Surveillance, 2009-2016
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4. Surveillance, 2009-2016
2021-2024 / 2017-2020 / 2001-2008 / 1993-2000 / 1989-1992 / 1981-1988 / 1977-1980 / 1969-1976 / 1965-1968
1961-1964 / 1953-1960 / 1945-1952 / 1933-1944 / 1929-1932 / 1925-1928 / 1921-1924 / 1913-1920
1947-2021, FAS: Presidential Directives
1940-2021, FAS: Selected Executive Orders on National Security
2013-2020, IC Off the Record: Public Access to Unauthorized Leaks
2013-2020, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: Public Filings
2000-2020, FAS: The State Secrets Privilege: Selected Case Files
1993-2018, ACLU: The NSA Archive
6 December 2016, Majority Report: Branko Marcetic: Passing the Baton (MP3)
18 November 2016, Cryptome: NSA Snowden Releases Tally
October 2016, EFF: Comparative Analysis of Surveillance Laws and Practices in Latin America (PDF)
23 October 2016, 60 Minutes: The Influencers
20 October 2016, NYT: Trove of Stolen Data Is Said to Include Top-Secret U.S. Hacking Tools
18 October 2016, FISC: In re Opinions and Orders of This Court Containing Novel or Significant Interpretations of Law (Motion of the American Civil Liberties Union for the Release of Court Records) (PDF)
16 October 2016, 60 Minutes: The Brothers Rosenberg
7 October 2016, NYT: At Booz Allen, a Vast U.S. Spy Operation, Run for Private Profit
6 October 2016, US Senate: Sen. Franken, et al letter to FCC Chairman Wheeler re. cell site simulators, Stingrays (PDF)
6 October 2016, NYT: N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets
4 October 2016, Reuters: Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence - sources
September 2016, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the FBI's Use of Section 215 Orders for Business Records in 2012 through 2014 (PDF)
26 September 2016, US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit: In re National Security Letter; Under Seal v. AG Lynch (Brief of Amici Curiae Five Members of Congress in Support of Petitioners-Appellants) (PDF)
September 2016, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the FBI's Impersonation of a Journalist in a Criminal Investigation (PDF)
23 August 2016, NYC Department of Investigation: OIG-NYPD: An Investigation of NYPD's Compliance with Rules Governing Investigations of Political Activity (PDF)
17 August 2016, NYT: 'Shadow Brokers' Leak Raises Alarming Question: Was the N.S.A. Hacked?
August 2016, UK Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation: Report of the Bulk Powers Review (PDF)
8 August 2016, DOD: DOD Manual 5240.01: Procedures Governing the Conduct of DOD Intelligence Activities (DODM 5240.01) (PDF)
26 July 2016, WH: Annex for Presidential Policy Directive -- United States Cyber Incident Coordination (PPD-41)
26 July 2016, WH: Presidential Policy Directive -- United States Cyber Incident Coordination (PPD-41)
25 July 2016, US District Court, DC: In re National Security Letters (Memorandum Opinion and Order) (PDF)
23 July 2016, YouTube: HOPE XI: Steven Rambam: Privacy, Anonymity, and Individuality: The Final Battle Begins
June 2016, DOD: Defense Science Board: Summer Study on Autonomy (PDF)
31 May 2016, USPTO: US Patent: IBM: Carbonell et al: Monitoring Individuals Using Distributed Data Sources (PDF)
12 May 2016, Majority Report: Jeremy Scahill (The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program) (MP3)
1 May 2016, Berkeley Technology Law Joural: Jonathon Penney: Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use (PDF)
29 April 2016, Guardian: Supreme court grants FBI massive expansion of powers to hack computers
April 2016, DOC: NIST: Internal Report 8105: Report on Post-Quantum Cryptography (NISTIR 8105) (PDF)
28 April 2016, Supreme Court of the US: Chief Justice Roberts letter to US Congress re. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure amendments (PDF)
28 April 2016, Intercept: Supreme Court Gives FBI More Hacking Power
28 April 2016, Guardian: FBI confirms it won't tell Apple how it hacked San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
26 April 2016, WP: FBI won't reveal method for cracking San Bernardino iPhone
22 April 2016, NYT: F.B.I. Director Suggests Bill for iPhone Hacking Topped $1.3 Million
21 April 2016, WP: The FBI paid more than $1 million to crack the San Bernardino iPhone
20 April 2016, NYT: Judge Rejects Challenge to Searches of Emails Gathered Without Warrant
17 April 2016, 60 Minutes: Hacking Your Phone
15 April 2016, US District Court, Eastern District NY: In re Order Requiring Apple Inc. to Assist in the Execution of a Search Warrant Issued by This Court (Apple Inc.'s Memorandum of Law in Response to the Government's Brief in Support of Its Application for an Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Law Enforcement Agents in the Execution of a Search Warrant) (PDF)
15 April 2016, WP: The San Bernardino case is already changing Apple's arguments over another locked iPhone
14 April 2016, Intercept: The CIA Is Investing in Firms That Mine Your Tweets and Instagram Photos
14 April 2016, WP: No links to foreign terrorists found on San Bernardino iPhone so far, officials say
12 April 2016, WP: FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone
11 April 2016, FISC: In re Directives Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (The United States' Response to the Court's March 14, 2016 Order; 40 attached documents re. Yahoo Inc.) (PDF)
8 April 2016, Harvard National Security Law Journal: Dakota Rudesill: Coming to Terms with Secret Law (PDF)
8 April 2016, Intercept: CIA's Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care Products That Collect DNA
4 April 2016, WhatsApp: WhatsApp Encryption Overview: Technical white paper (PDF)
1 April 2016, WP: FBI weighs if it can share hacking tool with local law enforcement
29 March 2016, NYT: U.S. Says It Has Unlocked iPhone Without Apple
28 March 2016, US District Court, Central District CA: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate #5KGD203 (Government's Status Report) (PDF)
28 March 2016, WP: FBI has accessed San Bernardino shooter's phone without Apple's help
25 March 2016, Vimeo: Univ. of Arizona: Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky and Glenn Greenwald: A Conversation on Privacy
24 March 2016, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: Cruz, Trump, Clinton "Playing into the Hands" of ISIL After Brussels Bombings
22 March 2016, NYT: U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple's Help to Unlock iPhone
21 March 2016, US District Court, Central District CA: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (Order Granting Government's Ex Parte Application to Vacate Hearing set for March 22, 2016) (PDF)
21 March 2016, US District Court, Central District CA: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate #5KGD203 (Government's Ex Parte Application for a Continuance) (PDF)
21 March 2016, WP: FBI may not need Apple to unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
17 March 2016, Majority Report: Robert Epstein (The New Mind Control) (MP3)
15 March 2016, US District Court, Central District CA, Eastern Division: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (Apple Inc.'s Reply to Government's Opposition to Apple Inc.'s Motion to Vacate Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Agents in Search; Exhibits; Declarations) (PDF)
14 March 2016, NYT: In the Apple Case, a Debate Over Data Hits Home
11 March 2016, NYT: Apple and U.S. Bitterly Turn Up Volume in iPhone Privacy Fight
10 March 2016, US District Court, Central District CA: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate #5KGD203 (Government's Reply in Support of Motion to Compel and Opposition to Apple Inc.'s Motion to Vacate Order; Declarations; Exhibits) (PDF)
8 March 2016, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cybersecurity: Critical Infrastructure Authoritative Reports and Resources (PDF)
8 March 2016, NYT: Justice Dept. Appeals Ruling in Apple iPhone Case in Brooklyn
7 March 2016, US District Court, Eastern District NY: In re Order Requiring Apple Inc. to Assist in the Execution of a Search Warrant Issued by the Court (The Government's Memorandum of Law in Support of Its Application for an Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Law Enforcement Agents in the Execution of a Search Warrant) (PDF)
4 March 2016, NYT: Apple Is Rolling Up Backers in iPhone Privacy Fight Against F.B.I.
3 March 2016, US District Court, Central District CA: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (Brief of Amicus Curiae AT&T Mobility LLC in Support of Apple Inc.) (PDF)
3 March 2016, US District Court, Central District CA: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (Order Granting Motion of Airbnb Inc; Atlassian Pty. Ltd.; Cloudflare Inc.; eBay Inc.; Github Inc.; Kickstarter PBC; LinkedIn Corporation; Mapbox Inc.; A Medium Corporation; Meetup Inc.; Reddit Inc.; Square Inc.; Squarespace Inc.; Twilio Inc.; Twitter Inc.; and Wickr Inc. for Leave to File Brief as Amici Curiae; Brief of Amici Curiae) (PDF)
3 March 2016, Apple: Amicus Briefs in Support of Apple
3 March 2016, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Encryption: Selected Legal Issues (PDF)
2 March 2016, NYT: F.B.I. Error Locked San Bernardino Attacker's iPhone
1 March 2016, WP: FBI director: Victory in the fight with Apple could set a precedent, lead to more requests
1 March 2016, NYT: Apple Wins Ruling in New York iPhone Hacking Order
29 February 2016, US District Court, Eastern District NY: In re Order Requiring Apple Inc. to Assist in the Execution of a Search Warrant Issued by this Court (Memorandum and Order) (PDF)
29 February 2016, WP: Judge rules in favor of Apple in key case involving a locked iPhone
26 February 2016, NYT: Apple Goes to Court, and F.B.I. Presses Congress to Settle iPhone Privacy Fight
25 February 2016, US District Court, Central District CA, Eastern Division: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (Apple Inc.'s Motion to Vacate Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Agents in Search, and Opposition to Government's Motion to Compel Assistance; Declarations; Exhibits) (PDF)
25 February 2016, NYT: Apple Is Said to Be Trying to Make It Harder to Hack iPhones
24 February 2016, US District Court, Eastern District VA, Alexandria Division: In the Matter of the Application of the United States of America for an Order Authorizing the Use of a Pen Register/Trap and Trace Device on an Electronic Mail Account; In the Matter of the Search and Seizure of Information Associated with (redacted) that is Stored at Premises Controlled by Lavabit LLC; In re Grand Jury (Order, 41 Attachments) (PDF)
24 February 2016, NYT: Apple Faces U.S. Demand to Unlock 9 More iPhones
23 February 2016, WikiLeaks: NSA Targets World Leaders for US Geopolitical Interests
February 2016, Intercept: CIA: In-Q-Tel: CEO Summit 2016 (PDF)
22 February 2016, NYT: Apple Still Holds the Keys to Its Cloud Service, but Reluctantly
20 February 2016, NYT: Justice Department Calls Apple's Refusal to Unlock iPhone a 'Marketing Strategy'
19 February 2016, US District Court, Central District CA: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (Government's Motion to Compel Apple Inc. to Comply with this Court's February 16, 2016 Order Compelling Assistance in Search; Exhibit) (PDF)
19 February 2016, NYT: Apple's Line in the Sand Was Over a Year in the Making
19 February 2016, NYT: Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry Response
18 February 2016, NYT: Apple Fights Order to Unlock San Bernardino Gunman's iPhone
17 February 2016, US District Court, Eastern District NY: Atty. Zwillinger letter to Magistrate Judge Orenstein re. In re Order Requiring Apple Inc. to Assist in the Execution of a Search Warrant Issued by the Court, No. 15-MC-1902; Exhibits (PDF)
17 February 2016, NYT: Judge Tells Apple to Help Unlock iPhone Used by San Bernardino Gunman
16 February 2016, Apple: A Message to Our Customers
16 February 2016, US District Court, Central District CA: In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Agents in Search) (PDF)
15 February 2016, New Yorker Presents: Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright: The Agent (re. Ali Soufan, 9/11, CIA, FBI, Al Qaeda) (MP4)
13 February 2016, Electrospaces: How NSA contact chaining combines domestic and foreign phone records
12 February 2016, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: U.S.-EU Data Privacy: From Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield (PDF)
1 February 2016, Harvard Univ.: Berkman Center for Internet and Society: Don't Panic: Making Progress on the "Going Dark" Debate (PDF)
1 February 2016, NYT: New Technologies Give Government Ample Means to Track Suspects, Study Finds
27 January 2016, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Unmanned Aircraft Operations in Domestic Airspace: U.S. Policy Perspectives and the Regulatory Landscape (PDF)
22 January 2016, ODNI: Signals Intelligence Reform: 2016 Progress Report
20 January 2016, Electrospaces: Section 215 bulk telephone records and the MAINWAY database
15 January 2016, NSA: Civil Liberties and Privacy Office: Transparency Report: The USA FREEDOM Act Business Records FISA Implementation (PDF)
12 January 2016, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Intelligence Authorization Legislation for FY2014 and FY2015: Provisions, Status, Intelligence Community Framework (PDF)
31 December 2015, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Orders Requiring the Production of Call Detail Records (Memorandum Opinion) (PDF)
30 December 2015, PBS NewsHour: Did the U.S. spy on Israel amid Iran deal lobbying in Congress?
29 December 2015, WSJ: U.S. Spy Net on Israel Snares Congress
28 December 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Data Security and Breach Notification Legislation: Selected Legal Issues (PDF)
23 December 2015, Electrospaces: Leaked documents that were not attributed to Snowden
23 December 2015, Intercept: NSA Helped British Spies Find Security Holes In Juniper Firewalls
22 December 2015, Democracy Now: Pete Seeger, Folk Legend & FBI Target: Declassified Docs Show Iconic Singer Was Spied on for Decades
(Undated), Intercept: Government Cellphone Surveillance Catalogue (PDF)
17 December 2015, Intercept: The Secret Surveillance Catalogue
17 December 2015, Intercept: Stingrays: A Secret Catalogue of Government Gear for Spying on Your Cellphone
24 November 2015, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Opinion and Order) (PDF)
21 November 2015, NYT: With Permanent Squad, New York Police Step Up Fight on Terrorism
20 November 2015, NYT: File Says N.S.A. Found Way to Replace Email Program
19 November 2015, US District Court, MD: AG Lynch v. Under Seal (Unopposed Motion for Partial Unsealing, attached filings) (re. National Security Letter case) (PDF)
19 November 2015, NYT: NSA Declassifies Inspector General Reports About Defunct Bulk E-mail Metadata Program
19 November 2015, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald on "Submissive" Media's Drumbeat for War and "Despicable" Anti-Muslim Scapegoating
19 November 2015, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: "Shameless" U.S. Officials Exploit Paris Attacks to Defend Spying & Attack Snowden
18 November 2015, teleSUR: NSA Spies on Venezuela's Oil Company, Snowden Leak Reveals
18 November 2015, Intercept: Overwhelmed NSA Surprised to Discover Its Own Surveillance "Goldmine" on Venezuela's Oil Executives
18 November 2015, NYT: Mass Surveillance Isn't the Answer to Fighting Terrorism
17 November 2015, NYT: After Paris Attacks, C.I.A. Director Rekindles Debate Over Surveillance
(redacted), NYT: NSA/CSS: OIG: Report on the Assessment of Management Controls to Implement the Protect America Act of 2007 (ST-08-0001) (PDF)
(redacted), NYT: NSA/CSS: OIG: Report on the Special Study of NSA's Purge of Pen Register and Trap and Trace Bulk Metadata (PDF)
(redacted), NYT: NSA/CSS: OIG: Report on the Audit of NSA Controls to Comply with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Order Regarding Pen Register and Trap and Trace Devices (PDF)
10 November 2015, NYT: DOJ: US Attorney, Southern District NY: 10 NSA OIG reports re. bulk email records collection program (PDF)
10 November 2015, NYT: Judge Deals a Blow to N.S.A. Data Collection Program
9 November 2015, US District Court, Northern District IL: In the Matter of the Application of the United States of America for an Order Relating to Telephones Used by (Suppressed) (Memorandum Opinion and Order) (PDF)
9 November 2015, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Reply Memorandum of Amicus Curiae to the United States Response to October 29, 2015 Memorandum of Law) (PDF)
9 November 2015, US District Court, DC: Klayman et al v. Obama et al (Memorandum Opinion, Order) (PDF)
6 November 2015, FISC: (redacted) (Memorandum Opinion and Order, Order) (PDF)
6 November 2015, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Response of the United States to the Memorandum of Law by Amicus Curiae) (PDF)
5 November 2015, Intercept: How Law Enforcement Can Use Google Timeline To Track Your Every Move
5 November 2015, NYT: Britain Announces Plan to Update Surveillance Laws
4 November 2015, UK Home Office: Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (PDF)
4 November 2015, Intercept: U.K. Government Proposes More, Not Less, Electronic Snooping
4 November 2015, Guardian: Snowden surveillance revelations drive UK and US policy in opposite directions
4 November 2015, Guardian: Theresa May unveils UK surveillance measures in wake of Snowden claims
4 November 2015, NYT: Neuropolitics, Where Campaigns Try to Read Your Mind
4 November 2015, Democracy Now: Power Wars: How Obama Continued Bush's National Security State After Campaigning Against It
3 November 2015, Intercept: Facing Growing Encryption, Law Enforcement Recommends More Informants
3 November 2015, Guardian: World's biggest tech companies get failing grade on data-privacy rights
3 November 2015, Cryptome: Sensitive Information Security Sources and Breaches
2 November 2015, NYT: F.B.I. Tool to Identify Extremists Is Criticized
30 October 2015, NYT: N.S.A. Won't Be Ordered to Stop Bulk Collection Early
29 October 2015, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit: ACLU, NYCLU v. DNI Clapper, NSA Dir. Rogers, DOD Sec. Carter, AG Lynch, FBI Dir. Comey (PDF)
29 October 2015, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Memorandum of Law by Amicus Curiae Regarding Government's August 27, 2015 Application to Retain and Use Certain Telephony Metadata After November 28, 2015) (PDF)
28 October 2015, Wired: Turns Out Police Stingray Spy Tools Can Indeed Record Calls
27 October 2015, ODNI: Principles of Intelligence Transparency Implementation Plan (PDF)
26 October 2015, Guardian: IRS possessed Stingray cellphone surveillance gear, documents reveal
23 October 2015, Democracy Now: "Everybody is a Suspect": European Rights Chief on Edward Snowden's Call for Global Privacy Treaty
19 October 2015, DHS: Policy Directive 047-02: Department Policy Regarding the Use of Cell-Site Simulator Technology (PDF)
18 October 2015, @Paulmd199: Adventures in Twitter Censorship (PDF)
16 October 2015, Democracy Now: The Longest U.S. War, Prolonged: After Vowing Afghan Pullout, Obama Extends Occupation Indefinitely
16 October 2015, Democracy Now: "The Drone Papers" Reveals How Faulty Intel & Secret "Kill Chain" Mark Suspects, Civilians for Death
16 October 2015, Democracy Now: Drone War Exposed: Jeremy Scahill on U.S. Kill Program's Secrets & the Whistleblower Who Leaked Them
(Undated), Intercept: DOD: Geolocation - Watchlist (PDF)
(Undated), Intercept: DOD: OPN HAYMAKER Effects (PDF)
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: The Alphabet of Assassination
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: Target Africa: The U.S. military's expanding footprint in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: The Life and Death of Objective Peckham: Stripped of British citizenship and killed by an American drone
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: Firing Blind: Flawed Intelligence and the Limits of Drone Technology
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: Manhunting in the Hindu Kush: Civilian casualties and strategic failures in America's longest war
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: Find, Fix, Finish: For the Pentagon, creating an architecture of assassination meant navigating a turf war with the CIA
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: The Kill Chain: The lethal bureaucracy behind Obama's drone war
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: A Visual Glossary: Decoding the language of covert warfare
15 October 2015, Intercept: The Drone Papers: The Assassination Complex: Secret military documents expose the inner workings of Obama's drone wars
15 October 2015, Democracy Now: Breaking Silence, Wife of Jailed CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Seeks Presidential Pardon
13 October 2015, US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit: Hassan et al v. City of New York (PDF)
11 October 2015, NYT: Obama Won't Seek Access to Encrypted User Data
1 October 2015, Guardian: Experian hack exposes 15 million people's personal information
30 September 2015, Electrospaces: NSA's Legal Authorities
29 September 2015, WP: CIA pulled officers from Beijing after breach of federal personnel records
29 September 2015, NYT: Covert Electronic Surveillance Prompts Calls for Transparency
28 September 2015, EFF: NSA Primary Sources
25 September 2015, Intercept: Secret Surveillance Court Picks First Outsider To Get a Look In
25 September 2015, Intercept: Profiled: From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users' Online Identities
25 September 2015, Guardian: US and China back off internet arms race but Obama leaves sanctions on the table
25 September 2015, Guardian: Court hears first arguments in case challenging bulk data collection by NSA
25 September 2015, NYT: Postal Service Failed to Protect Personal Data in Mail Surveillance, Report Says
24 September 2015, StarTalk Radio: A Conversation with Edward Snowden (Part 2) (MP3)
24 September 2015, NYT: Hackers Took Fingerprints of 5.6 Million U.S. Workers, Government Says
22 September 2015, @Paulmd199: Comparing two versions of the OIG report on STELLARWIND (PDF)
21 September 2015, Intercept: FBI: Confidential Human Source Policy Guide (PDF)
21 September 2015, NYT: George W. Bush Made Retroactive N.S.A. 'Fix' After Hospital Room Showdown
20 September 2015, NYT: U.S. and China Seek Arms Deal for Cyberspace
17 September 2015, StarTalk Radio: A Conversation with Edward Snowden (Part 1) (MP3)
17 September 2015, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Order Appointing an Amicus Curiae) (PDF)
15 September 2015, USPS: OIG: U.S. Postal Inspection Service Mail Covers Program -- Phase II Audit Report (PDF)
14 September 2015, Calyx Institute: Federal Court Invalidates 11-Year-old FBI gag order on National Security Letter recipient Nicholas Merrill
14 September 2015, NYT: Intelligence Start-Up Goes Behind Enemy Lines to Get Ahead of Hackers
10 September 2015, @Paulmd199: Dropping the Other Shoe on Afghanistan (PDF)
10 September 2015, Majority Report: William Arkin (Unmanned: Drones, Data, and the Illusion of Perfect Warfare) (MP3)
10 September 2015, WP: FBI director: Ability to unlock encryption is not a 'fatal' security flaw
10 September 2015, WP: Officials fear CIA missed opportunity to identify Western hostage
9 September 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Commercial Outlook for a New Industry (PDF)
8 September 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Encryption and Evolving Technology: Implications for U.S. Law Enforcement Investigations (PDF)
8 September 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cybersecurity: Data, Statistics, and Glossaries (PDF)
8 September 2015, NYT: Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.S. Over Data Access
4 September 2015, Olejnik, INRIA Privatics et al: The leaking battery: A privacy analysis of the HTML5 Battery Status API (PDF)
4 September 2015, Guardian: 2,000 cases may be overturned because police used secret Stingray surveillance
3 September 2015, FAS: CRS: Legal Sidebar: What Does the Latest Court Ruling on NSA Telephone Metadata Program Mean? (PDF)
3 September 2015, DOJ: Department of Justice Policy Guidance: Use of Cell-Site Simulator Technology (PDF)
31 August 2015, Electrospaces: FAIRVIEW: Collecting foreign intelligence inside the US
28 August 2015, US District Court, Southern District NY: Merrill v. AG Lynch, FBI Dir. Comey (Decision and Order) (PDF)
20 August 2015, US District Court, DC: Drake, Roark, Loomis, Wiebe, Binney v. Alexander, Hayden, Breuer, Inglis, Potenza, Tyrrell, NSA, DOJ, Mueller, FBI (Complaint) (PDF)
18 August 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: The Intelligence Community and Its Use of Contractors: Congressional Oversight Issues (PDF)
(Undated), ProPublica: NSA: SSO: Special Source Operations: Corporate Partner Access (PDF)
(Undated), ProPublica: NSA: SSO Dictionary: LITHIUM, NODDY-3, SAGURA, SLIVER, SORA-2 (PDF)
(redacted), NYT: FISC: (redacted (PR/TT (redacted)) (Memorandum Opinion) (PDF)
16 August 2015, NYT: AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale
14 August 2015, NYT: Copy of Postal Service Audit Shows Extent of Mail Surveillance
13 August 2015, NYT: N.S.A. Used Phone Records Program to Seek Iran Operatives
11 August 2015, NYT: DOJ: US Attorney, Southern District NY: 16 NSA OIG reports re. bulk phone records program (PDF)
3 August 2015, Intercept: Duncan Campbell: GCHQ and Me: My Life Unmasking British Eavesdroppers
2 August 2015, WSJ: Spy Software Gets a Second Life on Wall Street
1 August 2015, NYT: U.S. Declassifies FISA Court Documents about the Protect America Act
31 July 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse at the Legal Background (PDF)
31 July 2015, DOJ: US Attorney, Southern District NY: 15 documents re. Protect America Act (PDF)
31 July 2015, WikiLeaks: Target Tokyo
31 July 2015, Yahoo News: AP: WikiLeaks says US spied on Japanese government, companies
28 July 2015, Intercept: DOD: Performance Work Statement (PWS): Course of Instruction in Advanced Force Operations (PDF)
28 July 2015, NYT: N.S.A. Will Not Be Allowed to Keep Old Phone Records
27 July 2015, ODNI: Statement by the ODNI on Retention of Data Collected Under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act
27 July 2015, Cryptome: WikiLeaks Stratfor Emails Contain Malware
20 July 2015, DOJ: OLC: Memorandum Opinion for the Deputy Attorney General re. The Department of Justice Inspector General's Access to Information Protected by the Federal Wiretap Act, Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Section 626 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (PDF)
16 July 2015, arXiv: Ma, Agency for Science, Technology and Research et al: Eye-2-I: Eye-tracking for just-in-time implicit user profiling (PDF)
15 July 2015, ODNI: FISC: Exhibit G: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Counterterrorism Center in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended (PDF)
15 July 2015, ODNI: FISC: Exhibit E: Minimization Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended (PDF)
15 July 2015, ODNI: FISC: Exhibit D: Minimization Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended (PDF)
15 July 2015, ODNI: FISC: Exhibit B: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended (PDF)
15 July 2015, Majority Report: Murtaza Hussain: The Real Story Behind the Fort Dixon Terror Plot (MP3)
15 July 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (PDF)
15 July 2015, NYT: A.C.L.U. Asks Court to Stop Part of N.S.A.'s Bulk Phone Data Collection
14 July 2015, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit: ACLU v. DNI Clapper, NSA Dir. Alexander, DOD Sec. Hagel, AG Holder, FBI Dir. Comey (Motion for Preliminary Injunction) (PDF)
10 July 2015, NYT: Hacking of Government Computers Exposed 21.5 Million People
8 July 2015, WikiLeaks: Hacking Team
8 July 2015, Guardian: FBI chief wants 'backdoor access' to encrypted communications to fight Isis
8 July 2015, NYT: Security Experts Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication
6 July 2015, MIT: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory: Keys Under Doormats: Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications (PDF)
