Electronic Surveillance

US and UK spy agencies may be allowed to ask media outlets for email and online chat data

U.S. and UK spy agencies and police may soon be allowed to directly ask media companies in each others' countries for email and online chat data for people being investigated, under a tentative bilateral deal, officials said on Friday.

Snowden warns of loss of privacy in Christmas message

Edward Snowden warned of the dangers posed by a loss of privacy in a message broadcast to Britain on Christmas Day...