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Obama says racism is ‘deeply rooted in America’ as he addresses wave of protests following decisions to clear killer cops
President Barack Obama is prescribing time and vigilance to tackle problems as entrenched in American society as racism and bias. He also is urging patience, saying progress usually comes in small steps. In an interview with
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US plans to spend over $300 million on a spying hub in Britain
The United States is planning to spend over $300 million to turn one of its military bases in Britain into a spying hub. Royal Air Force Croughton, a US Air Force base near Milton Keynes,
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Nothing personal? Obama says no nation avoids US spying
Ally or not, the US does not have an agreement with any country that would prevent espionage in light of national security concerns, President Obama said on Tuesday, prior to an official state dinner
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San Jose looks to tap into residents’ private surveillance cameras for police use
A new proposal in the San Jose, California City Council would allow residents to voluntarily offer police access to their private video surveillance camera recordings. Authorities say the program would only be used for
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US stepping up plans to prevent spying on its spies
The US government is reportedly looking at ways to prevent anyone from spying on its own surveillance programs of US citizens’ phone records. The US government is quietly funding research to prevent phone company employees
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NYPD Wants Stores to Point Security Cameras Toward Streets
New York City has become the epicenter of a massive apparatus of citizen surveillance, harassment, and control. It's a place rife with biometrics, a city-wide camera system supplying real-time data to law enforcement, and
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Americans’ personal data shared with CIA, IRS, others in security probe
U.S. agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands of Americans in an attempt to root out untrustworthy federal workers that ended up scrutinizing people who had no direct ties to the U.S.
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Bill Clinton On NSA Spying: “We Are On The Verge Of Having The Worst Of All Worlds: We’ll Have No Security And No Privacy”
The fact that Snowden was able to receive a top-secret security clearance despite having only been a contractor for several months “made me think that we are on the verge of having the worst
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Two US district courts to take up challenges to NSA surveillance programs filed by diverse groups
Two U.S. district courts are slated to hear challenges to National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs filed by both liberal and conservative groups while the Supreme Court is also going to possibly hear a
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Russian GPS system in US stirs spying fears in CIA, Pentagon
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Pentagon have been waging a campaign to prevent a major Russian space agency from building what they perceive to be spying structures on US soil, a report
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American cities installing ominous surveillance tech despite NSA scandal
Mass surveillance isn’t something only being conducted by the likes of the National Security Agency anymore. Despite growing concerns brought on by the Summer of Snowden, cities around America are adopting high tech spy
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NSA officials told to evoke 9/11 sympathies when justifying mass surveillance
A newly released internal document reveals details of how officials at the American National Security Agency (NSA) should cite 9/11 and the fear of future attacks when answering questions about the spying programme.
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