Snowden: U.K. Government Is Now Leaking Documents About Itself

Edward Snowden said he is not the source of an Independent article about Britain's secret Internet-monitoring station.

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America's Real Subversives: FBI Spying Then, NSA Surveillance Now

As the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington nears, let's not forget the history of agency overreach and abuse of power that occurred when the FBI doggedly pursued Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Snowden Leaks Give New Life to Lawsuits Challenging N.S.A. Surveillance Programs

Cracks are appearing in a legal wall that since 9/11 has shielded the U.S. government's claim of constitutional authority from open-court review, as five lawsuits filed since the Snowden affair allege violations by the NSA surveillance program.

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Why the Spying Scandal Is a Serious Racial Justice Issue

People of color are disproportionately caught up in the government’s dragnet.

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What the Progressive Caucus Said - and Failed to Say - About Edward Snowden and the NSA

Leaders and members of the Progressive Caucus in Congress say things that appeal to their constituencies back home — without throwing down the gauntlet and battling an administration that has made clear its contempt for essential civil liberties.

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World Leaders Want More Answers on NSA Surveillance Program

Data protection chiefs and analysts in E.U., Pakistan, South Africa and Canada expressed concerns at the news of broad surveillance programs that spy on Americans.

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Stop Watching Us: New Petition Website Demands Congressional Investigation of NSA Surveillance

A coalition of 85 technology companies, organizations and privacy advocates launched a website Tuesday calling for a special congressional committee to investigate the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program.

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Privacy or Security: Do We Only Get To Pick One?

After the Boston Marathon bombing, 61 percent of Americans said they were more concerned about the government enacting new anti-terrorism policies that would restrict their civil liberties.

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Institutionalized Spying On Americans, a History

Big Brother is no longer fiction. It’s official U.S. policy, as manufactured national security threats have come to matter more than fundamental freedoms.

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