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US: No plans to end broad surveillance program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration considered whether to charge a government contractor with leaking classified surveillance secrets while it defended the broad U.S. spy program that it says keeps America safe from terrorists. Facing a...Tags: Jarmes R. Clapper, Computer Crime, International Law, National Government, FBI
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Talk of drones patrolling US skies spawns anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, National Government, Executive Branch, Military Equipment, Government
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Ex-spy: Destroying CIA tapes purged 'ugly visuals'
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a new book, a retired senior CIA officer who ordered the destruction of interrogation videos says he was tired of waiting for Washington's bureaucracy to make a decision that protected American lives. The tapes, filmed in a...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations, Politics, Washington, DC
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Prosecutor names mystery man in NJ webcam spy case
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday gave up their legal battle to keep the name of the mystery man in the Rutgers University webcam spying case a secret and complied with a judge's order to give the name to the suspect and his lawyer....Tags: Judges, Prosecution, Gays and Lesbians, Politics, Lawyers
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Michigan man to be sentenced for attempted spy effort
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Michigan man who admitted he took $70,000 from Chinese spies as he attempted to secure jobs with the CIA and U.S. Foreign Service is expected to receive a four-year prison term. Glenn D. Shriver of Grand Rapids is...Tags: National Security, Michigan, Crime, Law and Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Punishment
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Edward Snowden calls U.S. intelligence 'aggressively criminal'
WASHINGTON -- Edward Snowden, the former U.S. government contractor who leaked secret details of official surveillance programs, pledged Monday to release more information about U.S. intelligence-gathering methods that he described as “nakedly,...Tags: China, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Edward Snowden, Chen Guangcheng, National Government
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Insight: FBI relies on secret U.S. surveillance law, records show
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has used secret evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to prosecute at least 27 accused terrorists since 2007, according to a Reuters review of public records. While the recent spotlight has...Tags: Najibullah Zazi, Punishment, Computer Crime, National Government, Litigation
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ANALYSIS-European cloud computing firms see silver lining in PRISM scandal
Reuters* Internet spying scandal boosts European cloud services * Doubts over security of data on U.S.-owned servers * Europe wants to build cloud sector to rival U.S. players * Domestic agencies may be watching even if U.S. excluded By Leila Abboud and Paul...Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, Republic of Ireland, IBM, National Government, Startups
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Analysis: European cloud computing firms see silver lining in PRISM scandal
ReutersPARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - France has its "Sovereign Cloud" project while across the Rhine data firms have created the label "Cloud Services: Made in Germany", all trying to reassure big companies that their information is stored away from the prying eyes...Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, Republic of Ireland, IBM, National Government, Startups
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Column: Head-in-the-sand Congress
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is hopping mad. Sensenbrenner considers himself the father of the Patriot Act, the 2001 law that gave the federal government new powers to investigate potential...Tags: Judges, Jeff Merkley, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Jane Harman, Mark Udall
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Czech leader clings on after close aide charged with graft
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas was clinging to office on Friday after prosecutors accused a close aide of being at the center of a corrupt web of political favors and secret surveillance. The leader of a junior partner in the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Petr Necas, Czech Republic, National Government, Social Sciences
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British government faces questions over PRISM cyber-snooping
Reuters* Foreign minister to make statement on eavesdropping * Parliament want answers on intelligence requests By Sarah Young LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Britain must say if its spies acted illegally after revelations that they received data collected...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Skype, BBC, Google Inc.
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