4 July 2015, WikiLeaks: Bugging Brazil
4 July 2015, Intercept: NSA's Top Brazilian Political and Financial Targets Revealed by New WikiLeaks Disclosure
3 July 2015, WikiLeaks: The Euro Intercepts
2 July 2015, Intercept: Behind the Curtain: A Look at the Inner Workings of NSA's XKEYSCORE
1 July 2015, Intercept: XKEYSCORE: NSA's Google for the World's Private Communications
1 July 2015, NYT: Surveillance Court Rules That N.S.A. Can Resume Bulk Data Collection
30 June 2015, Guardian: Secret court approves NSA bulk collection one last time: 'Plus ca change ...'
30 June 2015, WP: With court approval, NSA resumes bulk collection of phone data
29 June 2015, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
June 2015, NATO: Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence: Technical and Legal Overview of the Tor Anonymity Network (PDF)
29 June 2015, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things; In re Motion in Opposition to Government's Request to Resume Bulk Data Collection Under PATRIOT Act Section 215 (Opinion and Order) (PDF)
26 June 2015, Electrospaces: Wikileaks published some of the most secret NSA reports so far
26 June 2015, Intercept: How the NSA Started Investigating the New York Times' Warrantless Wiretapping Story
25 June 2015, Vimeo: Intercept: Razan Ghalayini: Entrapped
25 June 2015, Intercept: Christie's Conspiracy: The Real Story Behind the Fort Dix Five Terror Plot
25 June 2015, NYT: Documents on 2012 Drone Strike Detail How Terrorists Are Targeted
24 June 2015, Guardian: GCHQ documents raise fresh questions over UK complicity in US drone strikes
24 June 2015, NYT: AP: WikiLeaks Files Said to Show N.S.A. Spied on French Leaders
23 June 2015, WikiLeaks: Espionnage Elysee
20 June 2015, Intercept: Revealed: How DOJ Gagged Google over Surveillance of WikiLeaks Volunteer
19 June 2015, WP: Surveillance court judge says no opposing view needed in 'simple' cases
17 June 2015, FISC: In re Applications of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Orders Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Memorandum Opinion) (PDF)
13 June 2015, NYT: Germany Drops Inquiry Into Claims U.S. Tapped Angela Merkel's Phone
June 2015, DOD: Office of General Counsel: Law of War Manual (PDF)
12 June 2015, FISC: In re Motion in Opposition to Government's Request to Resume Bulk Data Collection Under Patriot Act Section 215 (Response to Motion in Opposition to Government's Request to Resume Bulk Data Collection Under Patriot Act Section 215) (PDF)
12 June 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cybersecurity and Information Sharing: Comparison of Legislative Proposals in the 114th Congress (PDF)
11 June 2015, Kaspersky Lab: The Duqu 2.0: Technical Details (PDF)
11 June 2015, Guardian: Duqu 2.0: computer virus 'linked to Israel' found at Iran nuclear talks venue
10 June 2015, WSJ: Spy Virus Linked to Israel Targeted Hotels Used for Iran Nuclear Talks
June 2015, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation: A Question of Trust: Report of the Investigatory Powers Review (PDF)
9 June 2015, NYT: A Raid on ISIS Yields a Trove of Intelligence
8 June 2015, Intercept: NSA Won't Say If It Automatically Transcribes American Phone Calls in Bulk
7 June 2015, NYT: Inside SEAL Team 6
7 June 2015, NYT: SEAL Team 6: A Secret History of Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines
5 June 2015, iSEC Partners: Freedom of the Press SecureDrop: Configuration Review & Application Penetration Test (PDF)
5 June 2015, Guardian: US government responds to latest hack: give us more power over data collection
5 June 2015, NYT: Edward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance
5 June 2015, NYT: Hacking Linked to China Exposes Millions of U.S. Workers
(Undated), ProPublica: NSA: Special Source Operations: Some Key (SSO) Cyber Milestone Dates Since Fall 2005 (PDF)
5 June 2015, NYT: Hunting for Hackers, N.S.A. Secretly Expands Internet Spying at U.S. Border
June 2015, Annenberg School for Communication, Univ. of Pennsylvania: The Tradeoff Fallacy: How Marketers Are Misrepresenting American Consumers and Opening Them Up to Exploitation (PDF)
5 June 2015, NYT: Sharing Data, but Not Happily
5 June 2015, WSJ: U.S. Suspects Hackers in China Breached About 4 Million People's Records, Officials Say
3 June 2015, Guardian: Congress passes NSA surveillance reform in vindication for Snowden
3 June 2015, Guardian: Back from the dead: US officials to ask secret court to revive NSA surveillance
3 June 2015, NYT: U.S. Surveillance in Place Since 9/11 Is Sharply Limited
2 June 2015, Yahoo News: AP: FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US cities
2 June 2015, WSJ: Congress Reins In NSA's Spying Powers
1 June 2015, WSJ: U.S. Spy Architecture Pared Back as Part of Patriot Act Expires
March 2013-May 2015, Yahoo: FBI: 3 National Security Letters to Yahoo (PDF)
28 May 2015, Nautilus Institute: Ball et al: Expanded Communications Satellite Surveillance and Intelligence Activities utilising Multi-beam Antenna Systems (PDF)
22 May 2015, Guardian: Edward Snowden: NSA reform in the US is only the beginning
May 2015, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the FBI's Use of Section 215 Orders: Assessment of Progress in Implementing Recommendations and Examination of Use in 2007 through 2009 (PDF)
21 May 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities (PDF)
20 May 2015, Pew Research Center: Americans' Attitudes About Privacy, Security and Surveillance (PDF)
20 May 2015, NYT: Tech Giants Urge Obama to Reject Policies That Weaken Encryption
19 May 2015, Civil Society Organizations, Companies and Trade Associations, Security and Policy Experts: Letter to Pres. Obama re. strong encryption technology, U.S. technology industry (PDF)
19 May 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Stored Communications Act: Reform of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) (PDF)
19 May 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief (PDF)
11 May 2015, Intercept: Speech Recognition is NSA's Best-Kept Open Secret
9 May 2015, NYT: Court Ruling on N.S.A.'s Data Collection Jolts Both Defenders and Reformers
8 May 2015, NYT: N.S.A. Collection of Bulk Call Data Is Ruled Illegal
7 May 2015, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit: ACLU v. DNI Clapper, NSA Dir. Rogers, DOD Sec. Carter, AG Lynch, FBI Dir. Comey (PDF)
7 May 2015, Guardian: NSA mass phone surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden ruled illegal
7 May 2015, WP: NSA program on phone records is illegal, court rules
7 May 2015, Reuters: NSA's phone spying program ruled illegal by appeals court
5 May 2015, Intercept: How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
1 May 2015, NYT: Germany Is Accused of Helping N.S.A. Spy on European Allies
1 May 2015, NYT: Patriot Act Faces Revisions Backed by Both Parties
26 April 2015, NYT: Russian Hackers Read Obama's Unclassified Emails, Officials Say
25 April 2015, NYT: Declassified Report Shows Doubts About Value of N.S.A.'s Warrantless Spying
23 April 2015, Yahoo News: AP: Tension in court as 4 Minnesota men held on terror charges
22 April 2015, Spiegel: A War Waged From German Soil: US Ramstein Base Key in Drone Attacks
22 April 2015, NYT: Lawyers' Group Seeks Overhaul of a Postal Service Surveillance Program
21 April 2015, Frontline: American Terrorist
20 April 2015, Democracy Now: FBI Informant Exposes Sting Operation Targeting Innocent Americans in New "(T)ERROR" Documentary
20 April 2015, Democracy Now: Listen: Extended interview with Khalifah al-Akili from Federal Prison; Says FBI Tried to Entrap Him
19 April 2015, New Zealand Herald: Leaked papers reveal NZ plan to spy on China for US
18 April 2015, Intercept: New Zealand Plotted Hack on China With NSA
17 April 2015, Intercept: Germany is the Tell-Tale Heart of America's Drone War
15 April 2015, USAF: Air Force Space Command: Fact Sheet: Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP)
13 April 2015, NYT: Terrorism Case Renews Debate Over Drone Hits
10 April 2015, Guardian: Stingray spying: FBI's secret deal with police hides phone dragnet from courts
9 April 2015, Baltimore Sun: Baltimore Police used secret technology to track cellphones in thousands of cases
8 April 2015, USA Today: U.S. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades
7 April 2015, PBS NewsHour: How can we return privacy control to social media users?
5 April 2015, Internet Archive: Last Week Tonight: Edward Snowden
2 April 2015, FBO: DHS: ICE: Draft RFP: Access to License Plate Reader Commercial Data Service (PDF)
2 April 2015, WP: A year after firestorm, DHS wants access to license-plate tracking system
1 April 2015, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In the Matter of the 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (Consent Motion to Unseal, Consent Order, Attachments) (PDF)
March 2015, FBI: 9/11 Review Commission: The FBI: Protecting the Homeland in the 21st Century (PDF)
27 March 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: The United Kingdom: Background and Relations with the United States (PDF)
24 March 2015, WSJ: Israel Denies Spying on U.S.
(Undated), CBC News: CSEC: CSEC Cyber Threat Capabilities: SIGINT and ITS: an end-to-end approach (PDF)
23 March 2015, CBC News: From hacking to attacking, a look at Canada's cyberwarfare tools
23 March 2015, CBC News: Communication Security Establishment's cyberwarfare toolbox revealed
23 March 2015, NYT: Out of Yemen, U.S. Is Hobbled in Terror Fight
23 March 2015, WSJ: Israel Spied on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S.
19 March 2015, DHS: Privacy Impact Assessment for the Acquisition and Use of License Plate Reader Data from a Commercial Service (PDF)
16 March 2015, Security Journal: From surveillance to torture: The evolution of US interrogation practices during the War on Terror (PDF)
16 March 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cybersecurity and Information Sharing: Legal Challenges and Solutions (PDF)
(Undated), Intercept: US District Court, Middle District FL: US v. Osmakac (Exhibit 2 to Government's Motion in Limine Regarding Overhear Recordings) (PDF)
16 March 2015, Intercept: The Sting: How the FBI Created a Terrorist
(Undated), Cryptome: Michael Best: Exclusively Relying on Tor Risks Detection and Exposure for Whistleblowers (PDF)
13 March 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, by Topic (PDF)
12 March 2015, arXiv: Schroff et al, Google Inc.: FaceNet: A Unified Embedding for Face Recognition and Clustering (PDF)
March 2015, UK Parliament: Office of Science & Technology: The darknet and online anonymity (PDF)
11 March 2015, New Zealand Herald: Snowden revelations: NZ's spy reach stretches across globe
11 March 2015, US District Court, DC: Associated Press v. DOS (Complaint) (PDF)
10 March 2015, Intercept: New Zealand Targets Trade Partners, Hacks Computers in Spy Operations
(Undated), Intercept: GCHQ: Mobile Handset Exploitation Team: Capability - iPhone (PDF)
10 March 2015, Intercept: The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets
9 March 2015, US District Court, Southern District NY: Merrill v. AG Holder, FBI Director Comey (Declaration of Nicholas Merrill) (PDF)
8 March 2015, Sunday Star-Times: Snowden files: Inside Waihopai's domes
7 March 2015, Intercept: Documents Shine Light on Shadowy New Zealand Surveillance Base
7 March 2015, NYT: C.I.A. to Be Overhauled to Fight Modern Threats
6 March 2015, ODNI: Release of Documents Concerning Activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
6 March 2015, WP: CIA plans major reorganization and a focus on digital espionage
4 March 2015, Intercept: New Zealand Spies on Neighbors in Secret 'Five Eyes' Global Surveillance
5 March 2015, New Zealand Herald: Snowden revelations: The price of the Five Eyes club: Mass spying on friendly nations
3 March 2015, WP: 'FREAK' flaw undermines security for Apple and Google users, researchers discover
3 March 2015, Democracy Now: Chomsky on Snowden & Why NSA Surveillance Doesn't Stop Terror While the U.S. Drone War Creates It
March 2015, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression: Snowden Digital Surveillance Archive
26 February 2015, ODNI: FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
20 February 2015, NSA/CSS: OIG: Implementation of §215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and §702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (ST-14-0002) (PDF)
19 February 2015, Intercept: The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle
13 February 2015, Federal Register: WH: Executive Order 13691: Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing (PDF)
February 2015, Kaspersky Lab: Equation Group: Questions and Answers (PDF)
February 2015, WH: National Security Strategy (PDF)
4 February 2015, Independent: Facebook signs users up to privacy policy that allows it to track you everywhere on the internet
3 February 2015, ODNI: Signals Intelligence Reform: 2015 Anniversary Report
January 2015, Internet Archive: Stanley Nelson: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
January 2015, CIA, DEA, DHS, DOD, DOE, DOS, DOT, FBI, NRO, NSA, ODNI, USCG: Presidential Policy Directive 28: Signals Intelligence Activities (PPD-28): Policies and Procedures (PDF, ZIP)
29 January 2015, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: Recommendations Assessment Report (PDF)
28 January 2015, CBC News: How Canada's spy agency hunts extremists through file-sharing sites
28 January 2015, CBC News: CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents
28 January 2015, Intercept: Canada Casts Global Surveillance Dragnet Over File Downloads
28 January 2015, NYT: Documents Show N.S.A.'s Wiretap Moves Before Congress's Approval
27 January 2015, Spiegel: Source Code Similarities: Experts Unmask 'Regin' Trojan as NSA Tool
26 January 2015, Intercept: Secret 'BADASS' Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones
26 January 2015, NYT: Verizon's Mobile 'Supercookies' Seen as Threat to Privacy
24 January 2015, GNUnet: Grothoff et al: NSA's MORECOWBELL: Knell for DNS (PDF)
(Undated), Monde: NSA/CSS: Threat Operations Center: MORECOWBELL: A Covert HTTP/DNS Monitoring System for Operations Support (excerpt) (PDF)
23 January 2015, YouTube: Harvard Institute for Applied Computational Science: Bruce Schneier and Edward Snowden @ Harvard Data Privacy Symposium
22 January 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: National Security Letters: Proposals in the 113th Congress (PDF)
19 January 2015, Guardian: GCHQ captured emails of journalists from top international media
19 January 2015, NYT: N.S.A. Breached North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say
(Undated), Spiegel: NSA: Is there "fifth party" collection? (PDF)
17 January 2015, Spiegel: The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future Battle
15 January 2015, US District Court, DC: USA v. Hassanshahi (Declaration of Robert Patterson) (PDF)
15 January 2015, Guardian: Secret US cybersecurity report: encryption vital to protect private data
15 January 2015, NYT: C.I.A. Officers Are Cleared in Senate Computer Search
14 January 2015, WP: Holder tightens investigators' guidelines in cases involving news media
12 January 2015, Guardian: David Cameron pledges anti-terror law for internet after Paris attacks
12 January 2015, NYT: F.B.I. Is Broadening Surveillance Role, Report Shows
6 January 2015, GPO: US Congress: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 (USA FREEDOM Act) (PDF)
6 January 2015, WP: U.S. surveillance drones largely ineffective along border, report says
5 January 2015, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cyber Operations in DOD Policy and Plans: Issues for Congress (PDF)
December 2014, Police Technical: Aaron Edens: Cell Phone Investigations: Ch. 1: Search Warrants (PDF)
December 2014, CIA: Final Report of the Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation Network Agency Accountability Board (PDF)
December 2014, European Parliament: Science and Technology Options Assessment: Mass Surveillance: Part 2: Technology foresight, options for longer-term security and privacy improvements (PDF)
December 2014, European Parliament: Science and Technology Options Assessment: Mass Surveillance: Part 1: Risks and opportunities raised by the current generation of network services and applications (PDF)
28 December 2014, Spiegel: Obama's Lists: A Dubious History of Targeted Killings in Afghanistan
28 December 2014, Spiegel: NSA Documents: Attacks on VPN, SSL, TLS, SSH, Tor
28 December 2014, Spiegel: Prying Eyes: Inside the NSA's War on Internet Security
26 December 2014, Intercept: NSA Drops Christmas Eve Surprise
26 December 2014, Guardian: ACLU accuses NSA of using holiday lull to 'minimise impact' of documents
24 December 2014, DHS: OIG: U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Unmanned Aircraft System Program Does Not Achieve Intended Results or Recognize All Costs of Operations (PDF)
24 December 2014, Bloomberg: U.S. Spy Agency Reports Improper Surveillance of Americans
22 December 2014, NYT: Missed Signals Before the Mumbai Attacks
22 December 2014, NYT: In 2008 Mumbai Attacks, Piles of Spy Data, but an Uncompleted Puzzle
20 December 2014, NYT: Investigators Said to Seek No Penalty for C.I.A.'s Computer Search
19 December 2014, Guardian: Pentagon anti-bomb force 'improperly retained' information on Americans
19 December 2014, Yahoo News: AP: Poll: Americans skeptical of commercial drones
18 December 2014, WP: German researchers discover a flaw that could let anyone listen to your cell calls
18 December 2014, WP: Spy helped unmask 3 Cuban spy networks, U.S. officials say
13 December 2014, Intercept: Operation Socialist: The Inside Story of How British Spies Hacked Belgium's Largest Telco
13 December 2014, NYT: Documents Shed New Light on Legal Wrangling Over Spying in U.S.
11 December 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Legislation to Facilitate Cybersecurity Information Sharing: Economic Analysis (PDF)
10 December 2014, US House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: U.S. Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Integration, Oversight, and Competitiveness (PDF)
5 December 2014, @Paulmd199: GCHQ Cable Radioactivity Chart
4 December 2014, ODNI: FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
December 2014, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1969-1976: Volume XXXVIII: Part 2: Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy, 1973-1976 (PDF)
November 2014, Cryptome: Laura Poitras: Citizenfour (documentary re. Edward Snowden) (MP4, 7Z)
November 2014, European Parliament: The ECHELON Affair: The EP and the global interception system 1998-2002 (PDF)
19 November 2014, Sen. Franken: Letter to Uber CEO Kalanick re. customer privacy, geolocation data (PDF)
19 November 2014, USPS: OIG: Oral Statement: Ensuring Data Security at the Postal Service (PDF)
17 November 2014, Daily Show: Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) Extended Interview
15 November 2014, NYT: Justice Dept. Apologizes for Inaccuracy in National Security Letters Case
12 November 2014, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Association of Global Automakers: Consumer Privacy Protection Principles: Privacy Principles for Vehicle Technologies and Services (PDF)
6 November 2014, Daily Show: James Risen (Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War)
2 November 2014, WSJ: Berlin Weighs Possible Hit to U.S. Tech Firms
29 October 2014, Guardian: FBI demands new powers to hack into computers and carry out surveillance
28 October 2014, NYT: Report Reveals Wider Tracking of Mail in U.S.
October 2014, Experian Marketing Services: Mosaic USA: The consumer classification solution for consistent cross-channel marketing (PDF)
23 October 2014, Mother Jones: The Making of the Warrior Cop
22 October 2014, 2600: Off the Hook: Interview with Steven Rambam, excerpts from HOPE talks (MP3)
16 October 2014, Guardian: FBI director attacks tech companies for embracing new modes of encryption
13 October 2014, PBS NewsHour: Are the costs of security at 'any price' too high?
(Undated), Intercept: NSA: Sentry Eagle National Initiative -- Security Framework (PDF)
(Undated), Intercept: NSA/CSS: National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) and U.S. Strategic Command Joint Functional Component Command -- Network Warfare (JFCC-NW): National Initiative Protection Program -- Sentry Eagle (Draft) (PDF)
(Undated), Intercept: NSA: NSA/CSS and JFCC-NW National Initiative Task -- Security Framework (PDF)
10 October 2014, Intercept: Core Secrets: NSA Saboteurs in China and Germany
7 October 2014, NSA: NSA Director of Civil Liberties and Privacy Office Report: NSA's Civil Liberties and Privacy Protections for Targeted SIGINT Activities Under Executive Order 12333 (PDF)
7 October 2014, US District Court, Northern District CA: Twitter Inc v. DOJ, FBI (Complaint for Declaratory Judgment) (PDF)
2 October 2014, Intercept: James Bamford: The NSA and Me
1 October 2014, ODNI: Data Mining Report for Calendar Year 2013 (PDF)
30 September 2014, ODNI: Office of the Director of National Intelligence Classification Guide 2.1 (ODNI CG 2.1) (PDF)
29 September 2014, Journal of National Security Law & Policy: Under the Radar: NSA's Efforts to Secure Private-Sector Telecommunications Infrastructure (PDF)
29 September 2014, Intercept: The Ghost of Ronald Reagan Authorizes Most NSA Spying
29 September 2014, ACLU: Executive Order 12333 -- FOIA Lawsuit
29 September 2014, ACLU: New Documents Shed Light on One of the NSA's Most Powerful Tools
29 September 2014, NYT: Chertoff Group: A Review of Security Requirements for Local Number Portability Administration (PDF)
