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
US went soft on Pak's nuclear smuggling efforts: documentsThe US went soft on Pakistan's nuclear smuggling efforts during former President Ronald Reagan's administration, fearing that any action wo...
14 Oct, 2015, 11.18 PM IST
Key documents reveal that NSA was collecting calls, photos, passwords, and much moreThe documents detail ways that analysts can query the database for information on people based on location, and previous web traffic.
02 Jul, 2015, 03.50 PM IST
Hackers who stole information from Office of Personnel Management got into FBI files tooThe hackers' alleged theft of military and intelligence officials' SF86 forms from OPM could be used to blackmail or recruit US intelligenc...
26 Jun, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
US labels Al Jazeera's Pak bureau chief as al-Qaeda memberThe US has labelled a journalist, who interviewed Osama bin Laden, as a member of al-Qaeda and put him on a terrorist list.
09 May, 2015, 08.07 PM IST
US spy agency built its own secret 'Google-like' search engine: ReportDocuments were routinely shared with the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and CIA, according to a separate slide, the website said.
26 Aug, 2014, 01.54 PM IST
US, UK spy agencies tap data from smartphone apps: ReportEvery time smartphone users fire up apps like Angry Birds and Google Maps, US and British spy agencies extract huge amounts of personal dat...
28 Jan, 2014, 06.17 PM IST
US judge says NSA spying on phone records unconstitutionalA judge ruled that controversial mass surveillance of phone records by US intelligence was "arbitrary" and "indiscriminate".
17 Dec, 2013, 04.23 PM IST
NSA collects 5 billion cell phone records globally per day says reportThe startling revelations by The Washington Post are based on classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former CIA contractor.
05 Dec, 2013, 11.49 AM IST
German intelligence denies spying from embassy in USThe head of German foreign intelligence denied today that Berlin was carrying out bugging operations from its embassy in the United States ...
30 Oct, 2013, 05.55 PM IST
European lawmakers to investigate spy accusations in WashingtonThe scandal over US intelligence agencies bugging phone calls of senior European leaders went ballistic on Friday.
26 Oct, 2013, 02.23 AM IST
Typewriters log out PCs in anti-espionage operations amidst wire-tapping, snooping eraIndian diplomatic staff have been ordered to hammer out sensitive documents on paper and not on computers.
27 Sep, 2013, 10.54 AM IST
To hunt Osama, satellites watched over Pakistan: ReportTop-secret documents provided to The Washington Post by former NSA contractor Snowden, make brief references to the bin Laden operation.
30 Aug, 2013, 07.02 PM IST
US snooping programme had one server located in India: ReportA controversial US surveillance programme that sweeps Internet usage data had 700 snooping servers installed at 150 locations around the wo...
01 Aug, 2013, 09.59 PM IST
Barack Obama defends 'transparent' NSA surveillance programmeEdward Snowden, an ex-National Security Agency systems analyst contractor, has leaked documents revealing the Obama administration's spying...
18 Jun, 2013, 02.04 PM IST
US detected Indian nuclear test buildup at Pokhran in 1995The set of classified documents released by NSA sheds light on the intelligence watch over the Indian test site.
23 Feb, 2013, 01.46 AM IST
Poke Me: India's defence strategy is stuck in British era'Army', 'Navy' and 'Air-Force' must be confined to dictionaries. We need only an IAF - Indian Armed Forces, T.R. Ramaswami said. He respond...
29 Nov, 2012, 06.14 PM IST