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Articles / Events / Situations

2010 - 2019

2013

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130625	guardian.co.uk	Who authorised the NSA and GCHQ to spy on Germans? The US and Britain claim they have operated within the law. But they are not our laws and we shouldn't be subject to them.	DE / NSA / GCHQ
20130625	politico.com	NSA takes surveillance fact sheets off website	US / NSA / FISA
20130625	guardian.co.uk	Civil rights group says GCHQ and NSA have targeted it illegally - Liberty asks official tribunal to investigate whether its communications have been intercepted by government spooks	GB / GCHQ / NSA
20130624	guardian.co.uk	Senators: NSA must correct inaccurate claims over privacy protections - Ron Wyden and Mark Udall write to head of NSA to correct portrayals of surveillance restrictions on website factsheet	NSA / US
20130624	spiegel.de	Internetüberwachung: Schnüffelprogramme beschäftigen den Bundestag	DE / NSA / GCHQ
20130623	scmp.com	EXCLUSIVE: US spies on Chinese mobile phone companies, steals SMS data: Edward Snowden	US / NSA / CN
20130623	scmp.com	EXCLUSIVE: NSA targeted China's Tsinghua University in extensive hacking attacks, says Snowden	US / NSA / CN
20130623	scmp.com	EXCLUSIVE: US hacked Pacnet, Asia Pacific fibre-optic network operator, in 2009	US / NSA / HK
20130622	guardian.co.uk	MI5 feared GCHQ went 'too far' over phone and internet monitoring - Amid leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, senior intelligence source reveals worries were voiced in 2008	GB / GCHQ / MI5 / NSA
20130622	guardian.co.uk	Snowden spy row grows as US is accused of hacking China - Whistleblower charged with espionage reportedly claims US authorities accessed millions of private text messages in China	US / NSA / GCHQ / CN
20130622	spiegel.de	Britische Internet-Überwachung: Freund liest mit	GB / GCHQ / NSA / TAT-14
20130621	wired.com	U.K. Spy Agency Secretly Taps Over 200 Fiber-Optic Cables, Shares Data With the NSA	GCHQ / NSA
20130621	guardian.co.uk	How does GCHQ's internet surveillance work? Learn more about the system for collecting content and metadata, and what GCHQ can do with it	GCHQ / NSA
20130621	guardian.co.uk	Mastering the internet: how GCHQ set out to spy on the world wide web: Project Tempora – the evolution of a secret programme to capture vast amounts of web and phone data	GCHQ / TEMPORA / NSA
20130621	guardian.co.uk	GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications - Exclusive: British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal	SUBCOMCAB / GB / GCHQ / US / NSA / MASTERING THE INTERNET / GLOBAL TELECOMS EXPLOITATION / TEMPORA
20130621	netzpolitik.org	Neue Dokumente beweisen: Auslandsgeheimdienste wie die NSA können nicht demokratisch kontrolliert werden	NSA / FISA
20130620	wired.com	5 Fun Facts From the Latest NSA Leak	US / NSA
20130620	daserste.ndr.de	NSA in Deutschland: Narrenfreiheit für US-Spione?	DE / NSA
20130620	guardian.co.uk	Revealed: the top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant - Fisa court submissions show broad scope of procedures governing NSA's surveillance of Americans' communication	US / NSA / FISA
20130619	netzpolitik.org	Geheimdienst-Experte: Kanzleramt und Innenminister waren über NSA-Überwachung “sehr genau unterrichtet”	DE / NSA
20130619	guardian.co.uk	Google's chief legal officer denies company is 'in cahoots with NSA' - David Drummond reiterates firm's line over leaks and calls for global governmental action to regulate secret collection of data	GOOGLE / NSA
20130619	nytimes.com	Web’s Reach Binds N.S.A. and Silicon Valley Leaders	NSA / SKYPE
20130619	guardian.co.uk	Google's chief legal officer: live Q&A - LIVE Join our live chat with David Drummond who will answer your questions about the NSA, security, privacy and the limits of law	GOOGLE / NSA
20130618	spiegel.de	NSA-Skandal: Obama verteidigt Spähprogramme	US / NSA
20130617	zeit.de	ÜBERWACHUNG: Das Spionagesystem Prism und seine Brüder	NSA / PRISM
20130617	spiegel.de	The German Prism: Berlin Wants to Spy Too	DE / NSA / BND
20130617	spiegel.de	NSA-Skandal: Prisms großer Bruder	NSA / PRISM
20130616	guardian.co.uk	GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits - Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009	GB / GCHQ / NSA
20130616	guardian.co.uk	How GCHQ stepped up spying on South African foreign ministry - UK hoped to find out everything it could about negotiating position of Thabo Mbeki's government	GCHQ / NSA / ZA
20130616	guardian.co.uk	G20 surveillance: why was Turkey targeted? Gordon Brown had hailed 'strong and strengthening ties' with the country, which was – and is – an ally	GB / TR / GCHQ / NSA
20130615	bloomberg.com	U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms	US / NSA / GOOGLE / MICROSOFT / AT&T / VERIZON / SPRINT NEXTEL / LEVEL 3 / CENTURYLINK
20130615	cnet.com	NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants	US / NSA
20130615	bigstory.ap.org	Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure	PRISM / NSA / MICROSOFT / FACEBOOK / GOOGLE
20130614	guardian.co.uk	Welcome to Utah, the NSA's desert home for eavesdropping on America - The NSA's new $1.7bn facility in the heart of Mormon country has the potential to snoop on US citizens for decades to come	NSA / NSA Utah Data Center
20130614	guardian.co.uk	On PRISM, partisanship and propaganda: Addressing many of the issues arising from last week's NSA stories	PRISM / NSA / US
20130613	blog.rubbingalcoholic.com	It’s not just metadata. The NSA is getting everything.	NSA
20130613	guardian.co.uk	NSA to release more information on surveillance programs – live updates	NSA
20130613	guardian.co.uk	Snowden revelations on NSA strain US-China relations, says Beijing: State-run China Daily points to countries' 'soured relationship' on cybersecurity and suggests huge surveillance net is unjustified	US / NSA / CN
20130612	sueddeutsche.de	NSA in Deutschland - Der unheimlichste Geheimdienst der Welt	DE / NSA
