"Edward Snowden" news, interviews, and features

News about Edward Snowden

• ACLU asks court to immediately kill NSA phone snooping

  A court that already found the program illegal should shut it down, instead of allowing it to be phased out, the ACLU says

• Former attorney general calls Snowden deal possible

  But the DOJ's official position on the NSA leaker facing criminal charges hasn't changed

• Two years after Snowden leaks, US tech firms still feel the backlash

  Continued pressure for data localization laws will hurt tech vendors, trade groups say

• Don't expect major changes to NSA surveillance from Congress

  After passing the USA Freedom Act, many in Congress may be unwilling to extend surveillance reform

• NSA said to increase monitoring of US 'Net traffic to catch hackers

  The program reportedly oeprates without court-ordered warrants to target cyberattacks within the U.S.

• US Senate passes bill to rein in NSA phone dragnet

  Senators reject amendments to 'water down' the NSA reform bill

Features about Edward Snowden

• Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

  Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate

• Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

  Bitcoin and tech IPOs were also hot stories this year