The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. read more
Data of all types are being stored in data centers built by the NSA all over the world. Your internet activities, phone calls, etc. are all being stored by the government and detailed analysis performed on the data. read more
News stories from IPS; Secrecy; US Congress unaware of mass NSA surveillance program. One of the major concerns in the US has been how members of the US Congress themselves were not aware at how vast the activities were. read more
Additional surveillance agencies, such as the DHS and the position of Director of National Intelligence have exponentially escalated mass surveillance since 2001. A series of media reports in 2013 revealed more recent programs and techniques employed by the US intelligence community. read more