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Obama won't pardon Snowden, despite petition
The NSA leaker should return to the US and face charges, an Obama advisor says
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Russia, China reportedly crack Snowden's files, identify US, UK spies
Agents have been withdrawn from overseas operations
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UK government's spying practices challenged at European human rights court
Disclosing secret policies that govern mass surveillance practices is not enough to make them legal, human rights groups said
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DEA sued for snooping on international phone calls
A bulk phone record collection program run by the DEA for decades violates U.S. fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch claims
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Tech companies call on US to end bulk collection of metadata
The provision in the Patriot Act that allows for the bulk collection of metadata expires in June.
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Revamping your insider threat program
Why it's important to do now, and factors to consider.
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Obama in awkward spot after privacy board calls NSA snooping illegal
The bipartisan group also concludes metadata collection is mostly useless
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Thanks to the NSA, quantum computing may some day be in the cloud
The spy agency is spending $80M on basic research related to quantum computing
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Perspective: Curbing data use is key to reining in NSA
Proposed legislation and rules focus mostly on curbing data collection activities, not on controlling use of personal data
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Fear of NSA snooping could hurt U.S. cloud vendors
Reports suggest that the news about the NSA's secret data-collection program is causing foreign users to look elsewhere for cloud-based services.
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NSA whistleblower likely had easy access to classified data
Even low-level systems admins like Snowden often get very high-level privileges for normal IT tasks, security experts say
