Kash Patel, nominated to lead FBI under Trump, could push controversial agenda to reshape bureauFBI Kash FBI: Former President Donald Trump nominates Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Known for his skepticism of the agency, Patel proposes re...
03 Dec, 2024, 05.07 PM IST
A look at mass electronic intelligence setup in the US and UKEdward Snowden in 2013 released to the press classified documents about illegal mass surveillance by the US and Australian, British and Can...
03 Jan, 2019, 07.29 AM IST
Donald Trump ramps up criticism of Russia probe, derides Ex-FBI Director as liarTrump’s lawyers had assured their client for most of last year that the investigation would wrap up by the end of 2017, said a person famil...
20 Mar, 2018, 01.48 AM IST
Release of Republican memo fuels Donald Trump, FBI distrustSanders said the decision to release the memo was made with input from the president's national security team -- including law enforcement ...
03 Feb, 2018, 01.17 PM IST
'Apple should be forced to comply with court order'Top US Republican presidential candidates today slammed Apple for not complying with court order on unlocking the iphone of a Pak-American ...
26 Feb, 2016, 12.45 PM IST
The NSA wants its massive spying programme going a little longerWith court permission, the NSA can then go to the phone service provider and get six months worth of communication information.
04 Jun, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
US House passes bill to end mass collection of phone dataThe US House of Representatives today voted overwhelmingly to end the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' call records.
14 May, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
Obama administration calls for new law to reform NSA's telephone and Internet spyingThe Obama administration has called on the US Congress to pass a bi-partisan law reforming the NSA's secretive telephone and internet spyin...
08 May, 2015, 04.11 PM IST
US authorised NSA to spy on BJP in 2010: Edward SnowdenNSA was authorised by a US court in 2010 to carry out surveillance on the BJP along with five other political organisations across the glob...
01 Jul, 2014, 02.43 PM IST
Obama surveillance proposal will change little: AssangeIn a bid to allay global outrage after the leak of the US snooping programme, Obama yesterday put an end to the surveillance of "foreign le...
18 Jan, 2014, 03.11 PM IST
Google, Apple, others back bill to clip NSA wingsIn a letter to Senators, these technology giants backed the legislation authored by thee lawmakers to end NSA's bulk collection of phone re...
01 Nov, 2013, 01.20 PM IST
Microsoft, Google to sue US over releasing user data requestsMicrosoft and Google are set to sue the US government after the failure of their talks on releasing official requests for user data.
01 Sep, 2013, 12.35 AM IST
We can't pass order against US agency for snooping: Supreme CourtSupreme Court today said it cannot pass any order against the US government and its agencies for snooping on Internet data from India as it...
25 Jun, 2013, 07.32 PM IST
SC agrees to hear PIL on US surveillance of Internet dataThe Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data fro...
19 Jun, 2013, 12.13 PM IST
PIL filed in Supreme Court on US surveillance of internet dataThe PIL, filed by SN Singh, alleged such largescale spying by the US is detrimental to national security and urged court to intervene in th...
18 Jun, 2013, 07.01 PM IST
No Privacy. Just Laughs: Concerns over government spying give way to spoofsUncle Sam’s plans to listen world’s communications is the latest attempt in compulsive snooping, and has got the whole world in stitches
15 Jun, 2013, 05.55 AM IST
US denies 'unilateral' data collection from internet companiesClapper said internet companies provide user data to the National Security Agency only after receiving an order approved by a secret FISA c...
09 Jun, 2013, 12.44 PM IST