29 September 2014, NYT: Spy Agencies Urge Caution on Phone Deal
27 September 2014, NYT: Signaling Post-Snowden Era, New iPhone Locks Out N.S.A.
26 September 2014, Daily Dot: The NSA is renting its technology to U.S. companies
15 September 2014, WikiLeaks: The Spy Files 4
15 September 2014, Intercept: Edward Snowden: New Zealand's Prime Minister Isn't Telling the Truth About Mass Surveillance
15 September 2014, Intercept: New Zealand Launched Mass Surveillance Project While Publicly Denying It
14 September 2014, Spiegel: Treasure Map: The NSA Breach of Telekom and Other German Firms
(Undated), Intercept: NSA/CSS: Threat Operations Center: Treasure Map: Bad guys are everywhere, good guys are somewhere (PDF)
(Undated), Intercept: GCHQ: NAC BUDE Partnership: Satellite Teleport Knowledge (PDF)
14 September 2014, Intercept: The NSA and GCHQ Campaign Against German Satellite Companies
11 September 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
7 September 2014, NYT: Redactions in U.S. Memo Leave Doubts on Data Surveillance Program
5 September 2014, Intercept: The U.S. Government's Secret Plans to Spy for American Corporations
3 September 2014, arXiv: Falahrastegar et al, Univ. of London: Anatomy of the Third-Party Web Tracking Ecosystem (PDF)
August 2014, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of National Security Letters: Assessment of Progress in Implementing Recommendations and Examination of Use in 2007 through 2009 (PDF)
(Undated), Spiegel: GCHQ: Turkey at the G20 pre-meeting in London September 2-5 2009 (PDF)
31 August 2014, Spiegel: Turkey Is 'Partner and Target' for the NSA
27 August 2014, FISC: In re Orders of This Court Interpreting Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act (Submission of the United States in Response to the Court's August 7, 2014 Order) (PDF)
27 August 2014, Democracy Now: NSA Creates Google-Like Search Engine to Help Other Agencies Access Collected Phone, Email Records
26 August 2014, NYT: FISC: (redacted) (Memorandum Opinion and Order, Orders) (PDF)
25 August 2014, Intercept: The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google
24 August 2014, 60 Minutes: The Data Brokers: Selling your personal information (Update)
23 August 2014, WP: U.S. strikes in Syria against Islamic State would be hindered by intelligence gaps
August 2014, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of National Security Letters: Assessment of Progress in Implementing Recommendations and Examination of Use in 2007 through 2009 (PDF)
(Undated), Heise: GCHQ: JTRIG: What is HACIENDA? (PDF)
14 August 2014, NYT: Reagan-Era Order on Surveillance Violates Rights, Says Departing Aide
13 August 2014, NYT: Two Sets of Rules for Surveillance, Within U.S. and on Foreign Soil
13 August 2014, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald Criticizes NPR for Relying on CIA-Linked Firm in Report on Impact of Snowden Leaks
13 August 2014, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Intel Agencies Provide "Key Ingredient" in Enabling Israeli Aggression in Gaza
12 August 2014, Intercept: NPR Is Laundering CIA Talking Points to Make You Scared of NSA Reporting
11 August 2014, ODNI: Newly Declassified Documents Regarding the Now-Discontinued NSA Bulk Electronic Communications Metadata Pursuant to Section 402 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
11 August 2014, WP: Why F/A-18F Super Hornets dropped the first U.S. bombs in Iraq
7 August 2014, US District Court, Eastern District VA: USA v. Akbar (Indictment) (re. StealthGenie) (PDF)
7 August 2014, FISC: In re Orders of This Court Interpreting Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act (Opinion and Order Directing Declassification of Redacted Opinion) (PDF)
7 August 2014, FISC: In re Orders of This Court Interpreting Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act (Opinion and Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration) (PDF)
7 August 2014, Sen. Grassley: Letter to DEA Administrator Leonhart re. Confidential Passenger Name Reservation Identification (PDF)
(Undated), Intercept: National Counterterrorism Center: Directorate of Terrorist Identities (DTI) Strategic Accomplishments 2013 (PDF)
5 August 2014, Intercept: Barack Obama's Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers
5 August 2014, WP: More than 1 million people are listed in U.S. terrorism database
4 August 2014, Intercept: Cash, Weapons and Surveillance: the U.S. is a Key Party to Every Israeli Attack
4 August 2014, Guardian: AP: USAID programme used young Latin Americans to incite Cuba rebellion
4 August 2014, NYT: Wealth Managers Enlist Spy Tools to Map Portfolios
3 August 2014, Guardian: Israel spied on John Kerry during failed peace talks -- report
3 August 2014, Spiegel: Israel Eavesdropped on John Kerry in Mideast Talks
1 August 2014, Democracy Now: The CIA's Other Spy Scandal: Agency Monitored Emails Between Congress & Whistleblowing Officials
July 2014, Human Rights Watch; Columbia Law School, Human Rights Clinic: Illusion of Justice: Human Rights Abuses in US Terrorism Prosecutions (PDF)
July 2014, Daily Dot: NSA: Technology Transfer Program: 2014 Technology Catalog (PDF)
31 July 2014, NYT: Checking In From Home Leaves Entry for Hackers
31 July 2014, NYT: CIA: OIG: Summary of Report (re. CIA, SSCI, RDINet) (PDF)
July 2014, Medill National Security Journalism Initiative: How to Avoid Legal Trouble Over Sources and Secrets (PDF)
July 2014, Open Technology Institute: Surveillance Costs: The NSA's Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom & Cybersecurity (PDF)
30 July 2014, Secrecy News: Identity Intelligence and Special Operations
29 July 2014, PBS NewsHour: Report examines effects of surveillance on reporters' sources
29 July 2014, Democracy Now: Mass U.S. Surveillance Targeting Journalists and Lawyers Seen as Threat to American Democracy
29 July 2014, Democracy Now: Jeremy Scahill: Leaked U.S. Terrorist Watchlist Rulebook Reveals "Global Stop and Frisk Program"
28 July 2014, NYT: FISC: (redacted) (Government's Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications and Related Procedures, Ex Parte Submission of Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications and Amended Certifications; Attachments) (PDF)
28 July 2014, FISC: Exhibit E: Minimization Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended (PDF)
25 July 2014, WP: How spy agencies keep their 'toys' from law enforcement
July 2014, Human Rights Watch; ACLU: With Liberty to Monitor All: How Large-Scale US Surveillance is Harming Journalism, Law, and American Democracy (PDF)
(Undated), WP: NSA: SIGINT Authority decision tree (JPG)
19 July 2014, YouTube: HOPE X: Steve Rambam: You've Lost Privacy, Now They're Taking Anonymity: Whistleblowing is Dead -- Get Over It
18 July 2014, CIA: OIG: Report of Investigation: Agency Access to the SSCI Shared Drive on RDINet (PDF)
18 July 2014, YouTube: HOPE X: Ray Nowosielski: Unmasking a CIA Criminal
18 July 2014, WP: Meet Executive Order 12333: The Reagan rule that lets the NSA spy on Americans
16 July 2014, FAS: DOD: JCS: Joint Publication 3-05: Special Operations (JP 3-05) (PDF)
July 2014, Human Rights Watch; Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School: Illusion of Justice: Human Rights Abuses in US Terrorism Prosecutions (PDF)
14 July 2014, Intercept: Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the Internet
11 July 2014, WP: How 160,000 intercepted communications led to our latest NSA story
10 July 2014, NYT: Chinese Hackers Pursue Key Data on U.S. Workers
10 July 2014, Democracy Now: Spied on for Being Muslim? NSA Targets Named in Snowden Leaks Respond to U.S. Gov't Surveillance
9 July 2014, All In: Glenn Greenwald names names
9 July 2014, Intercept: Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On
8 July 2014, Guardian: US military studied how to influence Twitter users in Darpa-funded research
5 July 2014, WP: Communication breakdown
5 July 2014, WP: In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are
3 July 2014, Panorama: NSA: XKeyscore rules
3 July 2014, Panorama: NSA targets the privacy-conscious
2 July 2014, NYT: After Uproar, European Regulators Question Facebook on Psychological Testing
2 July 2014, WSJ: Facebook's New Ad Effort Focuses on Emerging Markets
2 July 2014, WSJ: Facebook Experiments Had Few Limits
2 July 2014, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (PDF)
1 July 2014, NYT: Should Facebook Manipulate Users? Jaron Lanier on Lack of Transparency in Facebook Study
June 2014, Privacy Surgeon: A Crisis of Accountability: A global analysis of the impact of the Snowden revelations (PDF)
30 June 2014, Guardian: NSA searched data troves for 198 'identifiers' of Americans' information
30 June 2014, WP: Court gave NSA broad leeway in surveillance, documents show
30 June 2014, NYT: Facebook Tinkers With Users' Emotions in News Feed Experiment, Stirring Outcry
30 June 2014, WSJ: It's Time to Talk Seriously About Facebook's Awesome Power
30 June 2014, WSJ: How Researchers Classified Facebook Posts as 'Happy' or 'Sad'
30 June 2014, WSJ: Furor Erupts Over Facebook's Experiment on Users
27 June 2014, WP: U.S. releases data on sensitive surveillance programs for first time
June 2014, FAS: Army: ATP 3-34.80: Geospatial Engineering (PDF)
(Undated), WP: NSA: Smart Target Enhancement Program: Non-targetable 2nd Party Countries, Territories & Individuals (PDF)
26 June 2014, ODNI: Statistical Transparency Report Regarding use of National Security Authorities: Annual Statistics for Calendar Year 2013 (PDF)
25 June 2014, Supreme Court of the US: Riley v. California (PDF)
22 June 2014, @Paulmd199: Look Out For Falling Redactions (PDF)
21 June 2014, NYT: House Votes to Curb N.S.A. Scrutiny of Americans' Communications
19 June 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Memorandum Opinion) (PDF)
19 June 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
19 June 2014, Dagbladet Information: NSA 'third party' partners tap the Internet backbone in global surveillance program
(Undated), Spiegel: NSA: PRISM (US-984XN) Based Reporting: June 2011-May 2012 (PDF)
(Undated), Spiegel: NSA: SIGAD Listing (PDF)
(Undated), Spiegel: NSA: Running Strategic Analytics Affecting Europe and Africa (excerpts) (PDF)
18 June 2014, Spiegel: The NSA in Germany: Snowden's Documents Available for Download
18 June 2014, Spiegel: New NSA Revelations: Inside Snowden's Germany File
18 June 2014, Spiegel: Spying Together: Germany's Deep Cooperation with the NSA
18 June 2014, Intercept: How Secret Partners Expand NSA's Surveillance Dragnet
13 June 2014, ProPublica: Everything We Know About What Data Brokers Know About You
10 June 2014, Cryptome: DEA/NSA SANDKEY Voice Intercepts (PDF)
10 June 2014, Good Times: NSA Identity Intelligence Data Fields
8 June 2014, @Paulmd199: NSA SIGAD Reporting Tabulation (PDF)
5 June 2014, EFF: 65 Things We Know About NSA Surveillance That We Didn't Know a Year Ago
5 June 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: The Fourth Amendment Third-Party Doctrine (PDF)
5 June 2014, NYT: Germany Begins Inquiry of U.S. in Surveillance Case
3 June 2014, US District Court, Southern District NY: NYT, Savage v. DOJ (Complaint) (PDF)
2 June 2014, FBI: U.S. Leads Multi-National Action Against GameOver Zeus Botnet and Cryptolocker Ransomware, Charges Botnet Administrator
1 June 2014, NYT: N.S.A. Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images
(Undated), NYT: NSA: Identity Intelligence: Image is Everything (excerpts) (PDF)
May 2014, Project SALAM; National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms: Inventing Terrorists: The Lawfare of Preemptive Prosecution (PDF)
30 May 2014, YouTube: ZKM Institute for Visual Media: Noam Chomsky: Driving forces in US policy
30 May 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, by Topic (PDF)
29 May 2014, Internet Archive: NBC News: Inside the Mind of Edward Snowden
28 May 2014, USPS: OIG: Postal Inspection Service Mail Covers Program Audit Report (fewer redactions) (PDF)
28 May 2014, USPS: OIG: Postal Inspection Service Mail Covers Program Audit Report (PDF)
27 May 2014, WP: Brokers use 'billions' of data points to profile Americans
May 2014, EOP: President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology: Report to the President: Big Data and Privacy: A Technological Perspective (PDF)
May 2014, FTC: Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability (PDF)
23 May 2014, NYT: House Passes Restraints on Bulk Data Collection
22 May 2014, YouTube: Durham Univ.: Noam Chomsky: Surviving the 21st Century
21 May 2014, US District Court, Western District WA: In re National Security Letter (Order) (PDF)
21 May 2014, NYT: Changes to Surveillance Bill Stoke Anger
20 May 2014, US District Court, Eastern District VA: In re Search Warrant Issued to Lavabit, LLC (Order) (PDF)
20 May 2014, Frontline: United States of Secrets: Part Two: Privacy Lost
19 May 2014, YouTube: Chatham House: Noam Chomsky: Rethinking US Foreign Policy
19 May 2014, @Paulmd199: Toward the identity of "Country X" in MYSTIC (PDF)
(Undated), Intercept: NSA: SSO Dictionary (excerpt) (PDF)
(Undated), Intercept: NSA: SSO: MYSTIC (excerpt) (PDF)
19 May 2014, Intercept: Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas
16 May 2014, All In: Hating on Glenn Greenwald
16 May 2014, All In: No place to hide
16 May 2014, @Paulmd199: A look at the documents in No Place to Hide (PDF)
15 May 2014, PBS NewsHour: Glenn Greenwald on 'limitless' ambitions of NSA
15 May 2014, Cryptome: Cisco Systems: Chairman-CEO Chambers letter to Pres. Obama re. NSA interception of IT equipment (PDF)
May 2014, Glenn Greenwald: Index from No Place to Hide (PDF)
May 2014, Glenn Greenwald: Notes from No Place to Hide (PDF)
May 2014, Glenn Greenwald: Documents from No Place to Hide (PDF)
May 2014, Glenn Greenwald: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (EPUB)
13 May 2014, Frontline: United States of Secrets: Part One: The Program
9 May 2014, NYT: House Panel Advances Bill on N.S.A. Collection of Phone Data
8 May 2014, FTC: In the Matter of Snapchat, Inc., a corporation (Complaint, Agreement Containing Consent Order) (PDF)
7 May 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC): Selection of Judges (PDF)
7 May 2014, NYT: Rival House Bills Aim to Rein In N.S.A. Phone Data Program
5 May 2014, Cryptome: Snowden Redactions Tally
4 May 2014, Internet Archive: Inside Man: Privacy
30 April 2014, DOJ: Annual Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Report to Congress (PDF)
28 April 2014, Secrecy News: ODNI Seeks to Obscure CIA Role in Human Intelligence
26 April 2014, NYT: Phone Company Bid to Keep Data From N.S.A. Is Rejected
24 April 2014, Cryptome: National Intelligence Priorities Framework Reconstruction v4
24 April 2014, @Paulmd199: National Intelligence Priorities Framework Reconstruction v4 (PDF)
22 April 2014, US District Court, Southern District NY: Tanvir et al v. AG Holder, FBI Director Comey, TSC Director Piehota, DHS Secretary Johnson, et al (First Amended Complaint) (PDF)
19 April 2014, NYT: Heartbleed Highlights a Contradiction in the Web
18 April 2014, arXiv: Jagerman et al: The fifteen year struggle of decentralizing privacy-enhancing technology (PDF)
16 April 2014, NSA: NSA Director of Civil Liberties and Privacy Office Report: NSA's Implementation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 (PDF)
16 April 2014, US District Court, Southern District NY: USA v. Hammond (Sentencing Memorandum on Behalf of Jeremy Hammond) (PDF)
16 April 2014, Democracy Now: New York Drops Police Unit that Spied on Muslims, But Will It End Broader Profiling & Surveillance?
15 April 2014, YouTube: Harvard Book Store: Glenn Greenwald (No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State) and Noam Chomsky
13 April 2014, NYT: Obama Lets N.S.A. Exploit Some Internet Flaws, Officials Say
12 April 2014, Bloomberg: NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years
11 April 2014, Guardian: CIA and White House under pressure after Senate torture report leaks
10 April 2014, NYT: Profiling Rules Said to Give F.B.I. Tactical Leeway
8 April 2014, DOD: Instruction 3115.08: Collection of Information on Non-U.S. Persons Outside the United States at the Request of U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) (PDF)
4 April 2014, Intercept: The "Cuban Twitter" Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket
4 April 2014, Guardian: DOD: OIG: Investigation of a Hotline Allegation of a Questionable Intelligence Activity Concerning the Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) Counter-IED Operations/Intelligence Integration Center (COIC) (PDF)
4 April 2014, Democracy Now: Is USAID the New CIA? Agency Secretly Built Cuban Twitter Program to Fuel Anti-Castro Protests
3 April 2014, Guardian: White House denies 'Cuban Twitter' ZunZuneo programme was covert
3 April 2014, Guardian: AP: US secretly created 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest and undermine government
3 April 2014, Yahoo News: AP: US secretly built 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest
2 April 2014, NYT: Letter Tells of U.S. Searches for Emails and Calls
2 April 2014, Democracy Now: Dragnet Nation: Do Google, Facebook Know More Private Info Than NSA and Soviet-Era Secret Police?
1 April 2015, Intercept: FBI: Counterterrorism Policy Directive and Policy Guide (excerpts) (PDF)
1 April 2014, Guardian: NSA performed warrantless searches on Americans' calls and emails -- Clapper
1 April 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities and Recent Developments (PDF)
March 2014, Chakravarty et al, Columbia Univ.: On the Effectiveness of Traffic Analysis Against Anonymity Networks Using Flow Records (PDF)
March 2014, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1969-1976: Volume XXXV: National Security Policy, 1973-1976 (PDF)
31 March 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts: A Brief Overview (PDF)
31 March 2014, Intercept: NSA Blows Its Own Top Secret Program in Order to Propagandize
31 March 2014, WSJ: Federal Agents Pierce Tor Web-Anonymity Tool
29 March 2014, Intercept: Der Spiegel: NSA Put Merkel on List of 122 Targeted Leaders
29 March 2014, Spiegel: GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies
29 March 2014, CSM: Defense lawyers: Did FBI pressure push Boston bomber over the edge?
28 March 2014, US District Court, Western District WA: Panagacos et al v. Towery et al (Deposition Upon Oral Examination of John J. Towery) (PDF)
26 March 2014, Cryptome: Nature: The ultimate physical limits of privacy (PDF)
25 March 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Kramer, Facebook Core Data Science Team, et al: Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks (PDF)
23 March 2014, NYT: N.S.A. Breached Chinese Servers Seen as Security Threat
22 March 2014, Spiegel: NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm
March 2014, US House: Committee on Homeland Security: The Road to Boston: Counterterrorism Challenges and Lessons from the Marathon Bombings (PDF)
21 March 2014, Cryptome: Snowden Releases by ACLU, EFF, Cryptome
21 March 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Opinion and Order) (PDF)
21 March 2014, Democracy Now: As Surveillance Costs Fall, Could the NSA Gain Ability to Record & Replay Every Call, Everywhere?
20 March 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Opinion and Order) (PDF)
19 March 2014, Guardian: US tech giants knew of NSA data collection, agency's top lawyer insists
19 March 2014, FAIR: The NSA Built a 'Time Machine'--but Washington Post Won't Say Where
(Undated), WP: NSA: SSO: Tasking of SCALAWAG (PDF)
18 March 2014, WP: NSA surveillance program reaches 'into the past' to retrieve, replay phone calls
16 March 2014, Narcosphere: War of Words Between Sen. Dianne Feinstein and CIA Is Empty Rhetoric
12 March 2014, Intercept: How the NSA Plans to Infect 'Millions' of Computers with Malware
12 March 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Opinion and Order) (PDF)
12 March 2014, NYT: N.S.A. Timeline of Surveillance Law Developments
12 March 2014, NYT: How a Court Secretly Evolved, Extending U.S. Spies' Reach
11 March 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Notice of Entry of Temporary Restraining Order Against the United States and Motion for Temporary Relief from Subparagraph (3)E of Primary Order) (PDF)
11 March 2014, US Senate: Feinstein Statement on Intelligence Committee's CIA Detention, Interrogation Report (PDF)
9 March 2014, 60 Minutes: The Data Brokers: Selling your personal information
(Undated), DOD: Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy: DCITA FY14 Course Map (PDF)
7 March 2014, European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: Edward Snowden testimony re. Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens (PDF)
6 March 2014, NYT: Computer Searches at Center of Dispute on C.I.A. Detentions
5 March 2014, McNeal, Pepperdine Univ. School of Law: Targeted Killing and Accountability (PDF)
5 March 2014, Z: Noam Chomsky: Government Security is a Public in the Dark
5 March 2014, Guardian: US government moves to drop key charges against Barrett Brown
5 March 2014, US District Court, Northern District TX: USA v. Barrett Brown (Motion to Dismiss the Indictment) (PDF)
5 March 2014, Guardian: CIA and senators in bitter dispute over Capitol Hill spying claims
5 March 2014, Guardian: Obama knew CIA secretly monitored intelligence committee, senator claims
5 March 2014, NYT: C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program
4 March 2014, Cryptome: DNI ICD 304 Redacted and Unredacted (PDF)
4 March 2014, McClatchy: Probe: Did the CIA spy on the U.S. Senate?
4 March 2014, Guardian: Attorneys for Barrett Brown want case on linking to hacked material dismissed
4 March 2014, Secrecy News: Disclosure of FISA Court Opinions: Legal Issues (CRS)
3 March 2014, NYT: Documents Released on U.S. Wiretapping Since Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks
(redacted), ACLU: FISC: (redacted, PR/TT (redacted)) (Opinion and Order re. email, NSA pen registers/trap and trace devices) (PDF)
27 February 2014, Intercept: The Moazzam Begg Arrest: Part of the Effort to Criminalize Muslim Political Dissent
27 February 2014, Guardian: Yahoo webcam images from millions of users intercepted by GCHQ
25 February 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Motion for Second Amendment to Primary Order) (PDF)
24 February 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Disclosure of FISA Opinions--Select Legal Issues (PDF)
19 February 2014, arXiv: Chaabane et al, INRIA: Censorship in the Wild: Analyzing Web Filtering in Syria (PDF)
18 February 2014, Intercept: Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its Supporters
16 February 2014, NYT: Spying by N.S.A. Ally Entangled U.S. Law Firm
15 February 2014, Guardian: Australia spied on Indonesia talks with US law firm in 2013
12 February 2014, FAS: Army: FM 3-38: Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (PDF)
12 February 2014, NIST: Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (PDF)
10 February 2014, Intercept: The NSA's Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program
February 2014, Quadrature du Net: NSA Observer
6 February 2014, FISC: In re Orders of this Court Interpreting Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act (Second Submission of the United States in Response to the Court's November 20, 2013 Order) (PDF)
5 February 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Order Granting the Government's Motion to Amend the Court's Primary Order Dated January 3, 2014) (PDF)
5 February 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things (Motion for Amendment to Primary Order) (PDF)
31 January 2014, NYT: Obama Picks a Cyber Expert to Lead N.S.A.
30 January 2014, CBC News: CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Edward Snowden documents
30 January 2014, @Paulmd199: NSA redaction fails (PDF)
29 January 2014, ODNI: DNI Clapper Statement to SSCI re. Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community (PDF)
29 January 2014, Wikipedia: Global surveillance disclosures (2013-present) (PDF)
29 January 2014, Wikipedia: Edward Snowden (PDF)
28 January 2014, Guardian: Angry Birds and 'leaky' phone apps targeted by NSA and GCHQ for user data
28 January 2014, NYT: Spy Agencies Tap Data Streaming From Phone Apps
27 January 2014, FISC: In re Motions to Disclose Aggregate Data Regarding FISA Orders (Notice) (PDF)
27 January 2014, NBC News: Snowden docs reveal British spies snooped on YouTube and Facebook
26 January 2014, NDR: Interview with Edward Snowden (MP4)
25 January 2014, NYT: WH: Disclosures Action Tracker (Draft) (PDF)
23 January 2014, FreeSnowden.is: Live Q&A with Edward Snowden
23 January 2014, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and on the Operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (PDF)
23 January 2014, NYT: Watchdog Report Says N.S.A. Program Is Illegal and Should End
22 January 2014, Verizon: Verizon Transparency Report: U.S. Data (PDF)
21 January 2014, Guardian: How an old story was reborn in the Edward Snowden era
20 January 2014, arXiv: Winter, Lindskog, Karlstad Univ.: Spoiled Onions: Exposing Malicious Tor Exit Relays (PDF)
18 January 2014, NYT: In Keeping Grip on Data Pipeline, Obama Does Little to Reassure Industry
18 January 2014, NYT: A Crucial Caveat in Obama's Vow on Phone Data
18 January 2014, NYT: Obama Outlines Calibrated Curbs on Phone Spying
17 January 2014, Guardian: How Obama took on six major areas of concern about NSA surveillance
17 January 2014, Guardian: Obama's NSA 'reforms' are little more than a PR attempt to mollify the public
17 January 2014, WP: Supreme Court to decide case on police cellphone searches
17 January 2014, WP: Obama's restrictions on NSA surveillance rely on narrow definition of 'spying'
17 January 2014, WSJ: U.S. Spy-Program Overhaul Draws Mixed Reaction Overseas
17 January 2014, WSJ: Obama Says Government Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Data Will End
17 January 2014, WH: Presidential Policy Directive: Signals Intelligence Activities (PPD-28) (PDF)
16 January 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts: Procedural and Operational Changes (PDF)
16 January 2014, Guardian: NSA: six out of 10 Americans want reform of data collection, says poll
16 January 2014, Guardian: NSA surveillance: privacy board denies being sidelined by Obama
16 January 2014, Guardian: NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep
16 January 2014, NYT: U.S. to Expand Rules Limiting Use of Profiling by Federal Agents
16 January 2014, NYT: Obama's Path From Critic to Overseer of Spying
15 January 2014, NYT: Obama to Place Some Restraints on Surveillance
15 January 2014, NYT: N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers
14 January 2014, Guardian: NSA review panel casts doubt on bulk data collection claims
14 January 2014, WP: Border-patrol drones being borrowed by other agencies more often than previously known
13 January 2014, WSJ: What Secrets Your Phone Is Sharing About You
12 January 2014, WP: NSA phone record collection does little to prevent terrorist attacks, group says
10 January 2014, WP: Administrative Office of the US Courts: Comments of the Judiciary on Proposals Regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (PDF)
10 January 2014, WP: Remembering an earlier time when a theft unmasked government surveillance
January 2014, New America Foundation: Do NSA's Bulk Surveillance Programs Stop Terrorists? (PDF)
January 2014, Harvard National Security Journal: Michael Glennon: National Security and Double Government (PDF)
9 January 2014, Cryptome: Snowden Document and Page Count Assessment
8 January 2014, Princeton Alumni Weekly: Reporting on Government Surveillance: Q&A: Barton Gellman
8 January 2014, Democracy Now: Noam Chomsky: 1971 Burglary of FBI Office Proved Agency Had Become a "National Political Police"
8 January 2014, Democracy Now: From COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silence (Part 2)
8 January 2014, Democracy Now: "It Was Time to Do More Than Protest": Activists Admit to 1971 FBI Burglary That Exposed COINTELPRO
7 January 2014, Retro Report: Stealing J. Edgar Hoover's Secrets
7 January 2014, NYT: Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows
3 January 2014, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background (PDF)
3 January 2014, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
3 January 2014, Sen. Sanders: Letter to NSA Director Gen. Alexander re. NSA spying (PNG)
3 January 2014, Guardian: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
2 January 2014, Guardian: ACLU will appeal ruling that NSA bulk phone record collection is legal
2 January 2014, WP: A description of the Penetrating Hard Targets project
2 January 2014, WP: NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption
2 January 2014, NYT: Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower
2013, Israel Ministry of Defense: International Defense Cooperation Agency: Israel Homeland Defense Directory 2013-14 (PDF)
2013, Israel Ministry of Defense: International Defense Cooperation Agency: Israel Defense Directory 2013-14 (PDF)
2013, Brian Martin: Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide (PDF)
2004-2013, Spiegel: Edward Snowden NSA Germany Documents (54 files, 215 pages) (PDF, ZIP)
2001-2013, NSA: NSA Reports to the President's Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) (PDF, ZIP)
1982-2013, ACLU: NSA, DIA, FBI, OLC: Executive Order 12333 -- FOIA Lawsuit (32 documents) (PDF, ZIP)
December 2013, DOD: Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2013-2038 (PDF)
31 December 2013, WP: Facebook wants to know if you trust it. But it's keeping all the answers to itself.
30 December 2013, Jacob Appelbaum: 30c3: To Protect and Infect: The Militarization of the Internet (Part Two) (PDF)
30 December 2013, Cryptome: Jacob Appelbaum: NSA/CSS: ANT Catalog (PDF, ZIP)
30 December 2013, Spiegel: The NSA's Spy Catalog (Interactive Graphic)
30 December 2013, Spiegel: NSA's Secret Toolbox: Unit Offers Spy Gadgets for Every Need
29 December 2013, Spiegel: Shopping for Spy Gear: Catalog Advertises NSA Toolbox
29 December 2013, Spiegel: Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit
28 December 2013, NYT: Judge Upholds N.S.A.'s Bulk Collection of Data on Calls
27 December 2013, US District Court, Southern District NY: ACLU v. Clapper (Memorandum & Order) (PDF)
(Undated), Spiegel: NSA/CSS: Texas Cryptologic Center: Tailored Access Operations (2) (PDF)
(Undated), Spiegel: Booz Allen Hamilton: NSA QUANTUM Tasking Techniques for the R&T Analyst (PDF)
(Undated), Spiegel: NSA/CSS: Texas Cryptologic Center: Tailored Access Operations (PDF)
26 December 2013, Cryptome: National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination of Edward Joseph Snowden (PDF)
24 December 2013, Democracy Now: Beyond Plan Colombia: Covert CIA Program Reveals Critical U.S. Role in Killings of Rebel Leaders
23 December 2013, WP: Six months of revelations on NSA
23 December 2013, WP: Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission's accomplished
21 December 2013, WP: Covert action in Colombia: U.S. intelligence, GPS bomb kits help Latin American nation cripple rebel forces
