A post-9/11 program that enabled the mass collection of telephone, cellular, and text metadata by the US National Security Agency (NSA) likely violated the constitution, a three-judge panel of the US ...

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” the adage goes. But for the sunset of Patriot Act authorities later this year—including Section 215, a controversial provision that allows the National Security ...

The Office National Intelligence released a trove of newly declassified documents Tuesday, detailing the National Security Agency’s controversial surveillance operations. As Matthew Keys reported on ...

The National Security Agency has “quietly shut down” the mass surveillance program it implemented after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks to analyze metadata ...

On May 7, in ACLU v. Clapper, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the controversial National Security Agency (NSA) telephone metadata collection program—involving the court-ordered ...

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court announced today that it has approved President Obama's request to change to the NSA's section 215 metadata collection program. Obama did not choose to end ...

Though NSA supporters say the program is an effective tool against terrorism and has prevented attacks in the past, a new study by a nonpartisan think tank found that its contribution has been minimal ...

The ruling is a significant development in the executive, legislative and judicial struggle to strike the right balance between protecting privacy and protecting national security. In yet another ...

In a decision that is sure to irk privacy advocates, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled that the National Security Agency (NSA) can temporarily resume its once-secret bulk collection of ...

On Dec. 27, 2013, U. S. District Court Judge William H. Pauley III issued his opinion in ACLU v. Clapper, in which he upheld the constitutionality of the NSA's collection of metadata of "virtually ...