NSA to stop looking at old U.S. phone records
The agency will soon stop examining - and will ultimately destroy - millions of American calling records it collected
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The agency will soon stop examining - and will ultimately destroy - millions of American calling records it collected
Two years after first revelation of NSA efforts in Germany, spy agency accused of targeting numerous aides to Angela Merkel, as well as the chancellery
WikiLeaks published documents Wednesday they claim shows the NSA spied on senior German officials
President Hollande's office says eavesdropping claimed in WikiLeaks documents is "unacceptable"
WikiLeaks released documents Tuesday that allege the U.S. National Security Agency targeted the presidents
The House has passed a version of the bill, which adjusts a controversial phone data collection program, but the Senate could change it
The Kentucky Republican and presidential candidate temporarily prevented an extension of the government's spying authority on Sunday
In a rare Sunday session, lawmakers looked poised to reform the program - but not before a midnight deadline
John Brennan tells "Face the Nation" what the U.S. knows about ISIS' strengths, and how to avoid "a lot of bloodshed" in their defeat
Kentucky senator wants to run out the clock on bulk phone data collection program due to expire Monday
Obama administration pushes Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act, saying risk of terrorist attacks would increase if it fails
The New Jersey governor criticized Republican Sens. Paul and Mike Lee for their opposition to the Patriot Act
Government surveillance programs set to expire at the end of the month unless Congress renews them
Attorney General wades into the debate over NSA data collection programs; watch the complete interview Friday on "CBS This Morning"
NSA memo reports over 42,000 attempts to hack the Department of Defense last year through the Heartbleed bug, but it could have been worse
Senate Majority Leader McConnell dismisses a threat from Rand Paul to filibuster an extension of key Patriot Act provisions
A federal court ruled last week that the law, which expires June 1, does not justify the government's telephone surveillance program
Court rules the government's expansive collection of telephone data is not authorized by the Patriot Act, urges debate in Congress
A new start-up email service, ProtonMail, promises a new level of online privacy
There are thousands who could launch the same kind of cyberattack North Korea hit Sony with, says a former hacker
Massive sculpture of NSA leaker appears on column of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Brooklyn
Some officials believed the costs of a secret program collecting and storing phone records outweighed the counterterrorism benefits
The site's founder said government surveillance violates user privacy and "erodes the original promise of the Internet"
Agency says it thinks suspect fired near National Security Agency, on highway, and at other locations in D.C.-Baltimore vicinity