Us Surveillance Program

US should explain its role in spying case, says Germany

Surveillance is a sensitive issue in a country where the memory of the Nazi's Gestapo secret police and communist East Germany's Stasi means the right to privacy is treasured.

Facebook, Microsoft reveal figures on user data requests by US govt

Facebook on Friday became the first to release aggregate numbers of requests, saying in a blog post that it received between 9,000 and 10,000 US requests for user data in the second half of 2012, covering 18,000 to 19,000 of its users' accounts.

Facebook, Microsoft reveal figures on user data requests by US govt

Facebook on Friday became the first to release aggregate numbers of requests, saying in a blog post that it received between 9,000 and 10,000 US requests for user data in the second half of 2012, covering 18,000 to 19,000 of its users' accounts.

NSA surveillance whistleblower Snowden could escape long-term jail

Americans accused of divulging secrets to the media have escaped long prison sentences, a pattern that may reassure Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who exposed the US government's top-secret surveillance programs last week.

NSA surveillance whistleblower Snowden could escape long-term jail

Americans accused of divulging secrets to the media have escaped long prison sentences, a pattern that may reassure Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who exposed the US government's top-secret surveillance programs last week.