20130612	deredactie.be	"Uncle Sam" mag alles lezen - Jo Lernout	BE / NSA
20130612	boingboing.net	Proposed EU Data Protection amendment would open the door for secret funneling of Europeans' data to the NSA	EU / NSA
20130612	bnr.nl	NSA krijgt nul op rekest bij Nederlandse cloudprovider	NSA / NL
20130612	washingtonpost.com	Google details how it hands over data to federal officials	GOOGLE / PRISM / NSA
20130612	gallup.com	Americans Disapprove of Government Surveillance Programs	US / NSA
20130612	thehill.com	NSA revelations only 'the tip of the iceberg,' says Dem lawmaker	NSA / US
20130612	guardian.co.uk	Senators press NSA director for answers on secret surveillance program: Keith Alexander says surveillance programs have helped thwart attacks – but raises new questions over how they operate	US / NSA
20130612	spiegel.de	Lehren aus Prism: Google, Facebook, Microsoft machen den Job der NSA	PRISM / NSA / GOOGLE / FACEBOOK / MICROSOFT
20130612	guardian.co.uk	NSA surveillance: anger mounts in Congress at 'spying on Americans' - After a closed-door briefing of the House of Representatives, lawmakers call for a review of the Patriot Act	US / NSA
20130612	guardian.co.uk	NSA surveillance: anger mounts in Congress at 'spying on Americans' - After a closed-door briefing of the House of Representatives, lawmakers call for a review of the Patriot Act	US / NSA
20130611	spiegel.de	Berlin und die Prism-Affäre: Gute Amis, böse Amis	DE / NSA
20130611	guardian.co.uk	Europe warns US: you must respect the privacy of our citizens: EU officials demand answers on what data snooping programmes entail and whether they breach human rights	EU / US / NSA
20130611	nrc.nl	'AIVD heeft ook toegang tot informatie uit PRISM	AIVD / NL / NSA / PRISM / GOOGLE / SKYPE / FACEBOOK
20130610	thedailyshow.com	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Good News! You're Not Paranoid - NSA Oversight	NSA
20130610	gurdian.co.uk	GCHQ-NSA revelations - Hague responds: Politics live blog	GCHQ / NSA
20130609	stanford.edu	(liberationtech) Why didn't tech company leaders blow the whistle?	US / NSA / QWEST / NACCHIO, JOSEPH
20130609	guardian.co.uk	Surveillance in the US and UK: Spreading national insecurity: The actions of whistleblowers may embarrass governments. But where legislatures and judges fail, whistleblowers keep open the only channel left for public accountability	NSA / US / GB
20130608	nytimes.com	Peeping Barry	NSA / US
20130608	wsj.com	Crunch for Tech Companies Over Prism	PRISM / NSA / GOOGLE / MICROSOFT / SKYPE / FACEBOOK
20130608	abcnews.go.com	4 Unanswered Questions About NSA Leaks	NSA
20130608	wired.com	Intel Director Sets Record Straight on PRISM, Sort Of	NSA / PRISM / CLAPPER, JAMES R.
20130608	guardian.co.uk	Boundless Informant: NSA explainer – full document text: View the three-page explanation document, which showed the NSA collected almost 3 billion pieces of intelligence from US computer networks over a 30-day period ending in March	NSA / BOUNDLESS INFORMANT
20130608	guardian.co.uk	Boundless Informant NSA data-mining tool – four key slides: The top-secret Boundless Informant tool details and maps by country the voluminous amount of information it collects from computer and telephone networks	NSA / BOUNDLESS INFORMANT
20130608	guardian.co.uk	Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data: Revealed: The NSA's powerful tool for cataloguing data – including figures on US collection	NSA / BOUNDLESS INFORMANT
20130608	spiegel.de	Überwachungsprogramm Prism: Die wackeligen Dementis von Larry Page und Mark Zuckerberg	FACEBOOK / NSA / PRISM
20130608	spiegel.de	Daten-Überwachungszentrum in Utah: Festung der Cyberspione: Die NSA ist der wohl größte Informationssammler, mit dem Prism-Programm soll der US-Geheimdienst weltweit Internetnutzer ausspähen. Um die Datenberge auszuwerten, errichten die Cyberspione einen gigantischen Server-Komplex in der Provinz von Utah.	NSA
20130607	theatlantic.com	'I Cannot Figure Out Why This Was Classified to Begin With': What the PRISM leaks have in common with the Pentagon Papers	US / NSA / PRISM
20130607	foreignpolicy.com	The PRISM spin war has begun	PRISM / NSA / GOOGLE / FACEBOOK
20130607	spiegel.de	NSA-Überwachungsprogramm Prism: Die Methoden der Internet-Späher	NSA
20130607	washingtonpost.com	U.S., British intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program	NSA / US
20130607	spiegel.de	US-Bespitzelung im Internet: Obamas Überwachungsstaat	US / NSA
20130607	guardian.co.uk	PRISM scandal: tech giants flatly deny allowing NSA direct access to servers: Silicon Valley executives insist they did not know of secret PRISM program that grants access to emails and search history	US / NSA
20130606	theweek.com	Sources: NSA sucks in data from 50 companies	NSA
20130606	abcnews.go.com	Internet Companies Deny Offering Government Access to Customer Data	NSA / PRISM / GOOGLE / APPLE / SKYPE / FACEBOOK
20130606	guardian.co.uk	The National Security Agency: surveillance giant with eyes on America: The NSA is the best hidden of all the US intelligence services – and its secrecy has deepened as its reach has expanded	NSA
20130606	spiegel.de	Telefonüberwachung der NSA: Amerikas gigantischer Datensauger	NSA
20130606	guardian.co.uk	NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal: Top secret PRISM program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Facebook and Apple - Companies deny any knowledge of program in operation since 2007	US / NSA / GOOGLE / APPLE / FACEBOOK
20130606	guardian.co.uk	NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily - revealed	US / VERIZON / NSA
20130425	documentcloud.org	United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Secondary Order in the Application of the FBI for an order requiring the production of tangible things from Verizon Business Network Services	VERIZON / NSA
20130412	foxnews.com	NSA data center front and center in debate over liberty, security and privacy	NSA / NSA Utah Data Center
20130227	washingtonian.com	Ragtime: Code name of NSA’s Secret Domestic Intelligence Program Revealed in New Book	NSA