21 December 2013, NYT: N.S.A. Spied on Allies, Aid Groups and Businesses
20 December 2013, Spiegel: Friendly Fire: How GCHQ Monitors Germany, Israel and the EU
20 December 2013, Guardian: GCHQ and NSA targeted charities, Germans, Israeli PM and EU chief
19 December 2013, London Review of Books: Seymour Hersh: Whose sarin?
19 December 2013, NYT: Obama Is Urged to Sharply Curb N.S.A. Data Mining
18 December 2013, FTC: Prepared Statement: What Information Do Data Brokers Have On Consumers, And How Do They Use It (PDF)
18 December 2013, US Senate: Commerce Committee: A Review of the Data Broker Industry: Collection, Use, and Sale of Consumer Data for Marketing Purposes (PDF, ZIP)
18 December 2013, GAO: Information Resellers: Consumer Privacy Framework Needs to Reflect Changes in Technology and the Marketplace (PDF)
18 December 2013, WP: NSA shouldn't keep phone database, review board recommends
17 December 2013, Corbett Report: Interview with John Young (Cryptome) (MP3)
17 December 2013, WP: AP: Snowden: NSA's indiscriminate spying 'collapsing'
17 December 2013, NYT: Judge Questions Legality of N.S.A. Phone Records
16 December 2013, Folha de S. Paulo: Edward Snowden: An Open Letter to the People of Brazil
16 December 2013, All In: Can the NSA be reined in?
16 December 2013, All In: Embattled NSA seeks assist from '60 Minutes'
16 December 2013, Forbes: An NSA Coworker Remembers The Real Edward Snowden: 'A Genius Among Geniuses'
16 December 2013, US District Court, DC: Klayman et al v. Obama et al (Memorandum Opinion) (PDF)
16 December 2013, WP: Judge: NSA's collecting of phone records is probably unconstitutional
12 December 2013, WH: Liberty and Security in a Changing World: Report and Recommendations of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies (PDF)
11 December 2013, Cryptome: Source of Snowden's Documents Listed on Cryptome
(Undated), WP: NSA: SSO GHOSTMACHINE Analytics (excerpts) (PDF)
(Undated), ProPublica: SAIC: Games: A Look at Emerging Trends, Uses, Threats and Opportunities in Influence Activities (PDF)
(Undated), ProPublica: NSA: Exploiting Terrorist Use of Games & Virtual Environments (PDF)
(Undated), ProPublica: NSA: MHS and GCHQ "Get in the Game" with Target Development for World of Warcraft Online Gaming (PDF)
10 December 2013, WP: NSA signal-surveillance success stories
10 December 2013, WP: NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
5 December 2013, FTC: In the Matter of Goldenshores Technologies LLC, Erik M. Geidl (Complaint) (PDF)
5 December 2013, WP: Flashlight app kept users in the dark about sharing location data: FTC
4 December 2013, WP: How to tell if a target is 'foreign'
4 December 2013, WP: How the NSA is tracking people right now
4 December 2013, WP: FASCIA: The NSA's huge trove of location records
4 December 2013, WP: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
1 December 2013, Guardian: From Dishfire to Wabash: a quick guide to 21st-century spy speak
27 November 2013, CBC News: New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in Toronto
25 November 2013, Democracy Now: Pt. 2: Spooky Business: U.S. Corporations Enlist Ex-Intelligence Agents to Spy on Nonprofit Groups
25 November 2013, Democracy Now: Spooky Business: U.S. Corporations Enlist Ex-Intelligence Agents to Spy on Nonprofit Groups
23 November 2013, NRC Handelsblad: NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software
23 November 2013, WSJ: Data Sweeps in Drug Cases Face Challenge
20 November 2013, Essential Information: Spooky Business: Corporate Espionage Against Nonprofit Organizations (PDF)
20 November 2013, EFF: Introducing a Compendium of the Released NSA Spying Documents
20 November 2013, Guardian: US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data
19 November 2013, Boiling Frogs Post: Sibel Edmonds, Peter Collins on Whistleblowers, George Soros, Democracy Now (MP3)
19 November 2013, NYT: Congress and Courts Weigh Restraints on N.S.A. Spying
19 November 2013, NYT: Latest Release of Documents on N.S.A. Includes 2004 Ruling on Email Surveillance
19 November 2013, NYT: Justices Reject Challenge to N.S.A. Program
18 November 2013, Guardian: Private firms selling mass surveillance systems around world, documents show
18 November 2013, Privacy International: Surveillance Industry Index
15 November 2013, CRN: Chomsky Warns Big Data Tech Will Be Used For Bad Purposes
15 November 2013, NYT: C.I.A. Collects Global Data on Transfers of Money
14 November 2013, US District Court, Southern District CA: USA v. Moalin, Mohamud, Doreh, Nasir (Order Denying Motion for New Trial) (PDF)
13 November 2013, Cryptome: NSA SIGINT Strategic Mission Chart 2007
12 November 2013, Gawker: After 30 Years of Silence, the Original NSA Whistleblower Looks Back
11 November 2013, Spiegel: GCHQ Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Target Engineers
11 November 2013, Guardian: White House considers appointing civilian NSA chief amid calls for reform
11 November 2013, NYT: Spying Scandal Alters U.S. Ties With Allies and Raises Talk of Policy Shift
6 November 2013, Guardian: Tim Berners-Lee: encryption cracking by spy agencies 'appalling and foolish'
6 November 2013, Guardian: FBI monitored anti-war website in error for six years, documents show
6 November 2013, NYT: U.S. Is Losing Advantage in Spying, Report Says
5 November 2013, FAS: Report of the National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community (Unclassified Version) (PDF)
5 November 2013, NYT: As U.S. Weighs Spying Changes, Officials Say Data Sweeps Must Continue
4 November 2013, Democracy Now: Inside the "Electronic Omnivore": New Leaks Show NSA Spying on U.N., Climate Summit, Text Messaging
3 November 2013, NYT: No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A.
3 November 2013, NYT: Documents Show N.S.A. Efforts to Spy on Both Enemies and Allies
2 November 2013, Guardian: Portrait of the NSA: no detail too small in quest for total surveillance
(Undated), WP: NSA: Special Source Operations: SSO Collection Optimization (2) (PDF)
(Undated), WP: NSA: Special Source Operations: SSO Collection Optimization (PDF)
(Undated), WP: NSA: Special Source Operations: Content Acquisition Optimization (PDF)
30 October 2013, WP: How the NSA's MUSCULAR program collects too much data from Yahoo and Google
30 October 2013, WP: How the NSA is infiltrating private networks
30 October 2013, WP: NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say
October 2013, EPIC: Supreme Court of the US: In re Electronic Privacy Information Center (Brief for the United States in Opposition) (PDF)
October 2013, European Parliament: National programmes for mass surveillance of personal data in EU Member States and their compatibility with EU law (PDF)
30 October 2013, Cryptome: Cryptome Interview by La Repubblica
28 October 2013, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Spying on Allies Shows "Institutional Obsession" with Surveillance
28 October 2013, Democracy Now: "Stop Watching Us": As Diplomatic Fallout Grows, Thousands Protest NSA Surveillance in D.C.
27 October 2013, 60 Minutes: The Deputy Director: Mike Morell
27 October 2013, Spiegel: Embassy Espionage: The NSA's Secret Spy Hub in Berlin
25 October 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Introducing a Public Advocate into the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's Courts: Select Legal Issues (PDF)
October 2013, Erlich, MIT; Narayananm, Princeton Univ.: Routes for breaching and protecting genetic privacy (PDF)
23 October 2013, ProPublica: Claim on "Attacks Thwarted" by NSA Spreads Despite Lack of Evidence
22 October 2013, NYT: Civilian Deaths in Drone Strikes Cited in Report
October 2013, Human Rights Watch: "Between a Drone and Al-Qaeda": The Civilian Cost of US Targeted Killings in Yemen (PDF)
October 2013, Amnesty International: "Will I Be Next?": US Drone Strikes in Pakistan (PDF)
19 October 2013, NYT: N.S.A. Plan to Log Calls Is Renewed by Court
17 October 2013, NYT: Door May Open for Challenge to Secret Wiretaps
11 October 2013, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Memorandum, Primary Order) (PDF)
11 October 2013, ODNI: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Approves Government's Application to Renew Telephony Metadata Program (PDF)
11 October 2013, Democracy Now: Worse Than Nixon? Committee to Protect Journalists Warns About Obama Crackdown on Press Freedom
10 October 2013, Committee to Protect Journalists: The Obama Administration and the Press: Leak investigations and surveillance in post-9/11 America (PDF)
10 October 2013, arXiv: Li et al, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.: All Your Location are Belong to Us: Breaking Mobile Social Networks for Automated User Location Tracking (PDF)
10 October 2013, Wired: US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit: In re Grand Jury Proceedings, USA v. Under Seal (Brief of Appellant) (PDF)
9 October 2013, Guardian: Lavabit founder offered to log users' metadata if FBI paid him $3,500
7 October 2013, WSJ: Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center
7 October 2013, arXiv: Elovici et al, Ben Gurion Univ.: Ethical Considerations when Employing Fake Identities in OSN for Research (PDF)
7 October 2013, Democracy Now: Lavabit: How One Company Refused to Give FBI "Unrestricted" Access to Emails of 400,000 Customers
6 October 2013, NYT: Selling Secrets of Phone Users to Advertisers
4 October 2013, Guardian: NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
3 October 2013, WP: Agreement will allow U.S. to fly long-range surveillance drones from base in Japan
2 October 2013, Guardian: NSA chief admits agency tracked US cellphone locations in secret tests
2 October 2013, WP: NSA had test project to collect data on Americans' cellphone locations, director says
2 October 2013, NYT: As F.B.I. Pursued Snowden, an E-Mail Service Stood Firm
2 October 2013, NYT: Claims That Google Violates Gmail User Privacy
2 October 2013, NYT: Google Accused of Wiretapping in Gmail Scans
1 October 2013, Cryptome: Bilanz: Espionage: A Spooky Cooperation (PDF)
September 2013, Public Intelligence: DOT: Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Service Demand 2015-2035: Literature Review and Projections of Future Usage (PDF)
30 September 2013, FISC: In re Motions for Declaratory Judgment to Disclose Aggregate Data Regarding FISA Orders (Response of the United States to Motions for Declaratory Judgment by Google Inc, Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo Inc, Facebook Inc and LinkedIn Corporation) (PDF)
30 September 2013, Guardian: NSA stores metadata of millions of web users for up to a year, secret files show
30 September 2013, NYT: Qaeda Plot Leak Has Undermined U.S. Intelligence
29 September 2013, Cryptome: NYT: NSA: SYNAPSE Data Model
29 September 2013, NYT: Documents on N.S.A. Efforts to Diagram Social Networks of U.S. Citizens
29 September 2013, NYT: N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens
26 September 2013, NYT: US District Court, Northern District CA: In re Google Inc. Gmail Litigation (Order Granting In Part and Denying In Part Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [redacted]) (PDF)
24 September 2013, Guardian: Brazilian president: US surveillance a 'breach of international law'
24 September 2013, WP: U.S. moves drone fleet from Camp Lemonnier to ease Djibouti's safety concerns
23 September 2013, Cryptome: Toronto Police Service: How to Find Your Suspect's Facebook Profile If They Have Changed Their Username or Contact Details (PDF)
21 September 2013, Guardian: Major US security company warns over NSA link to encryption formula
20 September 2013, European Parliament: The US National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programmes (PRISM) and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) activities and their impact on EU citizens' fundamental rights (PDF)
20 September 2013, Spiegel: Belgacom Attack: Britain's GCHQ Hacked Belgian Telecoms Firm
18 September 2013, WP: Facebook data policies under fire again
18 September 2013, Techdirt: NSA Apparently Purchasing Software Exploits From French Security Firm
18 September 2013, NYT: Extended Ruling by Secret Court Backs Collection of Phone Data
17 September 2013, Guardian: Fisa court: no telecoms company has ever challenged phone records orders
17 September 2013, FISC: In re Motion for Declaratory Judgment that LinkedIn Corporation May Report Aggregate Data Regarding FISA Orders (Motion) (PDF)
17 September 2013, WP: FISA court releases opinion upholding NSA phone program
16 September 2013, Spiegel: 'Follow the Money': NSA Monitors Financial World
13 September 2013, Secrecy News: Snowden Leak Prompted "Considerable Public Interest," Says FISA Court
13 September 2013, Guardian: Fisa judge: Snowden's NSA disclosures triggered important spying debate
13 September 2013, FISC: In re Order of this Court Interpreting Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act (Opinion and Order) (PDF)
12 September 2013, FISC: In re Directives Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (The United States' Second Response to this Court's July 15, 2013 Order) (PDF)
12 September 2013, Democracy Now: Snowden Documents Reveal NSA Gave Israeli Spies Raw Emails, Texts, Calls of Innocent Americans
(Undated), Guardian: NSA: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) and the Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU) Pertaining to the Protection of U.S. Persons (PDF)
11 September 2013, Guardian: NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel
11 September 2013, NYT: Court Upbraided N.S.A. on Its Use of Call-Log Data
10 September 2013, Guardian: NSA violations led judge to consider viability of surveillance program
10 September 2013, WSJ: NSA Violated Privacy Protections, Officials Say
10 September 2013, EFF: Government Releases NSA Surveillance Docs and Previously Secret FISA Court Opinions In Response to EFF Lawsuit
9 September 2013, US District Court, DC: EPIC v. Broadcasting Board of Governors (Complaint for Injunctive Relief) (PDF)
9 September 2013, Spiegel: 'Project 6': CIA Spies Operating in the Heart of Germany
9 September 2013, Spiegel: iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
9 September 2013, FISC: Microsoft Corporation's First Amended Motion for Declaratory Judgment or Other Appropriate Relief Authorizing Disclosure of Aggregate Data Regarding Any FISA Orders It Has Received (PDF)
9 September 2013, Google: FISC: Amended Motion for Declaratory Judgment of Google Inc.'s First Amendment Right to Publish Aggregate Information About FISA Orders (PDF)
9 September 2013, Yahoo: FISC: Motion for Declaratory Judgment to Disclose Aggregate Data Regarding FISA Orders and Directives (PDF)
9 September 2013, Facebook: FISC: Motion for Declaratory Judgment to Disclose Aggregate Data Regarding FISA Orders and Directives (PDF)
7 September 2013, WP: Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011
6 September 2013, WP: Google encrypts data amid backlash against NSA spying
6 September 2013, Democracy Now: "Undermining the Very Fabric of the Internet": Bruce Schneier on NSA's Secret Online Spying
6 September 2013, Democracy Now: The End of Internet Privacy? Glenn Greenwald on Secret NSA Program to Crack Online Encryption
6 September 2013, NYT: N.S.A. Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web
5 September 2013, Pew Research Center: Anonymity, Privacy and Security Online (PDF)
(Undated), ProPublica: GCHQ: BULLRUN COI -- Briefing Sheet (PDF)
(Undated), ProPublica: NSA/CSS: Computer Network Operations: SIGINT Enabling Project (PDF)
5 September 2013, Guardian: US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet
4 September 2013, WikiLeaks: The Spy Files 3
4 September 2013, National Security Archive: The Snowden Affair: Web Resource Documents the Latest Firestorm over the National Security Agency
3 September 2013, Democracy Now: In Secret AT&T Deal, U.S. Drug Agents Given Access to 26 Years of Americans' Phone Records
2 September 2013, WP: Top-secret U.S. intelligence files show new levels of distrust of Pakistan
(Undated), NYT: EOP: Office of National Drug Control Policy: Los Angeles Hemisphere (PDF)
2 September 2013, NYT: Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.'s
1 September 2013, WP: AP: US-Brazil tensions flaring after report that NSA program targeted Brazil's president
1 September 2013, NYT: A Data Broker Offers a Peek Behind the Curtain
August 2013, Intercept: National Counterterrorism Center: TIDE by the Numbers (JPG)
30 August 2013, WP: U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show
30 August 2013, Secrecy News: Intelligence Agency Budgets Revealed in Washington Post
29 August 2013, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Amended Memorandum Opinion, Primary Order) (PDF)
August 2013, CCS 2013: Johnson et al, US Naval Research Laboratory: Users Get Routed: Traffic Correlation on Tor by Realistic Adversaries (PDF)
29 August 2013, WP: NSA paying U.S. companies for access to communications networks
29 August 2013, WP: The 'Black Budget': How intelligence agencies spend $52 billion (PDF)
29 August 2013, WP: U.S. spy network's successes, failures and objectives detailed in 'black budget' summary
29 August 2013, Yahoo News: AP: AP sources: Intelligence on weapons no 'slam dunk'
29 August 2013, Democracy Now: Historian Taylor Branch on the March on Washington and the Kennedys' Aversion to Dr. King's Struggle
29 August 2013, Democracy Now: Syria Debate: Does U.S. Have the Evidence and Authority to Hit Assad for Alleged Chemical Attack?
28 August 2013, AP: NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations
26 August 2013, Spiegel: Codename 'Apalachee': How America Spies on Europe and the UN
26 August 2013, NYT: Surveillance Revelations Shake U.S.-German Ties
24 August 2013, Stringer: Julian Assange: Google and the NSA: Who's holding the 'shit-bag' now?
22 August 2013, Guardian: NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
August 2013, DOJ, ODNI: Semiannual Assessment of Compliance with Procedures and Guidelines Issued Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Submitted by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (Reporting Period: June 1, 2012 - November 30, 2012) (PDF)
22 August 2013, NYT: Secret Court Rebuked N.S.A. on Surveillance
21 August 2013, EFF: EFF Victory Results in Release of Secret Court Opinion Finding NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional
21 August 2013, WP: NSA gathered thousands of Americans e-mails before court ordered it to revise its tactics
21 August 2013, NYT: Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance
21 August 2013, Yahoo News: AP: NSA collected thousands of US communications
20 August 2013, WSJ: New Details Show Broader NSA Surveillance Reach
19 August 2013, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Amended Memorandum Opinion) (PDF)
18 August 2013, Bellovin et al, Columbia Univ.: Lawful Hacking: Using Existing Vulnerabilities for Wiretapping on the Internet (PDF)
16 August 2013, Democracy Now: NSA Violated Surveillance Rules Thousands of Times, Intercepted All 202 Area Code Calls By Accident
15 August 2013, ACLU: NSA Legislation Since the Leaks Began
15 August 2013, New York Review of Books: James Bamford: They Know Much More Than You Think
15 August 2013, WP: What to say, and not to say, to 'our overseers'
15 August 2013, WP: What's a 'violation'?
15 August 2013, WP: First direct evidence of illegal surveillance found by the FISA court
15 August 2013, WP: NSA report on privacy violations in the first quarter of 2012
15 August 2013, WP: NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds
14 August 2013, Off the Hook: Interview with Phil Zimmerman (PGP, Silent Circle) (at 21:10) (MP3)
13 August 2013, Democracy Now: Former Internet Provider Gagged by National Security Letter Recounts How He Was Silenced for 6 Years
13 August 2013, Democracy Now: Owner of Snowden's Email Service on Why He Closed Lavabit Rather Than Comply With Gov't
12 August 2013, Spiegel: Ally and Target: US Intelligence Watches Germany Closely
9 August 2013, Guardian: NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens' emails and phone calls
9 August 2013, WP: NSA: The National Security Agency: Missions, Authorities, Oversight and Partnerships (PDF)
9 August 2013, WP: DOJ: Administration White Paper: Bulk Collection of Telephony Metadata Under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act (PDF)
6 August 2013, NYT: Qaeda Leader's Edict to Yemen Affiliate Is Said to Prompt Alert
5 August 2013, Reuters: U.S. to review DEA unit that hides use of intel in crime cases
5 August 2013, Reuters: U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans
5 August 2013, Democracy Now: Greenwald: Is U.S. Exaggerating Threat to Embassies to Silence Critics of NSA Domestic Surveillance?
5 August 2013, Democracy Now: Greenwald: Snowden "Doing Very Well" in Russia After Sparking "Extraordinary Debate" on NSA, Spying
4 August 2013, McClatchy: U.S. extends embassy closings; warnings renew debate over NSA data collection
3 August 2013, NYT: Qaeda Messages Prompt U.S. Terror Warning
2 August 2013, Democracy Now: Reps. Conyers & Massie on Bipartisan Campaign Against NSA Spying; Call for James Clapper to Resign
1 August 2013, Democracy Now: NSA Confirms Dragnet Phone Records Collection, But Admits It Was Key in Stopping Just 1 Terror Plot
1 August 2013, Democracy Now: As Edward Snowden Wins 1-Year Asylum in Russia, NSA Program Tracking Real-Time Internet Use Exposed
1 August 2013, NYT: Unclassified N.S.A. Documents on Data Collection
1 August 2013, NYT: Senate Panel Presses N.S.A. on Phone Logs
June-July 2013, Guardian: NSA: Emails re. FOIAs for PRISM Information (PDF)
July 2013, Public Intelligence: FBI: Next Generation Identification (NGI): Overview for Strategic Planning (PDF)
31 July 2013, All In: Congress moves to reign in the secret state
31 July 2013, Guardian: XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
31 July 2013, NYT: Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Is Upheld
30 July 2013, NYT: US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit: In re Application of the United States of America for Historical Cell Site Data (PDF)
29 July 2013, FISC: In re Directives Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (The United State's Response to this Court's July 15, 2013 Order) (PDF)
29 July 2013, FISC: Presiding Judge Walton letter to Sens. Leahy, Grassley re. FISC operations (PDF)
26 July 2013, NYT: Spy Agencies Under Heaviest Scrutiny Since Abuse Scandal of the '70s
26 July 2013, NYT: Roberts's Picks Reshaping Secret Surveillance Court
25 July 2013, NYT: House Defeats Effort to Rein In N.S.A. Data Gathering
23 July 2013, arXiv: Book, Wallach, Rice Univ.: A Case of Collusion: A Study of the Interface Between Ad Libraries and their Apps (PDF)
22 July 2013, Spiegel: 'Key Partners': Secret Links Between Germany and the NSA
20 July 2013, WP: U.S. military drone surveillance is expanding to hot spots beyond declared combat zones
19 July 2013, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
19 July 2013, WP: U.S. military drone network in the Middle East and Africa
18 July 2013, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden
17 July 2013, US House: Committee on the Judiciary: Oversight Hearing on the Administration's Use of FISA Authorities: Testimony of Jameel Jaffer, Laura Murphy, ACLU (PDF)
16 July 2013, NYT: A Secret Surveillance Program Proves Challengeable in Theory Only
July 2013, ACLU: You Are Being Tracked: How License Plate Readers Are Being Used To Record Americans' Movements (PDF)
15 July 2013, Crypto-Gram: NSA, Edward Snowden, surveillance, cyberwar
12 July 2013, Guardian: Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
12 July 2013, NYT: US District Court, Northern District CA: In re Google Inc. Gmail Litigation (Plaintiffs' Opposition to Google Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss) (PDF)
12 July 2013, WikiLeaks: Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport
12 July 2013, NewsLife: Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport (MP3)
12 July 2013, All In: Edward Snowden resurfaces in Moscow
10 July 2013, Guardian: Snowden: I never gave any information to Chinese or Russian governments
10 July 2013, NYT: Nation Will Gain by Discussing Surveillance, Expert Tells Privacy Board
10 July 2013, Democracy Now: Senate Set to Confirm New FBI Head Who Ok'd Waterboarding, Defends Mass Spying, Indefinite Detention
9 July 2013, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: Snowden Encouraged by Global Outrage over NSA Spying, Support for His Plight
9 July 2013, Democracy Now: Edward Snowden on Why He Stood Up to the NSA: Mass Spying "Not Something I'm Willing to Live Under"
8 July 2013, EPIC: Supreme Court of the US: In re Electronic Privacy Information Center (Petition for a Writ of Mandamus and Prohibition, or a Writ of Certiorari) (PDF)
8 July 2013, US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit: US v. Auernheimer (Brief of Amici Curiae Mozilla Foundation, Computer Scientists, Security and Privacy Experts in Support of Defendant-Appellant and Reversal) (PDF)
8 July 2013, Spiegel: Edward Snowden Interview: The NSA and Its Willing Helpers
8 July 2013, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: Edward Snowden "Satisfied" by Global Outrage over U.S. Surveillance Operations
8 July 2013, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: "Rogue" Actions of U.S. in Snowden Row Yield Latin American Offers of Asylum
(Undated), Cryptome: Guccifer: Telum Protection Corporation; IBM: The Gist Mill: Strategic Social Media Analytics (PDF)
8 July 2013, NYT: Privacy Group to Ask Supreme Court to Stop N.S.A.'s Phone Spying Program
8 July 2013, WSJ: Secret Court's Redefinition of 'Relevant' Empowered Vast NSA Data-Gathering
7 July 2013, NYT: In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.
5 July 2013, WP: Android security flaw affects 99 percent of phones, researcher says
5 July 2013, NYT: Resume Shows Snowden Honed Hacking Skills
4 July 2013, NYT: U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
3 July 2013, Guardian: US Embassy, Caracas: Request to Venezuela for extradition of Edward Snowden (PDF)
2 July 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: NSA Surveillance Leaks: Background and Issues for Congress (PDF)
1 July 2013, Spiegel: How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe
1 July 2013, NYT: Job Title Key to Inner Access Held by Snowden
April 2001-June 2013, EPIC: DOJ: The Attorney General's Reports on the Use of Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (PDF)
June 2013, NSA: Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure (PDF)
30 June 2013, Russia Today: Edward Snowden: Asylum request to Nicaragua
29 June 2013, WP: Inner workings of a top-secret spy program
29 June 2013, WP: NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
28 June 2013, NYT: New Leak Suggests Ashcroft Confrontation Was Over N.S.A. Program
18-27 June 2013, NSA: Media Leaks FOIA Guidance (PDF)
27 June 2013, Guardian: NSA collected US email records in bulk for more than two years under Obama
25 June 2013, Democracy Now: Insider Threat: Government Employees Urged to Tattle On Coworkers in Effort to Stop Classified Leaks
25 June 2013, South China Morning Post: Snowden sought Booz Allen job to gather evidence on NSA surveillance
24 June 2013, Democracy Now: Where is Edward Snowden? Glenn Greenwald on Asylum Request, Espionage Charge; More Leaks to Come
