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Key Parts of Patriot Act Expire Temporarily as Senate Moves Toward Limits on Spying

The government’s authority to sweep up vast quantities of phone…

Obama ‘Disingenuous’ About Ending NSA Bulk Collection

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., claims that President Barack Obama has…

Reviewing the surveillance state

DEEP in the desert in Utah, the National Security Agency (NSA),…

NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones

The National Security Agency and its closest allies planned to…

Overwhelmed or Overcoming?

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Obama's Executive Action Mass Surveillance Tactics Amid Patriot…

White House report offers more on NSA spying on Americans’ calls, with Patriot Act set to expire

With debate gearing up over the coming expiration of the Patriot…

Senate Republicans seek to preserve NSA power to collect phone data

Despite vows by President Obama to limit the program, and concern…

House Negotiators Nearing Deal to Curb NSA Data Collection Powers

House negotiators are close to a deal that would effectively…

U.S. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades

The U.S. government started keeping secret records of Americans'…

Judges hear arguments over NSA surveillance

A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday in an Idaho woman's…

NSA Privacy Director says fears of government spying are unwarranted

It was one of the final questions of the NSA's open Q&A today,…

Appeals court takes on NSA surveillance case

Three federal appeals court judges struggled Tuesday over whether…