2012

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20121228	theverge.com	Senate votes to let the NSA keep spying on you without a warrant until 2017	US / NSA
07.09.2012	publicintelligence.net	Hitachi Press Release on NSA Utah Data Center Cable Purchases	NSA / NSA Utah Data Center
02.09.2012	cryptome.org	NSA Utah Data Center 2012	NSA / NSA Utah Data Center
20120824	businessinsider.com	NSA Whistleblower Details How The NSA Has Spied On US Citizens Since 9/11	NSA
22.08.2012	nytimes.com	The Program: The filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles William Binney, a 32-year veteran of the National Security Agency who helped design a top-secret program he says is broadly collecting Americans’ personal data.	NSA
20120822	nytimes.com	OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Who's watching the Watchers? Giving In to the Surveillance State	US / NSA
20120717	businessinsider.com	NSA Whistleblower Says The Feds Are Gathering Data On Nearly Every US Citizen	NSA / US
20120716	publicintelligence.net	Sworn Declaration of Whistleblower Willian Binney on NSA Domestic Surveillance Capabilities	US / NSA
10.07.2012	guardian.co.uk	The NSA's warrantless wiretapping is a crime, not a state secret: As the US will neither affirm nor deny its vast dragnet of phone calls and emails, we must sue to protect our privacy and liberty	US NSA
20120619	theverge.com	NSA: Investigating privacy violations would violate privacy	US / NSA
20120505	cryptome.org	National Security Agency Utah Data Center Images	NSA / NSA Utah Data Center
03.04.2012	wired.com	Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA	US IL NSA VERINT COMVERSE NARUS ELTA NICE UNIT 8200
20120328	foxnews.com	NSA dismisses claims Utah Data Center watches average Americans	NSA / NSA Utah Data Center
20120317	rt.com	NSA Utah ‘Data Center’: Biggest-ever domestic spying lab?	NSA / NSA Utah Data Center
15.03.2012	wired.com	The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)	US NSA