24 June 2013, Corbett Report: Sibel Edmonds Blows the Whistle on Government Blackmailing (MP3)
22 June 2013, NYT: Ex-Contractor Is Charged in Leaks on N.S.A. Surveillance
22 June 2013, NYT: 2004 Showdown Shaped Reputation of Pick for F.B.I.
21 June 2013, Bloomberg: Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization
21 June 2013, Guardian: GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications
21 June 2013, WP: U.S. charges Snowden with espionage
21 June 2013, Democracy Now: FBI's Use of Drones for U.S. Surveillance Raises Fears over Privacy, Widening Corporate-Gov't Ties
20 June 2013, Corbett Report: Russ Tice Reveals the Truth About NSA Spying (MP3)
20 June 2013, Guardian: The top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant
20 June 2013, WP: Classified documents show rules for NSA surveillance without a warrant
20 June 2013, WP: New documents reveal parameters of NSA's secret surveillance programs
18 June 2013, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald: As Obama Makes "False" Surveillance Claims, Snowden Risks Life to Spark NSA Debate
17 June 2013, Boiling Frogs Post: Russ Tice (NSA whistleblower) interviewed by Sibel Edmonds, Peter Collins (MP3)
15 June 2013, WP: U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata
14 June 2013, Ars Technica: Encrypted e-mail: How much annoyance will you tolerate to keep the NSA away?
14 June 2013, WP: US District Court, Eastern District VA: USA v. Edward J. Snowden (Criminal Complaint) (PDF)
14 June 2013, Democracy Now: James Bamford on NSA Secrets, Keith Alexander's Influence & Massive Growth of Surveillance, Cyberwar
13 June 2013, NYT: US District Court, Northern District CA: In re Google Inc. Gmail Litigation (Defendant Google Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Individual and Class Action Complaint) (PDF)
13 June 2013, Rubbing Alcoholic: It's not just metadata. The NSA is getting everything.
13 June 2013, Boiling Frogs Post: John Young (Cryptome) interviewed by Sibel Edmonds, Peter Collins (MP3)
13 June 2013, Democracy Now: Chris Pyle, Whistleblower on Domestic Spying in 70s, Says Be Wary of Attacks on NSA's Critics
12 June 2013, Wired: The Secret War
12 June 2013, All In: 'Data is the pollution problem of the information age'
12 June 2013, All In: Silicon Valley and the national security state
12 June 2013, All In: Plot thickens in real-life spy story unfolding in the news
12 June 2013, Guardian: A Guardian guide to your metadata
12 June 2013, NBC News: Secret court won't object to release of opinion on illegal surveillance
12 June 2013, NYT: Earlier Denials Put Intelligence Chief in Awkward Position
12 June 2013, Democracy Now: More Intrusive Than Eavesdropping? NSA Collection of Metadata Hands Gov't Sweeping Personal Info
11 June 2013, Guardian: Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data
11 June 2013, All In: Who's the target in a surveillance state?
11 June 2013, NYT: Debate on Secret Data Looks Unlikely, Partly Because of Secrecy
11 June 2013, Democracy Now: Digital Blackwater: How the NSA Gives Private Contractors Control of the Surveillance State
10 June 2013, Salon: Meet the contractors analyzing your private data
10 June 2013, Foreign Policy: Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group
10 June 2013, NYT: Ex-Worker at C.I.A. Says He Leaked Data on Surveillance
10 June 2013, Democracy Now: Inside the NSA's Domestic Surveillance Apparatus: Whistleblower William Binney Speaks Out
10 June 2013, Democracy Now: "On a Slippery Slope to a Totalitarian State": NSA Whistleblower Rejects Gov't Defense of Spying
10 June 2013, Democracy Now: Glenn Greenwald on How NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Helped Expose a "Massive Surveillance Apparatus"
10 June 2013, Democracy Now: "You're Being Watched": Edward Snowden Emerges as Source Behind Explosive Revelations of NSA Spying
9 June 2013, Guardian: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations
9 June 2013, Guardian: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'
8 June 2013, Guardian: NSA's Prism surveillance program: how it works and what it can do
8 June 2013, NYT: Administration Says Mining of Data Is Crucial to Fight Terror
8 June 2013, NYT: Tech Companies Concede to Surveillance Program
7 June 2013, Guardian: Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks
7 June 2013, NYT: Blogger, With Focus on Surveillance, Is at Center of a Debate
7 June 2013, NYT: Comparing Two Secret Surveillance Programs
7 June 2013, NYT: Electronic Surveillance Under Bush and Obama
7 June 2013, NYT: U.S. Confirms That It Gathers Online Data Overseas
6 June 2013, Guardian: NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others
6 June 2013, WP: U.S., British intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program
6 June 2013, WP: Verizon providing all call records to U.S. under court order
6 June 2013, NYT: U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls
5 June 2013, Guardian: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
May 2013, Intercept: DOD: ISR Task Force: ISR Support to Small Footprint CT Operations -- Somalia / Yemen: Executive Summary (PDF)
May 2013, FLAIRS: Abramson, Aha, Naval Research Laboratory: User Authentication from Web Browsing Behavior (PDF)
29 May 2013, Off the Hook: Interview with Steve Rambam re. leaks, surveillance, anonymity (MP3)
20 May 2013, IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy: Biryukov et al, Univ. of Luxembourg: Trawling for Tor Hidden Services: Detection, Measurement, Deanonymization (PDF)
19 May 2013, 60 Minutes: A Face in the Crowd: Say goodbye to anonymity
19 May 2013, WP: A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe
17 May 2013, US House: Committee on the Judiciary: Eyes in the Sky: The Domestic Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (PDF)
17 May 2013, Ceasefire: Why was a Sunday Times report on US government ties to al-Qaeda chief spiked?
17 May 2013, Center for Democracy and Technology: CALEA II: Risks of Wiretap Modifications to Endpoints (PDF)
16 May 2013, EPIC: FTC: In the Matter of Snapchat, Inc. (Complaint, Request for Investigation, Injunction, and Other Relief Submitted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center) (PDF)
6 May 2013, US District Court, Southern District FL: USA v. Qazi, Qazi (Order) (PDF)
3 May 2013, Intercept: NSA: SSO: MYSTIC Reporting (Excluding SCALAWAG) (PDF)
2 May 2013, Intercept: NSA: SSO: MYSTIC Reporting (Excluding SCALAWAG) (PDF)
2 May 2013, CNN Newsroom: FBI Looks At Wife's Cell Phone Call (excerpt)
2 May 2013, YouTube: CNN: Source: FBI looking at wife's phone call
2 May 2013, Truthout: Noam Chomsky: Boston and Beyond
1 May 2013, Marquis-Boire et al, Citizen Lab, Univ. of Toronto: For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying (PDF)
1 May 2013, OutFront: Sources: Widow Spoke To Bomb Suspect After FBI Released Picture (excerpt)
April 2013, New Zealand Herald: NSA/CSS: Information Paper: NSA Intelligence Relationship with New Zealand (PDF)
30 April 2013, Spiegel: NSA/CSS: Agenda for 14-15 May 2013 visit of Turkish Signal Intelligence Chief (PDF)
April 2013, Intercept: NSA: Visit Precis: GCHQ Director Lobban, 30 April 2013 - 1 May 2013 (PDF)
April 2013, Joint Force Quarterly: From Sea Power to Cyber Power: Learning from the Past to Craft a Strategy for the Future (PDF)
April 2013, ProPublica: NSA: SSO: PRISM/US-984XN Overview: Conclusion (PDF)
April 2013, ProPublica: NSA: SSO: PRISM/US-984XN Overview: What's Next (PDF)
April 2013, Guardian, WP, ProPublica: NSA: SSO: PRISM/US-984XN Overview: The SIGAD Used Most in NSA Reporting (excerpts) (PDF)
30 April 2013, Frontline: Top Secret America: 9/11 to the Boston Bombings
25 April 2013, Guardian: United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. on Behalf of MCI Communication Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business Services (Secondary Order) (PDF)
25 April 2013, NYT: United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
22 April 2013, US District Court, Southern District TX: In re Warrant to Search a Target Computer at Premises Unknown (Memorandum and Order) (PDF)
19 April 2013, Intercept: NSA/CSS: Information Paper: NSA Intelligence Relationship with Israel (PDF)
18 April 2013, Intercept: NSA: SSO: What's New (PDF)
15 April 2013, Spiegel: NSA/CSS: Information Paper: NSA Intelligence Relationship with Turkey -- Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and the Turkish SIGINT Intelligence Directorate (SIB) (PDF)
14 April 2013, EuroSec 2013: Ladakis et al, ICS: You Can Type, but You Can't Hide: A Stealthy GPU-based Keylogger (PDF)
April 2013, Mark Mazzetti: The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth (EPUB)
10 April 2013, Democracy Now: The Way of the Knife: NYT's Mark Mazzetti on the CIA's Post-9/11 Move from Spying to Assassinations
8 April 2013, Intercept: NSA/CSS: Information Paper: NSA Intelligence Relationship with Saudi Arabia (PDF)
4 April 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues (PDF)
3 April 2013, CBC News: NSA/CSS: Information Paper: NSA Intelligence Relationship with Canada's Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) (PDF)
3 April 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses (PDF)
March 2013, New Zealand Herald: NSA: Special US Liaison Office Waihopai: SUSLOW Monthly Report for March 2013 (PDF)
March 2013, Intercept: NSA: Visit Precis: NZ Amb. Ferguson, Intelligence Coordination Group Director (PDF)
March 2013, Intercept: National Counterterrorism Center: Watchlisting Guidance (PDF)
March 2013, Spiegel: Bundesnachrichtendienst: Structure of the BND (PDF)
29 March 2013, NSA/CSS: OIG: Report on the Special Study: Assessment of Management Controls Over FAA §702 (ST-11-0009) (Revised) (PDF)
26 March 2013, US District Court, AZ: USA v. Rigmaiden (Declaration of Linda Lye in Support of Unopposed Motion by Amici Curiae for Leave to Submit Government Document) (PDF)
22 March 2013, ProPublica: NSA: SSO: Cyber Threats and Special Source Operations: A Current Perspective for NTOC (excerpts) (PDF)
22 March 2013, US Senate: Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence covering the period January 5, 2011 to January 3, 2013 (PDF)
22 March 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Cloud Computing: Constitutional and Statutory Privacy Protections (PDF)
20 March 2013, US Senate: Committee on the Judiciary: The Future of Drones in America: Law Enforcement and Privacy Considerations (PDF)
18 March 2013, NYT: Domestic Drones on Patrol
16 March 2013, CNN: The Internet is a surveillance state
16 March 2013, NYT: California: Judge Strikes Down Law on National Security Letters
15 March 2013, WP: FBI surveillance tool is ruled unconstitutional
15 March 2013, EFF: National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules
14 March 2013, WP: NSA: Special Source Operations Weekly: WINDSTOP/2P System Highlights (PDF)
14 March 2013, Intercept: NSA: SSO: MYSTIC Reporting (Excluding SCALAWAG) (PDF)
14 March 2013, Spiegel: NSA: SSO: Special Source Operations Weekly: Operational Highlight: WHARPDRIVE (PDF)
14 March 2013, EFF: US District Court, Northern District CA: In re National Security Letter (Order Granting Motion to Set Aside NSL Letter) (PDF)
11 March 2013, ProPublica: NSA: SSO: SSO FAIRVIEW: Overview (PDF)
11 March 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Kosinski et al: Private traits and attributes are predictable from digital records of human behavior (PDF)
March 2013, Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality: Silent Listeners: The Evolution of Privacy and Disclosure on Facebook (PDF)
9 March 2013, NYT: Visions of Drones Swarming U.S. Skies Hit Bipartisan Nerve
8 March 2013, WSJ: Google to Pay $7M to Settle Wi-Spy Case With More Than 30 U.S. Attorneys General
8 March 2013, NYT: The Cellphone Records, Officer? You May Soon Need a Warrant
7 March 2013, NYT: Technology Turns to Tracking People Offline
7 March 2013, EFF: How To Opt Out of Receiving Facebook Ads Based on Your Real-Life Shopping Activity
5 March 2013, WSJ: Google: FBI Sought Data on Thousands of Accounts Without a Warrant
5 March 2013, Democracy Now: New Funding Group Calls for 100 More WikiLeaks to Offset Unprecedented Gov't Secrecy
1 March 2013, Intercept: NSA: Discovery SIGINT Targeting Scenarios and Compliance (PDF)
1 March 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: The 2013 Cybersecurity Executive Order: Overview and Considerations for Congress (PDF)
27 February 2013, NYT: Justices Turn Back Challenge to Broader U.S. Eavesdropping
February 2013, Intercept: DOD: ISR Task Force: ISR Support to Small Footprint CT Operations -- Somalia / Yemen (PDF)
February 2013, NYT: NSA: Special US Liaison Office Canberra: SUSLOC Facilitates Sensitive DSD Reporting on Trade Talks (excerpt)
26 February 2013, Supreme Court of the US: DNI Clapper v. Amnesty International (PDF)
19 February 2013, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Opinion) (PDF)
18 February 2013, Mandiant: APT1: Exposing One of China's Cyber Espionage Units (PDF)
15 February 2013, GAO: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Continued Coordination, Operational Data, and Performance Standards Needed to Guide Research and Development (PDF)
13 February 2013, Reuters: Hackers target Twitter, could affect 250,000 user accounts
12 February 2013, Federal Register: WH: Executive Order 13636: Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (PDF)
12 February 2013, WH: Presidential Policy Directive: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (PPD-21) (PDF)
11 February 2013, Time: Drone Home
7 February 2013, AP: Iran airs images allegedly extracted from US drone
7 February 2013, Guardian: Iran broadcasts footage 'extracted from CIA spy drone'
7 February 2013, Yahoo News: AP: Seattle mayor ends police drone efforts
5 February 2013, DOD: JCS: Joint Publication 3-12 (R): Cyberspace Operations (JP 3-12) (PDF)
4 February 2013, Boiling Frogs Post: Jesselyn Radack (DOJ whistleblower) interviewed by Sibel Edmonds, Peter Collins (MP3)
1 February 2013, Reuters: Web startup Path to pay $800,000 to settle privacy charges
January 2013, Intercept: NSA: Exceptionally Controlled Information (ECI) Compartments (PDF)
January 2013, DOD: Defense Science Board: Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat (PDF)
January 2013, Council on Foreign Relations: Micah Zenko: Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies (PDF)
30 January 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues (PDF)
30 January 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Manufacturing Trends (PDF)
28 January 2013, Reuters: Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force
28 January 2013, Threatpost: Facebook Graph Search Mines Potentially Rich Data for Phishers, Attackers
28 January 2013, Cryptome: ATT Project Greenstar Secretly Spied Millions of Calls
26 January 2013, WP: FBI is increasing pressure on suspects in Stuxnet inquiry
25 January 2013, NYT: Simple, Low-Cost Surveillance Drones Provide Advantage for U.S. Military
23 January 2013, NOVA: Rise of the Drones
22 January 2013, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: The Federal Prison Population Buildup: Overview, Policy Changes, Issues, and Options (PDF)
22 January 2013, NYT: Even if It Enrages Your Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected
17 January 2013, Spiegel: NSA/CSS: Information Paper: NSA Intelligence Relationship with Germany -- Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) (PDF)
17 January 2013, WSJ: A Little Digging Unmasks DNA Donor Names
16 January 2013, WSJ: The Debate Over Online Anonymity
7 January 2013, WP: NSA: Intellipedia: SSO Collection Optimization Overview (excerpts) (PDF)
1 January 2013, Reuters: Analysis: U.S. arms sales to Asia set to boom on Pacific "pivot"
1 January 2013, WSJ: A Wiretapping Miracle
2012, WikiLeaks: ODNI: National SIGINT Requirements List: Information Need (IN) - France: Economic Developments (PDF)
2012, WikiLeaks: NSA: National SIGINT Requirements List: EEI: H - Foreign Contracts/Feasibility Studies/Negotiations (PDF)
2012, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: French Minister to Push U.S. on Banking Reform, Warn Against Stifling Growth (PDF)
2012, Sunday Star-Times: GCSB: Second Party National Identity Rules (excerpt) (PDF)
2012, Intercept: CSE: LEVITATION and the FFU Hypothesis (PDF)
2012, Intercept: GCHQ: Psychology: A New Kind of SIGDEV: Establishing the Human Science Operations Cell (PDF)
2012, NBC News: GCHQ: SigDev Conference 2012: Cyber Integration: "The art of the possible" (PDF)
2012, NBC News: GCHQ: Hacktivism: Online Covert Action (PDF)
2012, Cryptome: Google: Learn with Google: Targeting (PDF)
2011-2012, Guardian: FCC: Grant of Equipment Authorization Certifications (re. Harris Corporation, Mobile Cellular Transceiver System) (PDF)
2011-2012, AP: AP's Probe Into NYPD Intelligence Operations
30 December 2012, NYT: Drone War Spurs Militants to Deadly Reprisals
December 2012, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1969-1976: Volume XXVII: Iran; Iraq, 1973-1976 (PDF)
December 2012, EFF: Timeline of NSA Domestic Spying
29 December 2012, Guardian: Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy
29 December 2012, NYT: Federal Power to Intercept Messages Is Extended
28 December 2012, NYT: AP: Congress Extends Foreign Surveillance Law
28 December 2012, Democracy Now: Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich: With 2 Parties Failing U.S., It's on Us to Build a "Culture of Peace"
28 December 2012, Democracy Now: Dennis Kucinich on the "Fiscal Cliff": Why Are We Sacrificing American Jobs for Corporate Profits?
28 December 2012, Guardian: GOP and Feinstein join to fulfill Obama's demand for renewed warrantless eavesdropping
28 December 2012, NYT: Senate Vote 236 - Extends Authority to Intercept Messages
27 December 2012, Guardian: Mark Zuckerberg's sister learns life lesson after Facebook photo flap
27 December 2012, Democracy Now: The Other Bradley Manning: Jeremy Hammond Faces Life Term for WikiLeaks and Hacked Stratfor Emails
27 December 2012, Democracy Now: The FBI vs. Occupy: Secret Docs Reveal "Counterterrorism" Monitoring of OWS from Its Earliest Days
25 December 2012, Reuters: U.S. moves to sell advanced spy drones to South Korea
25 December 2012, NYT: F.B.I. Counterterrorism Agents Monitored Occupy Movement, Records Show
24 December 2012, WSJ: A Tale of Two Prices
24 December 2012, WSJ: Websites Vary Prices, Deals Based on Users' Information
23 December 2012, WSJ: How the Journal Tested Prices and Deals Online
23 December 2012, CNET: Revealed: NSA targeting domestic computer systems in secret test
22 December 2012, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund: FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring
20 December 2012, NYT: New Online Privacy Rules for Children
19 December 2012, FTC: Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (PDF)
19 December 2012, WSJ: U.S. Expands Child Online Privacy Law to Cover Apps, Social Networks
14 December 2012, EFF: Jewel v. NSA: Summary of Evidence (PDF)
12 December 2012, CSM: X-37B: US launches super-secret, orbiting, robotic plane
12 December 2012, WSJ: The NCTC Controversy: a Timeline
12 December 2012, WSJ: A Comparison of the 2008 and 2012 NCTC Guidelines
12 December 2012, WSJ: U.S. Terrorism Agency to Tap a Vast Database of Citizens
December 2012, FTC: Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade (PDF)
7 December 2012, WSJ: Online Anonymity? Don't Bet On It
7 December 2012, WSJ: Sites Sharing Personal Details: The Journal's Methodology
7 December 2012, WSJ: How Dataium Watches You
7 December 2012, WSJ: Five Ways to Reduce Identity Tracking Online
7 December 2012, WSJ: Which Websites Are Sharing Your Personal Details?
7 December 2012, WSJ: They Know What You're Shopping For
1 December 2012, WP: DIA sending hundreds more spies overseas
30 November 2012, NYT: Reuters: Twitter in Legal Spat Over Data Clampdown
30 November 2012, WP: Drone crashes mount at civilian airports
30 November 2012, Administrative Office of the US Courts: Wiretap Reporting Instructions (PDF)
30 November 2012, NARA: Unsealed Materials from U.S. v. Liddy
29 November 2012, WSJ: Big Data Is on the Rise, Bringing Big Questions
29 November 2012, NYT: AP: Greater Email Privacy Won't Hinder Law Enforcement
28 November 2012, Guardian: Offshore company directors' links to military and intelligence revealed
28 November 2012, WSJ: Heart Gadgets Test Privacy-Law Limits
27 November 2012, WSJ: Professor to Try to Salvage Troubled "Do Not Track" Deal
25 November 2012, NYT: So You're a Good Driver? Let's Go to the Monitor
22 November 2012, NYT: Don't Ask? Internet Still Tells
21 November 2012, NYT: New Player in E.U. Data Privacy Battle
21 November 2012, NYT: Guarding a 'Fundamental Right' of Privacy in Europe
21 November 2012, NYT: Reuters: Facebook to Share Data With Instagram, Loosen Email Rules
20 November 2012, WP: Bloomberg: Bionic mannequins spy on shoppers to aid sales
20 November 2012, WP: Democrats push to redeploy Obama's voter database
19 November 2012, Homeland Security News Wire: DARPA seeking surveillance technology to predict future behavior
16 November 2012, Dey, Ding, Ross, NYU: The High-School Profiling Attack: How Online Privacy Laws Can Actually Increase Minors' Risk (PDF)
14 November 2012, WP: Obama campaign took unorthodox approach to ad buying
14 November 2012, YouTube: We Are Change: Jeremy Scahill on Obama's War Machine, American Assassinations & Journalism
11 November 2012, WSJ: Watchdog Planned for Online Privacy
11 November 2012, YouTube: Coalition for Peace Action: Noam Chomsky: Media, Objectivity and Reality of US Foreign Policy on Terrorism and the Middle East
November 2012, Human Rights Watch; International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School: Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots (PDF)
