National Security Agency

Bulk collection of telephone metadata is unlawful, according to the US Court of Appeals. This decision paves the way for full legal action to be taken against the US’ National Security Agency.

Judges also spoke into the years-long debate over the controversial Patriot Act, which was set in place after and because of the 9/11 attacks.

The judges’ statement:

Germany?s secret service has severely restricted cooperation with its U.S. partner the NSA in response to a scandal over their alleged joint spying on European officials and companies, media reported on May 7.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Thursday revealed that the German intelligence agency helped the NSA monitor the French presidential palace and foreign ministry officials as well as members of the European Commission.

The German chancellor's office has known since 2008 of US economic espionage targeting European companies such as Airbus but did not react, the Bild daily said April 27, citing intelligence agency documents.

Edward Snowden is a familiar name to us all. He is the poster boy for anyone paranoid of privacy breaches and data collecting in the age of social media and technology, having shown that their paranoia is more than justified. He is the hero for all intimidated from the increasing power of the states that are at once abusive and hostile towards their people. He is also a disgraced U.S.

Americans might oppose intrusive surveillance if they realized the government can see their most intimate emailed pictures, comic John Oliver suggested to fugitive intelligence technician Edward Snowden.
      

Monday's shootout outside the headquarters of the US National Security Agency appears to be a 'local criminal matter' and not a terrorist attack, according to a senior US official, NBC News reported.

Guards shot one man dead and seriously wounded a second when the men tried to ram a vehicle into the entrance gate at the Fort Meade, Maryland, headquarters of the National Security Agency, on March 30, CNN reported.

The network cited law enforcement sources.

Two men tried to ram a vehicle through the main gate to the United States National Security Agency headquarters building on Monday, the CNN reported.

NSA police shot one of the men dead and seriously injured the second. Their identities aren't available yet.

According to foreign media reports, a shooting took place on Monday near the headquarters of the National Security Administration, after a vehicle rammed the gates leading into Fort Meade, Maryland.