National Security Agency

‘No operational loss due to wiretaps,’ Turkish intel says

Turkish state security suffered “no operational losses” due to electronic spying by U.S., German or British efforts as reported by Der Spiegel, a Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) source told the Hürriyet Daily News on Sept. 2, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Turkish intelligence looks into telecom privatizations

Exactly two weeks after summoning German Ambassador to Ankara Eberhard Pohl over electronic spying claims, the Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Ankara, Jess Bailey, over similar claims. They demanded the U.S. stop spying on Turkey at once, “if the claims are true.”

Germany has been spying on Turkey since 1976: Report

Germany's foreign intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey for nearly four decades, Focus magazine said on Aug. 23 in a report which could raise tensions further between the NATO allies.

The details about the duration of possible surveillance and on the decision-making surrounding it go further than first reports earlier this week.

Whistleblower can stay in Russia for 3 more years

Whistleblower can stay in Russia for 3 more years

MOSCOW -- Former contractor of U.S. intelligence services Edward Snowden has been grated the right to stay in Russia for another three years, his lawyer has said.

Antoly Kucherina announced on Thursday in Moscow that his client received "residency rights in the territory of Russia for the next three years."

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