1 November 2012, Independent: Waziristan? No, it's west Wales...
1 November 2012, NYT: Romney and Obama Campaigns Leaking Web Site Visitor Data
October 2012, Cryptome: IBM: IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook: Social Network Analysis (PDF)
October 2012, Cryptome: IBM: IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook (PDF)
October 2012, CSIIRW 2012: Bauer et al, Sandia National Laboratories: Use of Transfer Entropy to Infer Relationships from Behavior (PDF)
29 October 2012, Supreme Court of the US: DNI Clapper v. Amnesty International (Arguments of Solicitor General Verrilli, Atty. Jaffer) (PDF)
October 2012, Supreme Court of the US: DNI Clapper v. Amnesty International (Reply Brief for the Petitioners) (PDF)
29 October 2012, Forbes: U.S. Army Sponsored Artificial Intelligence Surveillance System Attempts to Predict The Future
28 October 2012, Phys.org: Surveillance tech from Carnegie Mellon can watch and predict
25 October 2012, WP: Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations
18 October 2012, C-SPAN: Book Discussion on Patriots Debate
16 October 2012, Guardian: WH: Presidential Policy Directive: U.S. Cyber Operations Policy (PPD-20) (PDF)
October 2012, HotNets-XI: Mikians et al: Detecting price and search discrimination on the Internet (PDF)
October 2012, Cryptome: Telecommunications Technology Association: Requirements for Deep Packet Inspection in Next Generation Networks (PDF)
October 2012, Kitani et al, Carnegie Mellon Univ.: Activity Forecasting (PDF)
October 2012, Oltramari, Lebiere, Carnegie Mellon Univ.: Using Ontologies in a Cognitive-Grounded System: Automatic Action Recognition in Video Surveillance (PDF)
15 October 2012, WP: Obama, Romney have ways to make you vote
15 October 2012, NYT: Reuters: New Computer Spying Program Linked to Flame Authors
15 October 2012, NYT: The Data-Mining Industry Kicks Off a Public Relations Campaign
15 October 2012, NYT: Reuters: EU Data Chiefs Ask Google to Change Privacy Policy
15 October 2012, Democracy Now: Vote Stalkers: Obama, Romney Campaigns Mine Trove of Voters' Online Data to Win 2012 Election
12 October 2012, WSJ: Three Facebook Privacy Loopholes
12 October 2012, WSJ: Five Ways to Boost Your Facebook Privacy
12 October 2012, WSJ: When the Most Personal Secrets Get Outed on Facebook
October 2012, Mother Jones: Meet Obama's Digital Gurus
October 2012, Mother Jones: Stalk the Vote
October 2012, Mother Jones: Inside the Obama Campaign's Hard Drive
11 October 2012, NYT: Senator Opens Investigation of Data Brokers
9 October 2012, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping (PDF)
9 October 2012, Sen. Rockefeller: Letter to Acxiom, Experian, Equifax, Transunion, Epsilon, Reed Eksevier/Lexis-Nexis, Datalogix, Rapleaf, Spokeo (PDF)
8 October 2012, NYT: Study Finds Broad Wariness Over Online Tracking
8 October 2012, WSJ: Sorting Out a Boundless World of Big Data
8 October 2012, Cryptome: Tor Being Used by Thousands of Bradley Mannings
8 October 2012, SSRN: Hoofnagle, Urban, Li, UC Berkley: Privacy and Modern Advertising: Most US Internet Users Want "Do Not Track" to Stop Collection of Data About their Online Activities (PDF)
4 October 2012, WSJ: Web Profiles Haunt Students
3 October 2012, NYT: Hackers Breach 53 Universities and Dump Thousands of Personal Records Online
3 October 2012, US Senate: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Federal Support for and Involvement in State and Local Fusion Centers (PDF)
3 October 2012, Secrecy News: Fusion Centers Flayed in Senate Report
3 October 2012, NYT: Inquiry Cites Flaws in Counterterrorism Offices
3 October 2012, WP: Homeland Security's 'fusion centers' defended in response to sharply critical Senate report
2 October 2012, WP: DHS 'fusion centers' portrayed as pools of ineptitude, civil liberties intrusions
2 October 2012, WP: Commission recommends federal government take action on 'big data'
1 October 2012, WP: NSA: Summary of DNR and DNI Co-Travel Analytics (PDF)
September 2012, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Activities Under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act of 2008 (PDF)
September 2012, Public Intelligence: International Association of Chiefs of Police: Automated License Plate Recognition Systems: Policy and Operational Guidance for Law Enforcement (PDF)
September 2012, Terence Kawaja: Strategic Buyer LUMAscape
28 September 2012, Cryptome: WH: Draft Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Practices (PDF)
September 2012, Center for Civilians in Conflict; Columbia Law School, Human Rights Clinic: The Civilian Impact of Drones: Unexamined Costs, Unanswered Questions (PDF)
September 2012, GAO: Mobile Device Location Data: Additional Federal Actions Could Help Protect Consumer Privacy (PDF)
28 September 2012, C-SPAN: Andy Greenberg Remarks on Cybersecurity
27 September 2012, NYT: A New Google App Gives You Local Information -- Before You Ask for It
26 September 2012, Democracy Now: Study Finds U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan Miss Militant Targets and "Terrorize" Civilians
26 September 2012, WSJ: U.S. Unease Over Drone Strikes
25 September 2012, ODNI: FISC: Re Government's Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications (Memorandum Opinion) (PDF)
24 September 2012, Verge: Facebook's efforts to track users' offline purchases for advertisers raises privacy concerns
24 September 2012, CNBC: FT: Facebook Raises Fears With Ad Tracking
21 September 2012, Biometric Consortium Conference: Vorder Bruegge, FBI: Facial Recognition and Identification Initiatives (PDF)
September 2012, IT Security: Honeynet Project: HoneyMap
September 2012, Stanford Law School: International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic; NYU School of Law: Global Justice Clinic: Living Under Drones: Death, Injury and Trauma to Civilians from US Drone Practices in Pakistan (PDF)
19 September 2012, C-SPAN: Seth Rosenfeld (Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals and Reagan's Rise to Power)
19 September 2012, DOJ: OIG: A Review of ATF's Operation Fast and Furious and Related Matters (PDF)
18 September 2012, WSJ: Report: Eastern European Hackers More Sophisticated Than Asian Counterparts
16 September 2012, NYT: When the Privacy Button Is Already Pressed
September 2012, GAO: Information Security: Better Implementation of Controls for Mobile Devices Should Be Encouraged (PDF)
September 2012, TechDirt: WH: Presidential Policy Directive: Critical Infrastructure Protection (Draft) (PDF)
September 2012, GAO: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Measuring Progress and Addressing Potential Privacy Concerns Would Facilitate Integration into the National Airspace System (PDF)
14 September 2012, DHS: Memo re. Working Group to Safeguard Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in the Department's Use and Support of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (PDF)
14 September 2012, Cryptome: Machinic Bypasses of Personal Anonymity
6 September 2012, Guardian: NSA: Boundless Informant: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
6 September 2012, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses (PDF)
31 August 2012, NYT: Software Meant to Fight Crime Is Used to Spy on Dissidents
31 August 2012, Cryptome: Army: ARDP 2-0: Intelligence (PDF)
31 August 2012, Pastebin: HUGE Security Resource+ version 6000
30 August 2012, FAS: DOJ: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 2011 Annual Report (PDF)
24 August 2012, NYT: AP: Romney Uses Secretive Data-Mining
24 August 2012, Democracy Now: Book Reveals Extensive Effort by Reagan, FBI to Undermine California's Student Movement in 1960s
24 August 2012, Democracy Now: NYPD Admits Muslim Spy Program Generated No Leads or Terrorism Investigations -- Only Controversy
23 August 2012, NYT: Laura Poitras: The Program
22 August 2012, NYT: Web Sites Accused of Collecting Data on Children
21 August 2012, FAS: DOD: DIA: Identity Intelligence: From Reactionary Support to Sustained Enabler (PDF)
21 August 2012, AP: NYPD: Muslim spying led to no leads, terror cases
August 2012, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1969-1976: Volume XXVI: Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1974-1976 (PDF)
15 August 2012, Cryptome: Abraxas Denial of TrapWire Affiliation Is False
10 August 2012, ODNI: 2011 Data Mining Report (PDF)
9 August 2012, Securelist: Kaspersky Lab: Gauss: Abnormal Distribution (PDF)
31 July 2012, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: French Finance Minister Says Economy in Dire Straits, Predicts Two Atrocious Years Ahead (PDF)
July 2012, CISDA: Abramson, Naval Research Laboratory: Toward the Attribution of Web Behavior (PDF)
July 2012, Progressive Corporation: Linking Driving Behavior to Automobile Accidents and Insurance Rates (PDF)
July 2012, GAO: Nonproliferation: Agencies Could Improve Information Sharing and End-Use Monitoring on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Exports (PDF)
July 2012, Cryptome: NSA: United States vs. Thomas Drake (PDF)
31 July 2012, GAO: Privacy: Federal Law Should Be Updated to Address Changing Technology Landscape (PDF)
26 July 2012, Blackhat 2012: Jonathan Brossard: Hardware backdooring is practical (PDF)
25 July 2012, Bloomberg: Cyber Attacks on Activists Traced to FinFisher Spyware of Gamma
25 July 2012, NYT: Congress to Examine Data Sellers
25 July 2012, AP: See something, say something, uncover NYPD spying
19 July 2012, GAO: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Use in the National Airspace System and the Role of the Department of Homeland Security (PDF)
July 2012, Cryptome: NIST: Guidelines for Managing and Securing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise (Draft) (PDF)
17 July 2012, Democracy Now: Spying on Scientists: How the FDA Monitored Whistleblowers Who Raised Concerns over Radiation
15 July 2012, YouTube: HOPE Number 9: Ivan Greenberg: Declassifying Government and Undermining a Culture of Insecurity
15 July 2012, 2600: Radio Statler: Interview with Steve Rambam (MP3)
15 July 2012, NYT: Reports From FDA Surveillance Operation (PDF)
15 July 2012, NYT: Vast F.D.A. Effort Tracked E-Mails of Its Scientists
14 July 2012, YouTube: HOPE Number 9: Steven Rambam: Privacy: A Postmortem (part 2)
14 July 2012, YouTube: HOPE Number 9: Steven Rambam: Privacy: A Postmortem (part 1)
14 July 2012, 2600: HOPE Number 9: Steven Rambam: Privacy: A Postmortem (part 2) (MP3)
14 July 2012, 2600: HOPE Number 9: Steven Rambam: Privacy: A Postmortem (part 1) (MP3)
13 July 2012, Guardian: NSA: Boundless Informant: Describing Mission Capabilities from Metadata Records (excerpts) (PDF)
13 July 2012, 2600: YouTube: NSA whistleblower William Binney Keynote at HOPE Number Nine
13 July 2012, 2600: HOPE Number 9: William Binney (NSA whistleblower) Keynote Address (MP3)
13 July 2012, YouTube: HOPE Number 9: Deborah Natsios: Cryptome Tracks The NYPD Ring of Steel
13 July 2012, YouTube: HOPE Number 9: ACLU: WikiLeaks, Whistleblowers and the War on the First Amendment
12 July 2012, NYT: Google Engineers and Payload Data (PDF)
5 July 2012, Intercept: GCHQ: JTRIG tools and techniques (PDF)
5 July 2012, WSJ: Pentagon Digs In on Cyberwar Front
2 July 2012, WSJ: Gadhafi-Era Spy Tactics Quietly Restarted in Libya
2 July 2012, EFF: US District Court, Northern District CA: Jewel v. NSA: Declaration of William E. Binney in Support of Plaintiffs' Judgement Rejecting the Government Defendants' State Secrets Defense (PDF)
1 July 2012, Firedoglake: Dissenter: Glenn Greenwald on Challenging the Surveillance State
29 June 2012, NYCLU: FBI: Letter to Erie County Sheriff's Office (NY) Chief Patronik re. Acquisition of Wireless Collection Equipment/Technology and Non-Disclosure Obligations (PDF)
June 2012, Intercept: NSA: SIGDEV: Identifier Lead Triage with ECHOBASE (PDF)
June 2012, Terence Kawaja: Digital media sector landscapes: Display, Search, Video, Mobile, Social, Commerce, Gaming (PDF, ZIP)
June 2012, Cryptome: DHS: 2012 DHS Intelligence Enterprise Product Line Brochure (PDF)
27 June 2012, NYT: F.B.I. Says 24 Are Arrested in Credit Card Theft Plan
26 June 2012, WSJ: Arrests Made in Massive Online Sting Operation
21 June 2012, WSJ: Next Cameras Come Into View
21 June 2012, Slate: Facebook Has Automatically Signed You Up for Facial Recognition. Here's How to Opt Out.
19 June 2012, Slate: Facebooked in the Crowd
17 June 2012, NYT: You for Sale: Mapping, and Sharing, the Consumer Genome
June 2012, Cryptome: UK Home Department: Draft Communications Data Bill (PDF)
13 June 2012, 2600: WBAI: Off The Hook: Interview with Steven Rambam re. investigation, surveillance, privacy, HOPE conference (MP3)
13 June 2012, WP: The African network
13 June 2012, WP: U.S. expands secret intelligence operations in Africa
12 June 2012, WP: Spokeo to pay $800k under FTC settlement; accused of misusing data
11 June 2012, WSJ: Mom, Please Feed My Apps!
8 June 2012, WSJ: Apple to Release New Tracking Tool for Apps
8 June 2012, WSJ: Google Wins Partial Swiss Privacy Ruling
7 June 2012, Democracy Now: Muslim Group Files Landmark Suit Challenging NYPD Surveillance in Northeast
5 June 2012, SSRN: Harvard Law & Policy Review: Gagged, Sealed & Delivered: Reforming ECPA's Secret Docket (PDF)
(Undated, declassified 4 June 2012), Cryptome: NSA: Cryptologic Almanac: The First "Think Tank" (PDF)
1 June 2012, NYT: How a Secret Cyberwar Program Worked
1 June 2012, NYT: Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran
May 2012, Intercept: NSA: International Crime and Narcotics (S2F): SOMALGET (excerpts) (PDF)
23 May 2012, NYT: Timeline: Google Street View
23 May 2012, NYT: How Google Collected Data From Wi-Fi Networks
23 May 2012, NYT: Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation
22 May 2012, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: French President Approves Secret Eurozone Consultations, Meeting With German Opposition (PDF)
22 May 2012, WP: Senate panel votes to extend government's broader surveillance authority
17 May 2012, US District Court, Southern District NY: New York Times v. DOJ; ACLU v. FBI (Memorandum & Order) (PDF)
16 May 2012, Democracy Now: FBI Crackdown on Antiwar Groups Targets Chicano, Brown Beret Activist Carlos Montes
13 May 2012, 60 Minutes: Hank Crumpton: Life as a spy
10 May 2012, CBC News: CSEC: IP Profiling Analytics & Mission Impacts (PDF)
May 2012, Cryptome: Parmy Olson: We Are Anonymous: Ch. 26: The Real Sabu (PDF)
5 May 2012, Cryptome: Apple Legacy Filevault Hole
4 May 2012, ODNI, DOJ: The Intelligence Community's Collection Programs Under Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (PDF)
3 May 2012, WP: NSA: NSAW SID Intelligence Oversight (IO) Quarterly Report -- First Quarter Calendar Year 2012 -- Executive Summary (PDF)
April 2012, ProPublica: NSA: FAIRVIEW: Dataflow Diagrams (PDF)
April 2012, Public Intelligence: DOD: Report to Congress on Future Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training, Operations, and Sustainability (PDF)
30 April 2012, Cryptome: UK House of Commons: News International and Phone-hacking (PDF)
27 April 2012, Cryptome: US House: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
26 April 2012, Rolling Stone: The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret
26 April 2012, Democracy Now: Targeted Hacker Jacob Appelbaum on CISPA, Surveillance and the "Militarization of Cyberspace"
25 April 2012, Intercept: NSA/CSS: Target Exploitation Program: Classification Guide for the NSA/CSS Target Exploitation (TAREX) Program, 2-52 (PDF)
25 April 2012, Spiegel: NSA/CSS: Classification Guide for SIGINT Material Dating from 16 August 1945 - 31 December 1967 (PDF)
25 April 2012, WP: Little lobbying opposition to bill opening up U.S. airspace to drones
25 April 2012, Cryptome: NSA: Information Assurance Mission: New Smartphones and the Risk Picture (PDF)
25 April 2012, Public Intelligence: NSA Possible Domestic Interception/Collection Points Map
21 April 2012, WSJ: Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front
20 April 2012, Democracy Now: Whistleblower: The NSA is Lying--U.S. Government Has Copies of Most of Your Emails
20 April 2012, Democracy Now: National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance
19 April 2012, WP: Regulating domestic drones on a deadline
19 April 2012, Reps. Markey, Barton: Letter to FAA Acting Administrator Huerta re. domestic drone use (PDF)
April 2012, EFF: FAA: Special Airworthiness Certificates list re. domestic drones (PDF)
April 2012, EFF: FAA: Certificates of Authorizations list re. domestic drones (PDF)
19 April 2012, EFF: FAA Releases Lists of Drone Certificates--Many Questions Left Unanswered
18 April 2012, ProPublica: NSA: SSO: SSO News: United Nations DNI Collection Enabled (PDF)
17 April 2012, Democracy Now: AP Wins Pulitzer for Exposing NYPD's CIA-Linked Intel Program, Leading Widespread Spying on Muslims
13 April 2012, FCC: Notice of Apparent Liability for Forefiture (re. Google Street View) (PDF)
12 April 2012, Public Intelligence: DoD Joint Spectrum Center Predator Drone Frequency Analysis Reports
4 April 2012, Public Intelligence: Meet Catalyst: IARPA's Entity and Relationship Extraction Program
4 April 2012, Democracy Now: FBI Surveillance Today: Bay Area Agents Used "Community Outreach" to Gather Intelligence on Muslims
4 April 2012, Democracy Now: "Enemies: A History of the FBI": Tim Weiner Explores a Century of Secrets, Snooping and Subterfuge
March 2012, Guardian: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (FL): FDLE-FBI Non-Disclosure Obligations/Guidelines (re. Harris Corporation wireless collection equipment/technology) (PDF)
March 2012, Sibel Edmonds: Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story: A Memoir (EPUB)
March 2012, ACLU: Comparison of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Legislation (PDF)
March 2012, Nielsen: Television Viewing Survey (PDF)
31 March 2012, ACLU: ACLU Affiliate Nationwide Cell Phone Tracking Public Records Request: Findings and Analysis (PDF)
27 March 2012, ProPublica: NSA: Staff Processing Form re. SSO's Support to the FBI for Implementation of their Cyber FISA Orders (PDF)
27 March 2012, WSJ: U.S. Outgunned in Hacker War
27 March 2012, Frontline: Murdoch's Scandal
27 March 2012, Center for Democracy & Technology: How Congress Should Tackle the Drone Privacy Problem
23 March 2012, ProPublica: NSA: New FAA702 Certification in the Works -- Cyber Threat (PDF)
23 March 2012, JVJ van Hoboken, Univ. of Amsterdam: Search Engine Freedom: On the implications of the right to freedom of expression for the legal governance of Web search engines (PDF)
March 2012, FTC: Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations for Businesses and Policymakers (PDF)
22 March 2012, Public Intelligence: The Department of Justice's Principles for Conducting Online Undercover Operations
22 March 2012, Verizon: 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report (PDF)
22 March 2012, NYT: ODNI: NCTC: Guidelines for Access, Retention, Use, and Dissemination by the National Counterterrorism Center and Other Agencies of Information in Datasets Containing Non-Terrorism Information (PDF)
21 March 2012, Sunday Star-Times: GCSB: COMSAT Advisory Board: GCSB Update (PDF)
21 March 2012, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund: DHS: FOIA documents re. Occupy Wall Street (398 pages) (PDF, ZIP)
21 March 2012, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund: PCJF Obtains New DHS Documents: Critical Analysis Shows DHS Is Playing Three Card Monte
20 March 2012, ProPublica: NSA: SSO: SSO Corporate Portfolio: Overview (PDF)
20 March 2012, Public Intelligence: Google: US Patent re. Advertising Based On Environmental Conditions (PDF)
20 March 2012, Cryptome: US Patent Office: Google: Advertising based on environmental conditions (PDF)
13 March 2012, William Arkin: NSA Code Names Revealed
9 March 2012, WSJ: FBI's 'Sabu' Hacker Was a Model Informant
9 March 2012, WSJ: Cybersecurity Bills Duel Over Rules for Firms
5 March 2012, DOJ: Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at Northwestern University School of Law
5 March 2012, NIST: International Biometric Performance Conference: Megna, FBI: Next Generation Identification (PDF)
5 March 2012, Rep. Issa, Sen. Grassley letter to OMB Acting Director Zients re. FDA surveillance of whistleblowers (PDF)
2 March 2012, NYT: Reuters: NASA Says Was Hacked 13 Times Last Year
1 March 2012, NYT: Reuters: Republicans Introduce Softer Cyber Security Bill
1 March 2012, NYT: AP: FBI Director: Cyber-Threats Will Become Top Worry
1 March 2012, NYT: Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos
March 2012, Yorkshire CND: Lifting the Lid on Menwith Hill: The Strategic Roles & Economic Impact of the US Spy Base in Yorkshire (PDF)
1 March 2012, Guardian: Menwith Hill eavesdropping base undergoes massive expansion
February 2012, FAS: ODNI: FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. XII: Community Management Account (PDF)
February 2012, FAS: NRO: ODNI: FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. IV: National Reconnaissance Program (PDF)
February 2012, Intercept: ODNI: FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. II: Combined Cryptologic Program: Cryptanalysis & Exploitation Services: Analysis of Target Systems: Project Description (PDF)
February 2012, Intercept: ODNI: FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. II: Combined Cryptologic Program: ICREACH (extract) (PDF)
February 2012, WP: ODNI: FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. II: Combined Cryptologic Program: Research & Technology: Penetrating Hard Targets Project; Owning the Net (OTN) Project (extracts) (PDF)
February 2012, Intercept: ODNI: FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. I: National Intelligence Program Summary: Research & Technology: Human Language Technology Research: Project Description (PDF)
February 2012, Dagbladet Information: ODNI: FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. I: National Intelligence Program Summary: Special Source Access: Foreign Partner Access: Project Description (PDF)
February 2012, Intercept: ODNI: FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. I: National Intelligence Program Summary: Special Source Operations (SSO): Project Description (excerpt) (PDF)
February 2012, Cryptome: Comcast Corporation: Legal Response Center: Law Enforcement Handbook (PDF)
February 2012, DHS: Privacy Office: 2011 Data Mining Report to Congress (PDF)
29 February 2012, NASA: NASA Cybersecurity: An Examination of the Agency's Information Security: Statement of IG Martin (PDF)
29 February 2012, Techdirt: NSA Power Grab: New Legislation Would Give It Broad Powers To Spy On 'Critical' Private Networks
29 February 2012, NYT: France Says Google Privacy Plan Likely Violates European Law
28 February 2012, NYT: Apple Loophole Gives Developers Access to Photos
27 February 2012, WP: Google unified privacy settings unsettle users
27 February 2012, WikiLeaks: The Global Intelligence Files
26 February 2012, Wired: Wikileaks Pairs with Anonymous to Publish Intelligence Firm's Dirty Laundry
February 2012, WLstorage.net: WikiLeaks archive
24 February 2012, EPIC et al: Petition to the FAA: Drones and Privacy (PDF)
24 February 2012, EFF: Appeals Court Upholds Constitutional Right Against Forced Decryption
23 February 2012, Raw Story: Secret documents reveal DHS lied about tracking Americans on social media
23 February 2012, EFF: US Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit: US v. Doe (Appeal re. decryption order) (PDF)
23 February 2012, NYT: Reuters: White House Privacy Push Seeks Cooperation
22 February 2012, ProPublica: Revelations on NYPD Surveillance of Muslims Contradict Bloomberg Claims
19 February 2012, NYT: Reuters: Q+A: The Complex Interplay of Social Media and Privacy
19 February 2012, NYT: Reuters: Data Collection Arms Race Feeds Privacy Fears
19 February 2012, NYT: How Companies Learn Your Secrets
18 February 2012, NYT: Drones Set Sights on U.S. Skies
18 February 2012, WSJ: Internet On, Inhibitions Off: Why We Tell All
17 February 2012, WSJ: Facebook and Google Are Risking an Invasion of Privacy From Regulators
15 February 2012, Cryptome: Verizon Business: Strategic Forecasting, Inc.: Computer Forensic Investigation Final Report (PDF)
8 February 2012, NYT: NSA/CSS: Classification Guide for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)/Protect America Act (PAA)/FISA Amendments Act (FAA) Activities (2-48) (PDF)
5 February 2012, NYT: AP: Bigger US Role Against Companies' Cyberthreats?
3 February 2012, Democracy Now: NYPD Muslim Spy Scandal Grows With Newly Revealed Plan to Target Shiite Mosques
1 February 2012, 2600: WBAI: Off The Hook: Interview with John Young (Cryptome) and Deborah Natsios (Cartome) (at 19:55) (MP3)
29 January 2012, WP: FDA surveillance of whistleblowers document set (PDF, ZIP)
29 January 2012, WP: FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail
January 2012, World Economic Forum: Big Data, Big Impact: New Possibilities for International Development (PDF)
January 2012, Cryptome: DOJ: OIG: Audit of the Department of Justice's Implementation of the Integrated Wireless Network (PDF)
27 January 2012, Democracy Now: NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Urged to Resign After Police Conceal Role in Anti-Muslim Documentary
24 January 2012, NYT: Justices Say GPS Tracker Violated Privacy Rights
23 January 2012, Supreme Court of the US: United States v. Jones (re. GPS tracking) (PDF)
20 January 2012, arXiv: quant-ph: Barret et al: Prisoners of their own device: Trojan attacks on device-independent quantum cryptography (PDF)
20 January 2012, Cryptome: FBO: DOJ: FBI: Request for Information re. Social Media Application (PDF)
17 January 2012, Cryptome: FBO: Broadcasting Board of Governors: Request for Information re. Social Media News Feed (PDF)
16 January 2012, AlterNet: DHS Pumping Money into Drones for Domestic Surveillance, Hunting Immigrants and Seizing Pot
13 January 2012, CIA: Center for the Study of Intelligence: Operations Subject Index
12 January 2012, Reuters: Lawmakers press Homeland Security on Internet monitoring
January 2012, EPIC: DHS: FOIA documents re. DHS media monitoring program (285 pages) (PDF)
January 2012, EPIC: EPIC v. Department of Homeland Security: Media Monitoring
12 January 2012, Cryptome: FBI OpenBSD Backdoors and RSA Cipher Vulnerability
10 January 2012, NYT: Times errors: Iran's nukes, SF's voting
10 January 2012, EFF: Are Drones Watching You?
7 January 2012, Cryptome: Tactical Network for Cellular Surveillance (TANCS)
6 January 2012, NYT: Reuters: Symantec: Parts of Antivirus Source Code Exposed
6 January 2012, NYT: Obama Puts His Stamp on Strategy for a Leaner Military
5 January 2012, NYT: Reuters: New Pentagon Strategy Stresses Asia, Cyber, Drones
5 January 2012, NYT: AP: Obama Launches Reshaping, Shrinking of US Military
4 January 2012, WSJ: Data Analytics: So, What's Your Algorithm?
4 January 2012, Cryptome: AccessData: 9 documents re. decryption, forensics, surveillance (PDF, ZIP)
3 January 2012, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems (PDF)
2 January 2012, Public Intelligence: New York Police Circulating Mysterious Government Guide to Criminal Tactics of "Protest Extremists"
2011, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: French Pursue New EU Treaty; Sweden May Be on Board Owing to Anger at UK (PDF)
2011, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Eurozone Crisis: Merkel Uncertain on Solution to Greek Problems, Would Press U.S. and UK (PDF)
2011, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: EU Summit: Germans Prepared to Oppose Special Solutions for Greek Financial Crisis (PDF)
2011, CBC News: CSEC: CASCADE: Joint Cyber Sensor Architecture (PDF)
2011, Spiegel: GCHQ; CSEC: Mobile apps doubleheader: BADASS Angry Birds: From 6 weeks to 6 minutes: protocols exploitation in a rapidly changing world; Exploring and Exploiting Leaky Mobile Apps with BADASS (PDF)
2011, Monde: CSEC: SNOWGLOBE: From Discovery to Attribution (excerpts) (PDF)
2011, US House: Office of the Law Revision Counsel: US Code: Title 50: War and National Defense (PDF)
2011, US House: Office of the Law Revision Counsel: US Code: Title 22: Foreign Relations and Intercourse (PDF)
2011, US House: Office of the Law Revision Counsel: US Code: Title 10: Armed Forces (PDF)
2011, EPIC: DHS: National Operations Center: Media Monitoring Capability: Desktop Reference Binder (PDF)
August-December 2011, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund: FBI: Documents re. Occupy Wall Street (PDF)
29 December 2011, EFF: Appeals Court Revives EFF's Challenge to Government's Massive Spying Program
28 December 2011, Kapersky Lab: Stuxnet/Duqu: The Evolution of Drivers
27 December 2011, WP: Clandestine drones: Obama administration's critical tool
27 December 2011, Democracy Now: Militarized Local Police Tap Post-9/11 Grants to Stockpile Combat Gear, Use Drones
23 December 2011, WP: The growing U.S. drone fleet
22 December 2011, WP: Rise of the drone: From Calif. garage to multibillion-dollar defense industry
22 December 2011, Global Research: America's Drone Wars in Africa: A Constellation of Secret Airstrips and Drone Bases
22 December 2011, Cryptome: Iran GPS Spoofing and the RSA Cipher
21 December 2011, Center for Investigative Reporting: Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear
21 December 2011, Z: TomDispatch: What a Busted Robot Airplane Tells Us About the American Empire in 2012 and Beyond
21 December 2011, CNET: How SOPA's 'circumvention' ban could put a target on Tor
20 December 2011, EPIC: U.S. District Court, DC: EPIC v. DHS: Complaint for Injunctive Relief (FOIA complaint re. DHS social media monitoring program) (PDF)
December 2011, EFF: Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices (PDF)
20 December 2011, Internet Governance Project: Technology as symbol: Is resistance to surveillance technology being misdirected?
