NSA Sees "Grave Damage" to National Security If Draft Talking Points on Surveillance Released
The National Security Agency appears to have spent a lot of time trying to agree on a set of talking points agency officials could use to respond to revelations that …
Freedom of the Press Foundation's Response to Obama's NSA Speech
President Obama addressed NSA reform in a forty minute speech this morning in which he proposed a few welcome reforms and many which could normalize some of the NSA's most …
Intel Committee Publishes Fact-Free Press Release About Secret 'Damage' Assessments of NSA Leaks
House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers and his Democractic counterpart Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger published a press release today touting a classified Defense Department report alleging that Edward Snowden’s leaks—and …
Amazing New Book Reveals Whistleblowers of J. Edgar Hoover’s Illegal FBI For the First Time
Whenever NSA overreach is discussed, many—even the NSA’s biggest advocates—refer back to J. Edgar Hoover's illegal FBI domestic surveillance program in the 1960s and 70s as the prime example of …
EXCLUSIVE: Clapper Memo Reveals Rationale Behind NSA Review Group Secrecy
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UK Authorities Destroy Guardian's Hard Drives, Force Journalists to Report NSA Stories In Exile
Fresh off the news that UK authorities detained the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald for nine hours yesterday, Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger has published an extraordinary report of government …
Encryption Works: How to Protect Your Privacy (And Your Sources) in the Age of NSA Surveillance
The stories of how NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden first contacted journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras (both Freedom of the Press Foundation board members), and how he communicated with the …
Why is Eric Holder In Charge of Oversight on Eric Holder's Surveillance of Journalists Policy?
President Obama delivered a much-anticipated speech yesterday on national security policy, where he unexpectedly touched on the recent AP and Fox News press freedom scandals. While he condemned leaks, he …
Virtually Everything the Government Did to WikiLeaks is Now Being Done to Mainstream US Reporters
At Freedom of the Press Foundation, we believe it’s vital to defend WikiLeaks’ right to gather and publish classified information in the public interest, just as it’s vital to protect …
A Conspiracy To Commit Journalism: The Justice Dept's Dangerous New Argument Threatens Basic Reporting
Last night, the Washington Post reported on a little known leak case involving former State Department official Stephen Kim. In an alarming new extreme, the Justice Department and FBI argue …