Domestic spying

    December 20, 2017 - 1:04 pm

    Sen. Rand Paul threatens to block House surveillance bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A libertarian-leaning Republican senator threatened on Wednesday to oppose and, if necessary, block passage of House legislation to reauthorize a soon-to-expire foreign intelligence collection program. The warning from Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky comes as Congress is trying to find...
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    December 10, 2017 - 6:03 am

    German intel chief: Islamic radical numbers are growing

    BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency says the number of Islamic radicals is growing and becoming increasingly difficult to keep under surveillance as recruiting efforts move underground. Hans-Georg Maassen said in comments released Sunday that the number of adherents of...
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    August 16, 2017 - 7:58 am

    Germany indicts Swiss man of espionage in tax evasion case

    BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany have formally indicted a Swiss citizen on suspicion of espionage for spying on German tax investigators. Federal prosecutors say the 54-year-old man, identified only as Daniel M. due to German privacy rules, acted as an agent for Switzerland's intelligence...
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    June 02, 2017 - 7:49 pm

    Ex-spy says NSA did mass surveillance during Utah Olympics

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former top spy agency official who was the target of a government leak investigation says the National Security Agency conducted blanket surveillance in Salt Lake City during the2002 Winter Olympics in Utah, according to court documents. Ex-NSA official Thomas Drake wrote in...
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    June 02, 2017 - 7:43 pm

    Ex-spy says NSA did mass surveillance during Utah Olympics

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former top spy agency official who was the target of a government leak investigation says the National Security Agency conducted blanket surveillance in Salt Lake City during the2002 Winter Olympics in Utah, according to court documents. Ex-NSA official Thomas Drake wrote in...
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    May 02, 2017 - 6:54 pm

    US sought names of 1,934 Americans in intelligence reports

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Government officials requested to know the identities of more than 1,900 Americans whose information was swept up in National Security Agency surveillance programs last year, according to an intelligence report issued Tuesday. The identities of U.S. citizens and legal permanent...
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    May 01, 2017 - 6:00 pm

    Detroit officer critical after shooting; suspect killed

    DETROIT (AP) — A man who critically wounded a Detroit police officer responding to a domestic dispute was caught on video surveillance chambering a round into a handgun as officers knocked on the door to his apartment building, the city's police chief said Monday. Cameras inside the west side...
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    May 01, 2017 - 1:38 pm

    Detroit officer critical after shooting; suspect killed

    DETROIT (AP) — A man who critically wounded a Detroit police officer responding to a domestic dispute was caught on video surveillance chambering a round into a handgun as officers knocked on the door to his apartment building, the city's police chief said Monday. Cameras inside the west side...
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    FILE - In this April 7, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are asking the nation’s top intelligence official to release more information about the communications of American citizens swept up in surveillance operations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
    April 22, 2017 - 3:03 am

    Senators seek data on Americans caught up in surveillance

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic privacy advocate and libertarian-minded Republican are asking the nation's top intelligence official to release more information about the communications of American citizens swept up in surveillance operations. The request by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and...
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    April 15, 2017 - 8:02 am

    Microsoft says users are protected from alleged NSA malware

    PARIS (AP) — Up-to-date Microsoft customers are safe from the purported National Security Agency spying tools dumped online, the software company said Saturday, tamping down fears that the digital arsenal was poised to wreak havoc across the internet . In a blog post , Microsoft Corp. security...
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