17 December 2011, Cryptome: NSA Grants Exclusive License for Optical Patents
16 December 2011, WSJ: The Brave New World of Shopper-Tracking Technology
15 December 2011, Wired: Warning to Gossipy Grunts: Darpa's Eyeing Your E-Mails
13 December 2011, WP: Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing
13 December 2011, Cryptome: Exotic Modulation Surveillance Devices
9 December 2011, WSJ: Web Surveillance Software and Jobs
8 December 2011, NYT: Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Effort
7 December 2011, WP: Getting ahead of the facts on Iran
7 December 2011, Flightglobal: Satellite images reveal secret Nevada UAV site
7 December 2011, Cryptome: 10 More Spying Guides (PDF, ZIP)
6 December 2011, Cryptome: Online Spying Guides Archive (7 of 7) (PDF, ZIP)
6 December 2011, Cryptome: Online Spying Guides Archive (6 of 7) (PDF, ZIP)
6 December 2011, Cryptome: Online Spying Guides Archive (5 of 7) (PDF, ZIP)
6 December 2011, Cryptome: Online Spying Guides Archive (4 of 7) (PDF, ZIP)
6 December 2011, Cryptome: Online Spying Guides Archive (3 of 7) (PDF, ZIP)
6 December 2011, Cryptome: Online Spying Guides Archive (2 of 7) (PDF, ZIP)
6 December 2011, Cryptome: Online Spying Guides Archive (1 of 7) (PDF, ZIP)
6 December 2011, NYT: AP: Securing US Border Impossible
5 December 2011, CSM: How often do US military drones 'disappear'?
5 December 2011, WP: Drone belonged to CIA, officials say
5 December 2011, WSJ: Iran Makes New Claim It Downed U.S. Drone
4 December 2011, WarIsACrime.org: 70 Years of Lying About Pearl Harbor
2 December 2011, WSJ: What Workers Can--and Can't--Do on Facebook
2 December 2011, WSJ: For Angry Employees, Legal Cover for Rants
2 December 2011, Cryptome: Tor Not Another Haystack?
1 December 2011, WikiLeaks: The Spy Files
November 2011, Dagbladet Information: NSA: Special Source Operations: The Cryptologic Provider of Intelligence from Global High-Capacity Telecommunications Systems (excerpts) (2) (PDF)
November 2011, WP: NSA: Special Source Operations: The Cryptologic Provider of Intelligence from Global High-Capacity Telecommunications Systems (excerpts) (PDF)
30 November 2011, ODNI: FISC: Re Government's October 31 Submissions (Memorandum Opinion, Order) (PDF)
30 November 2011, NYT: F.T.C. Settles Privacy Issue at Facebook
30 November 2011, NYT: Reuters: Lawmakers Want Spy Agencies to Share Cyber Data
30 November 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: Meet the Department of Homeland Security's 'Distinguished' Privacy Advisory Committee Members
29 November 2011, FTC: In the Matter of Facebook, Inc. (Agreement Containing Consent Order) (PDF)
29 November 2011, FTC: In the Matter of Facebook, Inc. (Complaint) (PDF)
29 November 2011, WSJ: Facebook Targets Huge IPO
27 November 2011, Cryptome: AntiSec: 33 Spying Guides (PDF, ZIP)
27 November 2011, Cryptome: Online Spying Guides
23 November 2011, Symantec: W32.Duqu: The precursor to the next Stuxnet (PDF)
23 November 2011, Pauldotcom: Cracking MD5 Passwords with BozoCrack
23 November 2011, CNET: Police procedures leaked for getting into Facebook, other accounts
22 November 2011, WP: Trade in surveillance technology raises worries
November 2011, Access: The Weakest Link in the Chain: Vulnerabilities in the SSL Certificate Authority System and What Should Be Done About Them (PDF)
19 November 2011, WSJ: The Surveillance Catalog: Anonymity (3 documents) (PDF, ZIP)
19 November 2011, WSJ: The Surveillance Catalog: Web Scraping (3 documents) (PDF, ZIP)
19 November 2011, WSJ: The Surveillance Catalog: Data Analysis (16 documents) (PDF, ZIP)
19 November 2011, WSJ: The Surveillance Catalog: Intercept (78 documents) (2 of 2) (PDF, ZIP)
19 November 2011, WSJ: The Surveillance Catalog: Intercept (78 documents) (1 of 2) (PDF, ZIP)
19 November 2011, WSJ: The Surveillance Catalog: Hacking (11 documents) (PDF, ZIP)
19 November 2011, WSJ: Document Trove Exposes Surveillance Methods
19 November 2011, WSJ: The Surveillance Catalog
18 November 2011, WSJ: How the 'Off the Shelf' Surveillance Industry Has Grown
18 November 2011, CNET: SOPA's latest threat: IP blocking, privacy-busting packet inspection
15 November 2011, DHS: Privacy Compliance Review of the NOC Media Monitoring Initiative (PDF)
14 November 2011, Administrative Office of the US Courts: Federal Judicial Center: National Security Case Studies: Special Case-Management Challenges (PDF)
14 November 2011, NYT: New Inquiry Shows Wider Phone Hacking
14 November 2011, WP: Fleet of U.S. drones now based in Turkey
12 November 2011, Blip.tv: 2600: The Hacker Archives
11 November 2011, Project 2049 Institute: Stokes et al: The Chinese People's Liberation Army Signals Intelligence and Cyber Reconnaissance Infrastructure (PDF)
9 November 2011, Cryptome: Verifying Claims of Full-Disk Encryption in Hard Drive Firmware
8 November 2011, WSJ: Cellphone Tracking Logs (PDF)
4 November 2011, Wired: Darpa's Plan to Trap the Next WikiLeaker: Decoy Documents
3 November 2011, WSJ: U.S. Report Cites 'Persistent' Chinese, Russian Spying for Economic Gain
3 November 2011, WSJ: Feds Shift Tracking Defense; Prosecutors in Arizona Case Drop Position That 'Stingray' Use Didn't Require Warrant
2 November 2011, WSJ: Companies That 'Like' Facebook Ads
2 November 2011, WSJ: Big Brands Like Facebook, But They Don't Like to Pay
1 November 2011, WP: NSA: Dual Authorities (SIGINT/IA) Online Training Job Aid: Lesson 4: So you got U.S. Person Information? (PDF)
1 November 2011, PGPBoard: Yet More Spy Vultures Take Flight From The Tor Nest
November 2011, Z: The CIA Returns to Campus and Resistance Begins Again
October 2011, ACLU: NSA: Business Records (BR) and Pen Register Trap and Trace (PR/TT) FISA Training (PDF)
31 October 2011, ODNI: FISC: Exhibit B: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended (PDF)
31 October 2011, ODNI: Technical Specifications for Construction and Management of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (PDF)
October 2011, DOD: Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2011-2036 (PDF)
October 2011, WikiLeaks: DHS: National Protection and Programs Directorate: Office of Infrastructure Protection: Special Coverage: Occupy Wall Street (PDF)
31 October 2011, Reuters: New Cyber Attack Targets Chemical Firms: Symantec
October 2011, Cryptome: Enev et al, Univ. of Washington: Televisions, Video Privacy, and Powerline Electromagnetic Interference (PDF)
31 October 2011, WSJ: Study: Usability Issues Plague Tools that Limit Online Behavioral Advertising
31 October 2011, WSJ: Hackers Press the 'Schmooze' Button
October 2011, National Counterintelligence Executive: Foreign Spies Stealing US Economic Secrets in Cyberspace: Report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage, 2009-2011 (PDF)
31 October 2011, Carnegie Mellon University: Leon et al: Why Johnny Can't Opt Out: A Usability Evaluation of Tools to Limit Online Behavioral Advertising (PDF)
29 October 2011, C-SPAN: Harvard Book Store: Glenn Greenwald (With Liberty and Justice for Some), Noam Chomsky
29 October 2011, Telegraph: Met Police spends millions of pounds on secret aircraft
29 October 2011, WSJ: U.S. Firm Acknowledges Syria Uses Its Gear to Block Web
28 October 2011, WP: Secrecy defines Obama's drone war
26 October 2011, New Scientist: Inside Facebook's massive cyber-security system
25 October 2011, American Conservative: Assassinating al-Awlaki
25 October 2011, Guardian: Google: US law enforcement tried to get videos removed from YouTube
24 October 2011, ACLU: Surveillance Under the Patriot Act
21 October 2011, CSM: ACLU: FBI guilty of 'industrial scale' racial profiling
19 October 2011, NYT: New Malicious Program by Creators of Stuxnet Is Suspected
17 October 2011, Z: TomDispatch: America's Secret Empire of Drone Bases
15 October 2011, Intercept: FBI: Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (PDF)
12 October 2011, WP: NSA: SSO News: FAA Certification Renewals With Caveats (PDF)
11 October 2011, Reuters: Websites leak more info than consumers are aware of
11 October 2011, Reuters: Online privacy leaks worsen; "Do not track" gains steam
October 2011, EPIC: Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) Project FOIA Request
October 2011, Hacking Team: Remote Control System (PDF)
11 October 2011, ISS World Americas 2011: Brochure (PDF)
11 October 2011, ISS World Americas 2011: Conference Agenda
10 October 2011, Cryptome: New Yorker: The Crypto-Currency (PDF)
9 October 2011, NYT: Coming Soon: The Drone Arms Race
8 October 2011, CCC: Chaos Computer Club analyzes government malware
7 October 2011, Nextgov: FBI to launch nationwide facial recognition service
3 October 2011, ODNI: FISC: Re Government's Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications (Memorandum Opinion, Order) (PDF)
September 2011, Dana Priest, William Arkin: Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State (EPUB)
30 September 2011, Reuters: Internet firms co-opted for surveillance: experts
29 September 2011, Independent: Hacking police are (finally) examining 11 million NI emails
29 September 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: Russ Tice (NSA whistleblower) interviewed by Peter Collins, Sibel Edmonds
28 September 2011, Cryptome: DOJ: Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers (PDF)
28 September 2011, NYT: Even Those Cleared of Crimes Can Stay on F.B.I.'s Watch List
26 September 2011, Privacy & Security Law Report: Can Advertisers Learn That "No Means No"? (PDF)
26 September 2011, US Congress: Reps. Barton, Markey letter to FTC Chairman Leibowitz re. 'Supercookies' (PDF)
26 September 2011, WSJ: What's a Company's Biggest Security Risk? You.
26 September 2011, WSJ: What to Do if You've Been Hacked
26 September 2011, WSJ: The Government Model: Network Security at the State Department
26 September 2011, WSJ: Danger-to-Go: Mobile Devices in the Workplace
26 September 2011, WSJ: Heading Off Privacy Problems--Before They Arise
24 September 2011, Cryptome: Digital Investigation: Casey et al: The growing impact of full disk encryption on digital forensics (PDF)
23 September 2011, WP: Wyden takes swing at Justice Department's transparency on intel collection
22 September 2011, Public Intelligence: Facebook: US Patent re. Communicating Information In A Social Network System About Activities From Another Domain (PDF)
22 September 2011, FAS: US House: Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces: Ten Years After 9/11 and Twenty-Five Years After Goldwater-Nichols (PDF)
22 September 2011, NYT: Public Said to Be Misled on Use of the Patriot Act
22 September 2011, AP: NYPD: Moroccan Locations
22 September 2011, Yahoo News: AP: NYPD eyed US citizens in intel effort
22 September 2011, WSJ: Key Documents in 'Stingray' Case
22 September 2011, WSJ: 'Stingray' Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional Clash
21 September 2011, SecrecyKills.com: Who is Rich Blee? (MP3)
21 September 2011, Daily Beast: America's Security Overload
21 September 2011, WP: NSA/CSS: Classification Guide for NSA/CSS Quantum Computing Research, 10-25 (PDF)
21 September 2011, WSJ: How 'Stingray' Devices Work
21 September 2011, WSJ: How Technology Is Testing the Fourth Amendment
20 September 2011, Boing Boing: GCHQ: HIMR Data Mining Research Problem Book (PDF)
20 September 2011, WP: U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula, officials say
19 September 2011, NYT: Setting Boundaries for Internet Privacy
18 September 2011, NYT: Call It Your Online Driver's License
17 September 2011, NYT: A Scandal Over Spying Intensifies in Colombia
16 September 2011, Guardian: Hacking: Met use Official Secrets Act to demand Guardian reveals sources
15 September 2011, American Conservative: Tapping the Israeli Embassy
14 September 2011, NYT: C.I.A. Examining Legality of Work With Police Dept.
9 September 2011, Frontline: Top Secret America
8 September 2011, Politico: Post-9/11, NSA 'enemies' include us
7 September 2011, GAO: Data Mining: DHS Needs to Improve Executive Oversight of Systems Supporting Counterterrorism
7 September 2011, Cryptome: Disclosure Sites Insecurity Inevitability
6 September 2011, Intercept: NSA: SIDtoday: How Is Human Language Technology (HLT) Progressing? (PDF)
6 September 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: Paul Thompson (History Commons) interviewed by Peter Collins, Sibel Edmonds (Part II)
4 September 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: Surveillance Wars
1 September 2011, Electronic Frontier Foundation: EFF's Courtroom Arguments Against Warrantless Wiretapping
1 September 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: Paul Thompson (History Commons) interviewed by Peter Collins, Sibel Edmonds (Part I)
August 2011, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Germans Mostly Satisfied With Latest EFSF Draft, But Some Reservations Remain (PDF)
30 August 2011, WSJ: Firms Aided Libyan Spies; First Look Inside Security Unit Shows How Citizens Were Tracked
30 August 2011, WP: Seeking cooperation, but also after convictions
29 August 2011, AllGov: Obama Refuses to Release Bush's Legal Excuse for Illegal Surveillance
26 August 2011, Secrecy News: Govt Will Not Declassify 2001 Opinion on Surveillance
25 August 2011, NYT: Libyan Rebels Reportedly Used Tiny Canadian Surveillance Drone
25 August 2011, Democracy Now: "Terrorists for the FBI:" How the FBI Uses Informants to Surveil and Entrap Americans
25 August 2011, Democracy Now: With CIA Help, New York Police Secretly Monitored Mosques, Muslim Communities Post-9/11
August 2011, Mother Jones: How a Radical Leftist Became the FBI's BFF
24 August 2011, NYT: F.B.I. Focusing on Security Over Ordinary Crime
23 August 2011, IAPRA: Open Source Indicators Program (PDF)
23 August 2011, Aeryon Labs: Aeryon Scout Micro UAV Helps Libyan Rebels in March to Tripoli
22 August 2011, WP: Allies guided rebel 'pincer' assault on Tripoli
22 August 2011, Aeryon Labs: Aeryon Scout UAV in use with the Libyan Rebels
21 August 2011, Cryptome: DON: Above-Water Imaging and Electronic Warfare Sensors (PDF)
21 August 2011, Cryptome: DON: Integrated Undersea Surveillance System Test (PDF)
21 August 2011, Cryptome: PETS 2010: Feigenbaum, Johnson, Syverson: Preventing Active Timing Attacks in Low-Latency Anonymous Communication (Extended Abstract) (PDF)
20 August 2011, Cryptome: Navy Undersea Surveillance Processing Facilities Eyeball
16 August 2011, NYT: Parliamentary Documents Released in Tabloid Hacking Case (PDF)
15 August 2011, HHS: Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information For Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (PDF)
13 August 2011, WSJ: News Corp. Probes Advance in U.S.
13 August 2011, WSJ: Repressing the Internet, Western-Style
11 August 2011, John Duffy, Ray Nowosielski: Who is Rich Blee?: Interview #07 (Washington, DC) (Richard Clarke re. Al Qaeda, 9/11, CIA, FBI) (MP4)
11 August 2011, Antiwar.com: Big Brother Has Arrived
10 August 2011, Mother Jones: FBI Spies and Suspects, in Their Own Words
4 August 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: The NSA & 9/11: Failure to Exploit the US-Yemen Hub & Beyond
3 August 2011, Countdown: What Don't We Know About Our Secret Surveillance Law?
2 August 2011, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: EU Officials Perceive Lack of U.S. Leadership on Trade Issues, Skeptical of Pacific Initiative (PDF)
2 August 2011, McAfee: Revealed: Operation Shady RAT (PDF)
1 August 2011, Carnegie Mellon News: Face Recognition Software, Social Media Sites Increase Privacy Risks, Says New Carnegie Mellon Study
1 August 2011, WSJ: Face-ID Tools Pose New Risk
29 July 2011, HHS: Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals
28 July 2011, Ars Technica: Feds stonewall on cell phone tracking of Americans
July 2011, ACLU: Drastic Measures Required: Congress Needs to Overhaul U.S. Secrecy Laws and Increase Oversight of the Secret Security Establishment (PDF)
27 July 2011, Secrecy News: NSA "Declassified" Publicly Available Text on Cryptology
27 July 2011, WP: Administration rebuffs Wyden, Udall on surveillance query
22 July 2011, WSJ: Hacking Scandal's Web of Connections
21 July 2011, WSJ: Hackers Shift Attacks to Small Firms
21 July 2011, Democracy Now: The British Watergate: A Backgrounder on the Murdoch Hacking Scandal
20 July 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: What's Good for the Goose May Prove Disastrous for Murdoch
19 July 2011, UK Parliament: House of Commons: Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications (PDF)
18 July 2011, Ars Technica: Why the US needs a data privacy law--and why it might finally get one
18 July 2011, Wired: Meet the 'Keyzer Soze' of Global Phone-Tracking
18 July 2011, NYT: Statements by Top Figures in the Hacking Scandal
18 July 2011, Democracy Now: A British Spring? Phone-Hacking Scandal Threatens Murdoch Media Empire and British Government
17 July 2011, Cryptome: FRU Computer Hacking Claims Linked to Murdoch
16 July 2011, NYT: Correspondence Between The New York Times and Scotland Yard (PDF)
16 July 2011, NYT: Four With Links Between Scotland Yard and News International
15 July 2011, NYT: Anatomy of the News International Scandal
14 July 2011, Cryptome: DARPA: Social Media in Strategic Communication (PDF)
13 July 2011, Baltimore Sun: FBI: Memo to Baltimore Police Commissioner Bealefeld re. Purchase of Wireless Collection Equipment/Technology and Non-Disclosure Obligations (PDF)
13 July 2011, Cryptome: DoD Prepares for Global Cyberwar
8 July 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: Julia Davis (DHS whistleblower) interviewed by Sibel Edmonds, Peter Collins (MP3)
7 July 2011, NYT: A Variety of Methods Can Be Used to Tap Into Phones
4 July 2011, Guardian: Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by News of the World
June 2011, Congressional Budget Office: Policy Options for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PDF)
30 June 2011, Administrative Office of US Courts: 2010 Wiretap Report (PDF)
30 June 2011, WP: Global race on to match U.S. drone capabilities
30 June 2011, NYT: Robert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies at 78
29 June 2011, Public Intelligence: FBI: Going Dark: Law Enforcement Problems in Lawful Surveillance (PDF)
June 2011, EFF: Surveillance Self Defense Project
27 June 2011, WH: The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (PDF)
27 June 2011, Wired: Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of Warrantless GPS Monitoring
27 June 2011, CSM: GPS tracking device: Supreme Court to consider its use in following suspects
27 June 2011, WSJ: Is Warrantless GPS Tracking Constitutional?
23 June 2011, NYT: Free to Search and Seize
22 June 2011, Democracy Now: Former CIA Agent Glenn Carle Reveals Bush Admin Effort to Smear War Critic Juan Cole
20 June 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: Secret FBI Storage Drive to Shield Evidence from FOIA?
20 June 2011, NYT: Drones Transform How America Fights Its Wars (Photos)
20 June 2011, NYT: From Blimps to Bugs: The Miniaturization of Drone Technology
20 June 2011, NYT: War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs
17 June 2011, Cryptome: DoD Describes Internet Gagging Strategy
16 June 2011, Informed Comment: Ret'd. CIA Official Alleges Bush White House Used Agency to "Get" Cole
16 June 2011, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization (PDF)
16 June 2011, NYT: Ex-Spy Alleges Bush White House Sought to Discredit Critic
14 June 2011, Democracy Now: FBI to Expand Domestic Surveillance Powers as Details Emerge of Its Spy Campaign Targeting Activists
14 June 2011, Public Intelligence: NSA $3.2 Billion "Site M" Expansion Planning Documents Reveal Cyberwar Command Center
13 June 2011, Public Intelligence: NSA "Site M" Expansion Planning Documents
13 June 2011, NYT: F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds
10 June 2011, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Sarkozy Determined to Proceed with Mideast Initiative, May Pressure U.S. President (PDF)
10 June 2011, Cryptome: USA v. Thomas Andrews Drake, Ex-NSA Employee (PDF)
10 June 2011, NYT: Ex-N.S.A. Aide Gains Plea Deal in Leak Case; Setback to U.S.
9 June 2011, Guardian: NSA: Content Extraction Enhancements for Target Analytics: SMS Text Messages: A Goldmine to Exploit (PDF)
9 June 2011, WP: Ex-NSA manager has reportedly twice rejected plea bargains in Espionage Act case
8 June 2011, WP: Case against ex-NSA manager accused of mishandling classified files narrows
7 June 2011, Cryptome: NSA Access to Cable Landings
6 June 2011, Ars Technica: Are the feds torturing the Patriot Act for location data?
4 June 2011, NYT: Stolen Data Is Tracked to Hacking at Lockheed
3 June 2011, Spiegel: NSA: Getting Close to the Adversary: Forward-based Defense with QFIRE (PDF)
2 June 2011, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Action Summit 5: Emerging Trends in UAS: Looking to the Future (PDF)
2 June 2011, iWatch News: Judge orders FBI to cough up information about a previously secret computer drive
29 May 2011, NYT: From Scott Crow's F.B.I. File (PDF)
29 May 2011, NYT: For Anarchist, Details of Life as F.B.I. Target
May 2011, Krishnamurthy, Naryshkin, Wills: Privacy leakage vs. Protection measures: the growing disconnect (PDF)
May 2011, Harvard National Security Journal: Brito & Watkins: Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy (PDF)
27 May 2011, NYT: Senators Say Patriot Act Is Being Misinterpreted
27 May 2011, Democracy Now: Eli Pariser on "The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You"
26 May 2011, Wired: Sen. Ron Wyden: Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (PDF)
26 May 2011, Wired: Bill Would Keep Big Brother's Mitts Off Your GPS Data
26 May 2011, NYT: Senate Vote 84 - To Extend Provisions of the Patriot Act
26 May 2011, NYT: House Vote 376 - To Extend Provisions of the Patriot Act
25 May 2011, Intercept: NSA: SIDtoday: Finding Nuggets -- Quickly -- in a Heap of Voice Collection, From Mexico to Afghanistan (PDF)
