President Obama has decided to nominate Vice. Adm. Michael Rogers, the current head of U.S. Cyber Command, as the next director of the National Security Agency, The New York Times, Reuters and CNN are reporting.
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Supreme Court To Decide If Warrant Needed To Search Cellphone
The U.S. Supreme Court is delving into the technology-versus-privacy debate, agreeing to hear two cases that test whether police making an arrest may search cellphones without a warrant.
New NSA Documents Make Case For Keeping Surveillance Programs Secret
The Director of National Intelligence declassified a set of 10 court documents on Saturday, in which both the Bush and Obama administrations argue that sensitive NSA programs should be kept secret.
Intelligence Panel Recommends Limits On NSA Surveillance
A panel looking into U.S. electronic surveillance activities in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations has recommended removing the NSA’s authority to collect and store Americans’ telephone data.
No Amnesty For Edward Snowden, White House Says
The New York Times reported Sunday that the U.S. may never know the extent of how much information Snowden took from government computers when he left the country earlier this year.
NSA Collecting 5B Cellphone Locations A Day, News Report Says
The Washington Post reports that the agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world.
Guardian Editor: We’ve Published 1 Percent Of Snowden Files
The editor-in-chief of The Guardian, which has turned leaks from Edward Snowden into a seemingly endless series of exposes concerning U.S. electronic surveillance activities, says the newspaper has published just 1 percent of what it’s received from the former NSA contractor.
Intelligence Officials Aim To Pre-Empt More Surveillance Leaks
NSA officials are bracing for more surveillance disclosures from the documents taken by former contractor Edward Snowden — and they want to get out in front of the story.
Report: NSA Has Broken Into Google And Yahoo Data Centers
“The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world,” The Washington Post reported at midday Wednesday.
READ: Bipartisan Bill To End NSA’s Domestic Bulk Collection
Bipartisan concern on Capitol Hill about data from Americans’ phone and Internet records being vacuumed up by the National Security Agency has led to an unusual alliance involving a prominent House Republican and a veteran Senate Democrat.