2011

Date	Source	Title	Tags
23.05.2011	the new yorker	The Secret Sharer: Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state?	US NSA

2010

Date	Source	Title	Tags
23.08.2010	youtube.com	Nova - The Spy Factory - Part 4 of 4	NSA
23.08.2010	youtube.com	Nova - The Spy Factory - Part 3 of 4	NSA
23.08.2010	youtube.com	Nova - The Spy Factory - Part 2 of 4	NSA
23.08.2010	youtube.com	Nova - The Spy Factory - Part 1 of 4	NSA

2000 - 2009

2008

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20081009	abcnews.go.com	Exclusive: Inside Account of U.S. Eavesdropping on Americans	US / NSA

2007

Date	Source	Title	Tags
23.12.2007	cryptome.org	Regarding Corraboration of NSA IP Info	NSA
20.05.2007	cryptome.org	Eyeball: National Security Agency Headquarters April 2005	NSA

2006

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20060630	bloomberg.com	Spy Agency Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say	NSA
20060411	cryptome.org	NSA/ATT Spying Began 8 Months Before 9/11	NSA

2003

Date	Source	Title	Tags
09.03.2003	cryptome.org	GCHQ arrest over Observer spying report - Eyeballing Frank Kozza and the National Security Agency	GCHQ / NSA / KOZZA, FRANK

2002

Date	Source	Title	Tags
28.05.2002	cryptome.org	Eyeballing the Former NSA Rosman Research Station	NSA / ROSMAN RESEARCH STATION

2001

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20010527	cryptome.org	Subject: Re: NSA tapping undersea fibers?	NSA / SUBCOMCAB
20010523	spiegel.de	Lauschangriff: Zapfen Geheimdienst-U-Boote Telefonkabel an?	SUBCOMCAB / NSA
20010422	spiegel.de	Lausch-Imperium: Crypto City entgeht nichts	NSA

2000

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20000428	spiegel.de	Netzdepesche: Warum die CIA "nie" offensiv spielt	ECHELON / NSA

1990 - 1999

1999

Date	Source	Title	Tags
24.02.1999	village voice	A Most Unusual Collection Agency: How the U.S. undid UNSCOM through its empire of electronic ears	NSA
17.02.1999	cryptome.org	Uncle Sam and his 40,000 snoopers: The following is an interview with a former US operative, now in Australia, of America's National Security Agency	US AU NSA

1998

Date	Source	Title	Tags
199805	heise.de	Abhör-Dschungel: Geheimdienste lesen ungeniert mit -- Grundrechte werden abgebaut	DE / NSA / ECHELON / GCHQ / BND
07.03.1998	Covert Action Quarterly	FOR AT LEAST HALF A CENTURY, THE US HAS BEEN INTERCEPTING AND DECRYPTING THE TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS OF MOST OF THE WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS	NSA

1997

Date	Source	Title	Tags
18.09.1997	Svenska Dagbladet	[Secret Swedish E-Mail Can Be Read by the U.S.A.]	SE/NSA

1993

Date	Source	Title	Tags
27.07.1993	cryptome.org	National Security Agency / Central Security Service: United States Signals Intelligence Directive	US NSA

1980 - 1989

1989

Date	Source	Title	Tags
19890220	spiegel.de	NSA: Amerikas großes Ohr - Die National Security Agency, der aggressivste US-Nachrichtendienst, hört Freund und Feind ab	NSA / DE

Pictures

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130612	vice.com	A Photo History of the NSA, from Its Once-Secret Archives	NSA

Resources

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Videos

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130610	thedailyshow.com	Good News! You're Not Paranoid - NSA Oversight: Charged with overseeing the NSA's surveillance programs, the FISA court wears out its rubber stamp of approval.	NSA / US / CLAPPER, JAMES R.