The federal government’s bulk collection of phone metadata will end on Sunday as reforms of the NSA take effect. The USA Freedom Act requires more specific requests for metadata and a court order or specific warrant for information. Previously, the National Security Agency kept data in bulk regardless of those […]
Following an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson on the astrophysicist’s podcast, Star Talk, Edward Snowden has joined Twitter. Can you hear me now? — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015 His account bio says in part that he “used to work for the government. Now I work for the public.” His […]
From WikiLeaks: Today, Thursday 1st August at 15:50 MSK, Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia. He left Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow with WikiLeaks staffer and legal advisor Sarah Harrison who has accompanied him during his 39 day stay in the transit zone and continues to do so. Ms […]
NSA leaker Edward Snowden was secretly charged in the Eastern District of Virginia with one of the most serious crimes there is, espionage. The interesting thing about the Eastern District is that that is where Snowden’s former employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, is headquartered and that is where most national security […]