25 May 2011, Wired: There's a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says
24 May 2011, Slight Paranoia: Senators hint at DOJ's secret reinterpretation and use of Section 215 of the Patriot Act
24 May 2011, Emptywheel: Obama's Secret Cyberwars
24 May 2011, WP: Little-known firms tracking data used in credit scores
23 May 2011, New Yorker: The Secret Sharer: Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state?
22 May 2011, 60 Minutes: Thomas Drake episode: Stills from inside NSA
22 May 2011, WP: Autocratic regimes fight Web-savvy opponents with their own tools
20 May 2011, EFF: EFF Demands Answers About Secret Surveillance Law Memo
18 May 2011, Intercept: NSA/CSS: Classification Guide for Human Language Technology (HLT) Models 2-20 (PDF)
18 May 2011, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: Secrets and Lies: The Rise of Corporate Espionage in a Global Economy (PDF)
18 May 2011, Terence Kawaja: Luma Display Advertising Technology Landscape
18 May 2011, Democracy Now: Inside Obama's "Orwellian World" Where Whistleblowing Has Become Espionage: The Case of Thomas Drake
14 May 2011, Wired: Check Your Car for a GPS Tracker
13 May 2011, Deseret News: Records show FBI practice of hiding evidence in secret databases
12 May 2011, WH: Fact Sheet: Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal
12 May 2011, WSJ: White House Cybersecurity Plan Boosts Chances of Bipartisan Bill
10 May 2011, WSJ: Latest Treasure Is Location Data
10 May 2011, WP: Apple, Google pressed for answers at privacy hearing
9 May 2011, GovInfoSecurity: Rockefeller Submits Do Not Track Online Act
9 May 2011, Wired: Video: The Dissection of an FBI Bumper-Beeper
9 May 2011, Wired: FBI Vehicle-Tracking Device: The Teardown
9 May 2011, Wired: Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking
9 May 2011, WP: Rise in FBI use of national security letters
7 May 2011, WSJ: House Releases 'Do Not Track' Bill
5 May 2011, Rep. Markey: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011 (Draft) (PDF)
May 2011, WH: International Strategy for Cyberspace (PDF)
2 May 2011, WSJ: Google Calls Location Data 'Valuable'
1 May 2011, San Jose Mercury News: iPhone and Android users face many companies who want to know where they are
May 2011, WSJ: What They Know: Digital Privacy
29 April 2011, BusinessWeek: Android Phone Users Sue Google Over Alleged Location Tracking
28 April 2011, WSJ: Jobs Tries to Calm iPhone Imbroglio
28 April 2011, NYT: Jobs Says Apple Made Mistakes With iPhone Data
28 April 2011, San Jose Mercury News: Apple finally acknowledges hidden tracking file on iPhones
28 April 2011, Democracy Now: DOJ Drops Probe of Whistleblower Who Exposed Bush-Era Domestic Spying, Thomas Tamm
27 April 2011, WSJ: Computers, Too, Can Give Away Location
26 April 2011, WSJ: House Presses Apple, Google, Others on Location-Tracking Practices
25 April 2011, Washington Times: British firm offered spy software to Egypt
25 April 2011, WSJ: IPhone Stored Location in Test Even if Disabled
25 April 2011, Bloomberg: Apple Accused in Suit of Tracking IPad, IPhone User Location
23 April 2011, WSJ: The Really Smart Phone
23 April 2011, WSJ: Our Social Networks, Ourselves
22 April 2011, WSJ: Avoiding Mobile Trackers
22 April 2011, WSJ: Apple, Google Collect User Data
22 April 2011, WSJ: When Wiretapping Crosses the Line
21 April 2011, CNET: How police have obtained iPhone, iPad tracking logs
April 2011, ABC: Michigan Police Use Device to Download Cellphone Data; ACLU Objects
20 April 2011, Cryptome: CelleBrite Universal Forensic Extraction Device User Manual (PDF)
20 April 2011, WP: Obama, Zuckerberg meeting highlights importance of Silicon Valley
20 April 2011, CSM: Spread of drone programs in Latin America sparks calls for code of conduct
20 April 2011, NYT: 3G Apple iOS Devices Are Storing Users' Location Data
13 April 2011, ACLU Michigan letter to Michigan State Police Director Etue re. Cell Phone Extraction Devices (PDF)
4 April 2011, NYT: After Breach, Companies Warn of E-Mail Fraud
1 April 2011, ODNI: 2010 Data Mining Report (PDF)
March 2011, Spiegel: NSA: Special Collection Service: Pacific SIGDEV Conference (PDF)
March 2011, Cryptome: Anonymous: DOJ: Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, FBI: Cellular Analysis Survey Team: Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers (PDF)
30 March 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In the Matter of the 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (Memorandum Opinion, Order) (PDF)
30 March 2011, Cryptome: Google: Quality Rating Handbook v3.18 (PDF)
29 March 2011, EFF: What Location Tracking Looks Like
March 2011, OpenNet Initiative: West Censoring East: The Use of Western Technologies by Middle East Censors, 2010-2011 (PDF)
28 March 2011, WP: Tech firms hiring White House staffers
28 March 2011, WSJ: U.S. Products Help Block Mideast Web
27 March 2011, NYT: F.B.I. Casts Wide Net Under Relaxed Rules for Terror Inquiries, Data Show
26 March 2011, Zeit Online: Tell-all telephone
23 March 2011, Intercept: NSA: SIDtoday: SIGDEV: Is It Time for a 'Target Reboot'? (PDF)
22 March 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In the Matter of the 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (Notice of Relevant Decision) (PDF)
21 March 2011, Onion: CIA's 'Facebook' Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs
21 March 2011, PGPBoard: TOR: Bug Doors In TOR's SSL Layer
18 March 2011, NYT: SecurID Company Suffers a Breach of Data Security
8 March 2011, F-Secure.com: Gamma: FinFisher (PDF)
7 March 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In re 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (redacted) (Google Inc.'s Reply in Support of Its Motion to Stay Production Pending Appeal of Magistrate's Order) (PDF)
7 March 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In re 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (redacted) (Google Inc.'s Reply in Support of Its Objections to Magistrate's Order of February 9, 2011 and Notice of Appeal Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 59) (PDF)
7 March 2011, WSJ: TV's Next Wave: Tuning In to You
February 2011, FAS: ODNI: FY 2012 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. XII: Community Management Account (PDF)
February 2011, Cryptome: Google: Compete: Google Display Network Blast vs. Portal Homepage: Tech Enthusiasts (PDF)
February 2011, Anonymous: HBGary Email Viewer
28 February 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In the Matter of the 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (Response of the United States to Google's Motion to Stay Production Pending Ruling on Google's Objection to Magistrate's Order) (PDF)
28 February 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In the Matter of the 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (Response of the United States to Google's Objections to Magistrate's Order of February 9, 2011) (PDF)
28 February 2011, WSJ: Web's Hot New Commodity: Privacy
27 February 2011, WSJ: Former RapLeaf Intern Launches Privacy Startup
27 February 2011, WSJ: Wall Street Journal Privacy Series Inspires One Start-Up
February 2011, Anonymous: The WikiLeaks Threat: An Overview by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies (PDF)
26 February 2011, NYT: U.S. Gathered Personal Data on Times Reporter in Case Against Ex-C.I.A. Agent
25 February 2011, WSJ: Online Trackers Rake In Funding
24 February 2011, Politico: Feds spy on reporter in leak probe
21 February 2011, NYT: US District Court, Eastern District TX: Dunbar v. Google Inc. (First Amended Class Action Complaint) (PDF)
17 February 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In re 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (redacted) (Google Inc.'s Motion to Stay Production Pending Appeal of Magistrate's Order and Memorandum in Support) (PDF)
17 February 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In re 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (redacted) (Google Inc.'s Objections to Magistrate's Order of February 9, 2011 and Notice of Appeal Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 59 and Memorandum in Support) (PDF)
15 February 2011, WSJ: White House Advisor: Use of Term Cyberwar "Terrible"
15 February 2011, Cryptome: Broadcasting Board of Governors: The New Media Revolution and U.S. Global Engagement (PDF)
9 February 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In re 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (redacted) (Order) (PDF)
3 February 2011, Intercept: GCHQ: Assessment of Intelligence Opportunity - Juniper (PDF)
2 February 2011, NYT: DOJ: Report on the National Security Agency's Bulk Collection Programs for USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization (PDF)
1 February 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In re 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (redacted) (Google Inc.'s Reply in Support of Its Motion to Modify 2703(d) Order for Purpose of Providing Notice to Account Holder) (PDF)
1 February 2011, Boiling Frogs Post: The FBI "Kamikaze Pilots" Case
28 January 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In the Matter of the 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (Response of the United States to Google's Motion to Modify 2703(d) Order for Purpose of Providing Notice to User) (PDF)
January 2011, EFF: Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001-2008 (PDF)
26 January 2011, CATO Institute: Location-Tracking Technology and Privacy (Sen. Ron Wyden)
25 January 2011, ODNI: NSA: United States Signals Intelligence Directive: Legal Compliance and U.S. Persons Minimization Procedures (USSID SP0018) (PDF)
22 January 2011, WP: NSA: Counter IED Analysis Integration Cell: Muhammad Tahir Shahzad AKA Abu Hamza (PDF)
18 January 2011, Intercept: US District Court, Eastern District VA: In re 2703(d) Order and 2703(f) Preservation Request Relating to Gmail Account (redacted) (Google Inc.'s Motion to Modify 2703(d) Order for Purpose of Providing Notice to User and Memorandum in Support) (PDF)
11 January 2011, Spiegel: NSA: SIDtoday: TREASUREMAP Announces a New Release (PDF)
6 January 2011, Cryptome: DHS: Social Media Web Sites Monitored by the NOC (PDF)
Winter 2011, Pace Law Review: From Facebook to Mug Shot: How the Dearth of Social Networking Privacy Rights Revolutionized Online Government Surveillance (PDF)
2010, ProPublica: NSA: Office of General Counsel: CNO Legal Authorities (PDF)
2010, NBC News: GCHQ: The Art of Deception: Training for a New Generation of Online Covert Operations (PDF)
2010, Intercept: GCHQ: Full-Spectrum Cyber Effects: SIGINT Development as an enabler for GCHQ's "Effects" mission (PDF)
29 December 2010, CNN: WikiLeaks: Panama's leader pressured U.S. to help wiretap opponents
December 2010, Legal & General: Digital Criminal Report 2010 (PDF)
29 December 2010, RT: "Internet a very large-scale spying machine" -- info leaking site co-founder
28 December 2010, WSJ: Apple Sued Over Mobile App Privacy
27 December 2010, WSJ: Mobile Makers Target Rivals on Phones
27 December 2010, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments (PDF)
22 December 2010, WSJ: Fortifying Phones From Attackers
22 December 2010, WSJ: Using 'Likes' for Gift Ideas; Retailers Are Tapping Social Profiles to Help Customers Shop for Their Friends
17 December 2010, WSJ: Your Apps Are Watching You
16 December 2010, DOC: Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework (PDF)
11 December 2010, WP: Attorney General Eric Holder defends legality of FBI stings against Muslim groups
7 December 2010, WSJ: Microsoft to Add 'Tracking Protection' to Web Browser
6 December 2010, WSJ: Suit to Snuff Out 'History Sniffing' Takes Aim at Tracking Web Users
3 December 2010, WSJ: Policing Privacy on Web Debated
2 December 2010, WSJ: Some Data-Miners Ready to Reveal What They Know
2 December 2010, WSJ: Proposed Law Would Prohibit Web Collection of Data on Kids
1 December 2010, FTC: Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change (PDF)
November 2010, CBC News: CSEC: CSEC SIGINT Cyber Discovery: Summary of the current effort (PDF)
30 November 2010, CSM: X-37B Space Plane: What's it for, exactly?
30 November 2010, WSJ: Hiding Online Footprints
30 November 2010, WSJ: Race Is On to 'Fingerprint' Phones, PCs
24 November 2010, NSA/CSS: OIG: Final Report of the Audit on the FISA Amendments Act §702 Detasking Requirements (AU-10-0023) (PDF)
24 November 2010, WSJ: Shunned Profiling Technology on the Verge of Comeback
19 November 2010, WSJ: Inside Deloitte's Life-Insurance Assessment Technology
19 November 2010, WSJ: Insurers Test Data Profiles to Identify Risky Clients
11 November 2010, NYT: Resisting the Online Tracking Programs
11 November 2010, WSJ: Is Your Videogame Machine Watching You?
11 November 2010, WSJ: Watchdog Planned for Online Privacy
9 November 2010, WSJ: Websites Rein In Tracking Tools
3 November 2010, WSJ: Facebook Pledges Steps on User Data
1 November 2010, MuckRock: United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: Rules of Procedure (PDF)
31 October 2010, WSJ: Facebook Says User Data Sold To Broker
October 2010, Reddit: Yasir Afifi: Does this mean the FBI is after us?
25 October 2010, WSJ: A Web Pioneer Profiles Users by Name
24 October 2010, WSJ: Privacy Advocate Withdraws from RapLeaf Advisory Board
24 October 2010, WSJ: How to Get Out of RapLeaf's System
23 October 2010, WSJ: MySpace, Apps Leak User Data
22 October 2010, PC Magazine: Google: Wi-Fi Sniffing Collected Whole E-Mails, URLs, Passwords
18 October 2010, WSJ: Some Facebook Apps Return After Privacy Breach
18 October 2010, WSJ: Referers: How Facebook Apps Leak User IDs
18 October 2010, WSJ: Facebook in Privacy Breach
17 October 2010, WSJ: Facebook Faces Suit Over Earlier Breach
15 October 2010, Cryptome: USBird4.1.1: RAVEN / RAVEN-16 / SD-RAVEN / MICRO-RAVEN / RAVEN-EYE / RAVEN-RX / RAVEN-MONITOR / RAVEN-REPEATER: Audio/Video Recorders: Users Manual (PDF)
12 October 2010, WSJ: 'Scrapers' Dig Deep for Data on Web
11 October 2010, WSJ: Escaping the 'Scrapers'
7 October 2010, Wired: Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back
6 October 2010, Democracy Now: Entrapment or Foiling Terror? FBI's Reliance on Paid Informants Raises Questions about Validity of Terrorism Cases
1 October 2010, Dagbladet Information: NSA: RAMPART-A: Project Overview (PDF)
28 September 2010, NYT: Brother of Afghan Leader Is Subject of Wiretapping
21 September 2010, Intercept: NSA: CIA Colleagues Enthusiastically Welcome NSA Training (PDF)
September 2010, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the FBI's Investigations of Certain Domestic Advocacy Groups (PDF)
19 September 2010, WSJ: 'Cookies' Cause Bitter Backlash
17 September 2010, WSJ: How to Control Your Privacy Online (Interactive)
17 September 2010, WSJ: What They Know: Kids
17 September 2010, WSJ: On the Web, Children Face Intensive Tracking
31 August 2010, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence: "Spytainment": The Real Influence of Fake Spies (PDF)
19 August 2010, WP: United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: In re DNI/AG Certification 2010-A (Order) (PDF)
13 August 2010, Fantastico: NSA: SIGINT Development: vPCS to Deploy to 80 SCS Sites (JPG)
10 August 2010, WSJ: Google Agonizes on Privacy as Ad World Vaults Ahead
8 August 2010, Cryptome: USCYBERCOM Commander Eyes the First Cyberwar Defeat
6 August 2010, US Court of Appeals, DC: USA v. Maynard (PDF)
6 August 2010, Wired: Appeals Court Rules Against Secret Police GPS Tracking
4 August 2010, WSJ: On the Web's Cutting Edge, Anonymity in Name Only
3 August 2010, WSJ: Stalkers Exploit Cellphone GPS
2 August 2010, WSJ: The Tracking Ecosystem
2 August 2010, WSJ: Microsoft Quashed Effort to Boost Online Privacy
1 August 2010, WSJ: How to Use Microsoft's InPrivate Filtering
31 July 2010, WSJ: What They Know: A Glossary
31 July 2010, WSJ: Tracking the Trackers: Our Method
30 July 2010, WSJ: Analyzing What You Have Typed
30 July 2010, WSJ: How to Avoid the Prying Eyes
30 July 2010, WSJ: Sites Feed Personal Details To New Tracking Industry
30 July 2010, WSJ: The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets
July 2010, Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium 2010: Soghoian & Stamm: Certified Lies: Detecting and Defeating Government Interception Attacks Against SSL (PDF)
30 July 2010, Democracy Now: Google Teams Up with CIA to Fund "Recorded Future" Startup Monitoring Websites, Blogs & Twitter Accounts
29 July 2010, American Prospect: Obama's Power Grab
29 July 2010, WP: White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity
28 July 2010, NYT: Researcher Releases Facebook Profile Data
21 July 2010, WP: The secrets next door
16 July 2010, WP: FISC: Exhibit F: In the Matter of Foreign Governments, Foreign Factions, Foreign Entities, and Foreign-Based Political Organizations (PDF)
16 July 2010, WP: U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: Certification of the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General Pursuant to Subsection 702(g) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended, in the Matter of Foreign Governments, Foreign Factions, Foreign Entities, and Foreign-Based Political Organizations (DNI/AG 702(g) Certification 2010-A) (PDF)
15 July 2010, WP: FISC: Affidavit of General Keith B. Alexander, United States Army, Director, National Security Agency in the Matter of Foreign Governments, Foreign Factions, Foreign Entities, and Foreign-Based Political Organizations (DNI/AG 702(g) Certifications 2010-A) (PDF)
14 July 2010, WP: Former NSA executive Thomas A. Drake may pay high price for media leak
13 July 2010, Forbes: "Millions" Of Home Routers Vulnerable To Web Hack
12 July 2010, Apple Inc: Letter to Reps. Markey and Barton re. Apple Inc's Response to Request for Information Regarding Its Privacy Policy and Location-Based Services (PDF)
28 June 2010, Intercept: GCHQ: OPA-TAS Covert Mobile Phones Policy (PDF)
23 June 2010, CBC News: NSA: NSA Lends Support to Upcoming G8 and G20 Summits in Canada (PDF)
16 June 2010, Guardian: NSA/CSS: Classification Guide for Project BULLRUN/2-16 (PDF)
16 June 2010, WSJ: U.S. Hampered in Fighting Cyber Attacks, Report Says
12 June 2010, NYT: Obama Takes a Hard Line Against Leaks to Press
12 June 2010, NYT: Rehnquist Was Asked to Review Wiretapping Program
May 2010, OpenTransparency: Facebook: Facebook Law Enforcement Guidelines (PDF)
28 May 2010, New Yorker: US District Court, DC: In the Matter of the Search of Email Account (redacted)@gmail.com Maintained on Computer Servers Operated by Google, Inc., Headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA (Application for a Search Warrant, Affidavit in Support of Application for Search Warrant, Search and Seizure Warrant) (PDF)
28 May 2010, ProPublica: GCHQ: Mobile Theme Briefing (PDF)
May 2010, NYT: NSA: Converged Analysis of Smartphone Devices: Identification/Processing/Tasking (PDF)
19 May 2010, Space.com: Air Force's New X-37B Space Plane Likely an Orbital Spy
17 May 2011, WSJ: Robo-Copters Eye Enemies
May 2010, FAS: DOJ, ODNI: Semiannual Assessment of Compliance with Procedures and Guidelines Issued Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Submitted by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (Reporting Period: June 1,2009 - November 30, 2009) (PDF)
14 May 2010, PC Magazine: Reuters: Google: Google Street View Cars Sniffed Wi-Fi Networks
13 May 2010, NYT: Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking
12 May 2010, NYT: Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options
11 May 2010, Firedoglake: John Rizzo: DOD Engaged in Cyberwarfare with Limited Oversight
11 May 2010, WSJ: FBI Targets Cyber 'Mules'
10 May 2010, MatthewKeys.net: Harris Corporation: Stingray / Kingfish / Stingray II Hardware Manual (PDF)
6 May 2010, NYT: Facebook Glitch Brings New Privacy Worries
5 May 2010, NYT: Facebook Security Flaw Publicizes Private Chats
27 April 2010, Intercept: GCHQ: PCS Harvesting at Scale: Introducing Automation to Ki Harvesting Efforts in TDSD (PDF)
22 April 2010, Sunday Star-Times: GCSB: COMSAT Advisory Board: GCSB Update (PDF)
16 April 2010, NYT: Former N.S.A. Official Is Charged in Leaks Case
16 April 2010, WSJ: Former Intelligence Official Is Charged in Leak Case
1 April 2010, ODNI: 2009 Data Mining Report (PDF)
March 2010, Boing Boing: GCHQ: What's the worst that could happen? (PDF)
24 March 2010, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Sensitive Issues on the Agenda When French, U.S. Presidents Meet Next Week in Washington (PDF)
1 March 2010, Intercept: NSA: Tailored Access Operations: Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) Classification Guide / 2-59 (PDF)
1 March 2010, Wired: Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet
February 2010, FAS: ODNI: FY 2011 Congressional Budget Justification: Vol. XII: Community Management Account (PDF)
26 February 2010, Cryptome: Microsoft Demands Takedown of Microsoft Spy Guide
24 February 2010, Public Intelligence: Harris: Surveillance products price list (PDF)
22 February 2010, Administrative Office of the US Courts: Federal Judicial Center: National Security Case Studies: Special Case-Management Challenges (PDF)
20 February 2010, NYT: Drones Are Playing a Growing Role in Afghanistan
4 February 2010, WSJ: Google Working With NSA to Investigate Cyber Attack
January 2010, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records (PDF)
January 2010, DOJ: OIG: A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records (unclassified version) (PDF)
27 January 2010, EFF: Browser Versions Carry 10.5 Bits of Identifying Information on Average
2009, International Commission of Jurists: Assessing Damage, Urging Action: Report of the Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights (PDF)
2009, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Japanese Strive to Avoid Damage to U.S. Relations Over Cherry Imports (PDF)
2009, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Japanese Agriculture Minister to Address WTO Issues With USTR on Margins of OECD Talks (PDF)
2009, WP: CloudShield Technologies: FinFlyISP on the CloudShield CS-2000: Implementation and handover documentation (PDF)
(Undated, AP estimate 2009), AP: NYPD: Intelligence Division: Intelligence Report: Debriefing Initiative: CI Profiles (PDF)
2009, RAND: Kelly et al: A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Options for Creating U.S. Capabilities (PDF)
December 2009, FAS: DOJ, ODNI: Semiannual Assessment of Compliance with Procedures and Guidelines Issued Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Submitted by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (Reporting Period: December 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009) (PDF)
29 December 2009, NARA: Federal Register: Executive Order 13526: Classified National Security Information (PDF)
16 December 2009, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
14 December 2009, NYT: DOJ: Report on the National Security Agency's Bulk Collection Programs Affected by USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization (PDF)
7 December 2009, Intercept: GCHQ: SIRDCC Speech Technology WG assessment of current STT technology (PDF)
6 December 2009, Spiegel: NSA: SIDtoday: To Nab Afghan Nemesis, German Forces Launch Rare Take-Down Operation; U.S. SIGINT Provides Key Support (PDF)
4 December 2009, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel (PDF)
1 December 2009, Wired: Feds 'Pinged' Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year
1 December 2009, EFF: Surveillance Shocker: Sprint Received 8 MILLION Law Enforcement Requests for GPS Location Data in the Past Year
1 December 2009, Slight Paranoia: 8 Million Reasons for Real Surveillance Oversight
November 2009, CBC News: CSEC: Cyber Threat Detection (excerpt) (PDF)
5 November 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Supplemental Opinion and Order) (PDF)
2 November 2009, DOD: Defense Personnel Security Research Center: Espionage and Other Compromises of National Security: Case Summaries from 1975 to 2008 (PDF)
30 October 2009, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
29 October 2009, NYT: Loosening of F.B.I. Rules Stirs Privacy Concerns
25 September 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Order Regarding Further Compliance Incidents) (PDF)
21 September 2009, EFF: How Online Tracking Companies Know Most of What You Do Online (and What Social Networks Are Doing to Help Them)
14 September 2009, EFF: New Cookie Technologies: Harder to See and Remove, Widely Used to Track You
8 September 2009, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background and Recent Amendments (PDF)
3 September 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
25 August 2009, Brad Blog: Krekorian v. Schmidt: Sibel Edmonds' Deposition: Video and Transcript Released
17 August 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Report of the United States) (PDF)
14 August 2009, Intercept: NSA: 2009 SIGDEV Conference: 'Best Yet and Continuing to Improve' (PDF)
11 August 2009, Onion: Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village
8 August 2009, Vimeo: Brad Blog: Krekorian v. Schmidt: Sibel Edmonds' Deposition
8 August 2009, Brad Blog: Ohio Elections Commission: Schmidt v. Krekorian: Deposition of Sibel Edmonds (PDF)
July 2009, New Zealand Herald: GCSB: GCSB SIGINT Development Quarterly Report (PDF)
28 July 2009, Guardian: U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: Exhibit B: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended (PDF)
28 July 2009, Guardian: U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: Exhibit A: Procedures Used by the National Security Agency for Targeting Non-United States Persons Reasonably Believed to Be Located Outside the United States to Acquire Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended (PDF)
16 July 2009, Public Intelligence: ODNI: Knowledge Assertions and Knowledge Organization Systems (PDF)
10 July 2009, NYT: DOD, DOJ, CIA, NSA, ODNI: OIGs: Report on the President's Surveillance Program: Vols. I-III (fewer redactions) (PDF)
10 July 2009, NYT: DOD, DOJ, CIA, NSA, ODNI: OIGs: Report on the President's Surveillance Program: Vols. I-III (PDF)
10 July 2009, FAS: DOD, DOJ, CIA, NSA, ODNI: OIGs: Unclassified Report on the President's Surveillance Program (PDF)
9 July 2009, FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Primary Order) (PDF)
9 July 2009, FAS: ODNI: Intelligence Community Directive 304: Human Intelligence (ICD 304) (PDF)
25 June 2009, ODNI: NSA: Business Records FISA NSA Review (PDF)
22 June 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Order) (PDF)
8 June 2009, New Zealand Herald: NSA: SIGINT Development Forum (SDF) Minutes (PDF)
29 May 2009, WH: Cyberspace Policy Review: Appendix D: Evaluation of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; Appendix E: Case for Developing an International Cybersecurity Policy Framework (PDF)
29 May 2009, WH: Cyberspace Policy Review: Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure (PDF)
26 May 2009, AP: NYPD: Memo re. Discontinuance of the Terrorism Enterprise Investigation Concerning the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, 1711 3rd Avenue, New York, New York (PDF)
21 May 2009, Spiegel: NSA: Center for Content Extraction: Content Extraction Analytics: SIGDEV End-to-End Demo (PDF)
14 May 2009, NYT: In a First, U.S. Provides Pakistan With Drone Data
12 May 2009, AP: NYPD: Intelligence Division: Handschu Committee Meeting (PDF)
21 April 2009, NYT: Lawmaker Is Said to Have Agreed to Aid Lobbyists
April 2009, Intercept: ODNI: Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review: Final Report (PDF)
20 April 2009, Cryptome: Verizon Wireless: Law Enforcement Resource Team (LERT) (PDF)
16 April 2009, NYT: Officials Say U.S. Wiretaps Exceeded Law
16 April 2009, Democracy Now: Obama Administration Claims "Sovereign Immunity" in Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit Against NSA over Domestic Surveillance
16 April 2009, Democracy Now: Justice Dept. Whistleblower Defends Decision to Leak Bush Domestic Surveillance Program & Calls for Prosecution of Gov't Officials and Telecoms
7 April 2009, Cryptome: Jacob Appelbaum: NSA/CSS: ANT: Tastatu (PDF)
7 April 2009, Cryptome: Jacob Appelbaum: NSA/CSS: ANT: Raumuberwachung (PDF)
6 April 2009, AlterNet: Obama Lawyers Invoke "State Secrets" to Block Warrantless Spying Lawsuit
6 April 2009, Raw Story: Following Bush lead, Obama moves to block challenge to wiretapping program
6 April 2009, Salon: New and worse secrecy and immunity claims from the Obama DOJ
3 April 2009, EFF: US District Court, Northern District CA: Jewel et al v. NSA et al (Government Defendants' Notice of Motion to Dismiss and For Summary Judgment and Memorandum) (PDF)
March 2009, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Merkel, Emirati Prince Think Iranian Reaction to U.S. Message Aimed at Domestic Audience (PDF)
March 2009, WikiLeaks: NSA: Global SIGINT Highlights: Financial Crisis: Germany's Merkel Addresses Toxic Assets, U.S. Approach, Larger IMF (PDF)
March 2009, FAS: DOJ, ODNI: Semiannual Assessment of Compliance with FISA Amendments Act Procedures and Guidelines, Submitted by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (Reporting Period: September 4, 2008 - November 30, 2008) (PDF)
29 March 2009, Information Warfare Monitor: Tracking GhostNet (PDF)
25 March 2009, WP: Handling Of 'State Secrets' At Issue
24 March 2009, Guardian: NSA: OIG: Review of the President's Surveillance Program (PSP) (ST-09-0002 Working Draft) (PDF)
2 March 2009, Spiegel: NSA: SIDtoday: SIGINT Helps Hobble the Taleban by Cutting Off Their Livelihood (PDF)
2 March 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Order) (PDF)
2 March 2009, NYPD: Public Security Privacy Guidelines (Domain Awareness System) (PDF)
26 February 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Production of Tangible Things (redacted) (Notice of Compliance Incidents) (PDF)
17 February 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Memorandum of the United States in Response to the Court's Order Dated January 28, 2009) (PDF)
28 January 2009, ODNI: FISC: In re Production of Tangible Things from (redacted) (Order Regarding Preliminary Notice of Compliance Incident Dated January 15, 2009) (PDF)
27 January 2009, Cryptome: Jacob Appelbaum: NSA/CSS: ANT: Mobilfunk (PDF)
21 January 2009, NYT: NSA/CSS: STELLARWIND Classification Guide (2-400) (PDF)