Congress revamps NSA spying program
June 3, 2015
Congress has sent legislation to the president reviving and remaking a disputed post-9/11 surveillance program two days after letting it temporarily expire. The vote in
Patriot Act’s powers lapse after Senate deal falters
June 1, 2015
The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans’ phone records in bulk, after GOP Sen. Rand Paul stood in the way
Obama blames ‘handful’ for blocking Patriot Act
May 30, 2015
Blaming a “handful of senators” for stalled national security legislation, President Barack Obama said Friday he has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other
Obama ready to accept some changes in NSA spying
January 15, 2014
President Barack Obama is expected to endorse changes to the way the government collects millions of Americans’ phone records for possible future surveillance, but he’ll
Senate committee votes to continue NSA mass spying
November 1, 2013
The Senate Intelligence Committee approved legislation on Thursday that would tighten controls on the government’s sweeping electronic eavesdropping programs but allow them to continue. In
NSA spying scandal leads to turnaround by Congressman
October 29, 2013
He gave more surveillance power to U.S. government spies, railed against civil liberties advocates who warned about privacy abuses, and famously shut down a 2005
Protestors target NSA spying in America and world
October 26, 2013
Protesters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday to protest the U.S. government’s online surveillance programs, whose vast scope was revealed this year by
Secret court defends government spying on Americans
September 18, 2013
The surveillance court that oversees the U.S. government’s massive collection of telephone data gave its fullest defense to date on Tuesday of why it considers
Obama claims new limits against spying on Americans by America’s government
August 10, 2013
President Barack Obama announced plans on Friday to limit sweeping U.S. government surveillance programs that have come under criticism since leaks by a former spy
Our government’s spying on us: Will it change? No way
July 19, 2013
The National Security Agency, clearly an Americanized of the old Russian KGB in its spying on citizens of the United States, is taking steps to