snowden offers mixed review on Apple's Face ID
Not everyone is sold on the benefits of Face ID, the facial-recognition system Apple introduced Tuesday as a biometric method for unlocking devices.<p>Introduced along with the iPhone X, the system uses the iPhone's front-facing camera to register your facial structure as your password, eliminating …
Edward SnowdenEdward Snowden Interview: 'There Is Still Hope'
In an interview, whistleblower Edward Snowden discusses his life in Russia, the power of the intelligence apparatuses and how he will continue his …
SurveillanceSnowden: Yes, it was all worth it
Former National Security contractor Edward Snowden, who disclosed classified information about U.S. government surveillance programs, said the steps …
Edward SnowdenEdward Snowden and Bunnie Huang built a privacy add-on for the iPhone
The security gurus prototyped a hardware hack and phone case meant to help protect users like journalists and human rights activists.<p>Edward Snowden and hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang have built a prototype iPhone add-on called the Introspection Engine that will detect if the devices are …
TechnologyWe now know why Susan Rice requested to 'unmask' the names of Trump associates
Former national security adviser Susan Rice told the House Intelligence Committee that she "unmasked" the names of President Donald Trump's associates because she wanted to find out why the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates visited Trump Tower in New York last year without notifying the US …
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