DOJ joins suit against US contractor charged with performing background checks
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced that it joined a lawsuit filed against United States Investigations Services LLC (USIS) , the company charged with performing background investigations on potential employees of...
US Ambassador to Spain, James Costos, was summoned by the Spanish Foreign Ministry Monday to discuss recent reports that the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on more than 60 million phone calls...
EU leaders on Friday said that the fight against terrorism could be hindered by distrust of the US after new leaks revealed that Washington has regularly monitored phone traffic throughout Europe, including 35 world leaders. The EU...
Federal appeals court rules FBI can withhold racial surveillance information
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the FBI is not required to disclose documents regarding its use of ethnic and racial information. The American Civil Liberties...
An EU Parliament Committee on Tuesday approved broad legislation aimed at providing greater data protection for Internet users in the wake of the revelation of the US National Security Agency (NSA) PRISM program. If passed,...
ACLU sues to uncover policy for notifying defendants of FISA surveillance
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit Thursday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to compel the federal government...
Documents reveal NSA involvement in US targeted killing program
The National Security Agency (NSA) has been heavily involved in the US government's targeted killing program through collaborations with the CIA in the use of drone strikes against terrorists abroad, according to a Washington Post report...
Report reveals NSA collecting instant messaging, e-mail contact lists
The National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging programs around the world in an attempt to combat terrorism or other criminal activity, according a Washington Post report Monday....
EU complicity with US rendition and surveillance programs must end: European Parliament
The European Parliament said Thursday that EU member states' complicity with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) rendition program has led to violations of fundamental rights and must end immediately. Members of European Parliament...
UK spy agency facing rights court challenge over surveillance
The UK spy agency GCHQ is facing a legal challenge in the European Human Rights Court (ECHR) to its online surveillance programs. Claims filed in the ECHR on Thursday allege that...
