surveillance

Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old private intelligence contractor has revealed himself as the NSA leaker. How did he get access and what does it say about our intelligence apparatus?

The source of information leaks is getting harder to hide. Can whistleblowers do anything to cover their tracks?

The furor over U.S. Internet surveillance could hit transatlantic trade. A senior European lawmaker says the revelations could potentially derail plans for a U.S.-EU free trade deal.

Can consumers really do anything to force Internet and telecommunications companies to fight back against government tracking of personal data?

New revelations show the federal government’s spying program isn’t contained to just telecommunications giant Verizon.

The National Security agency is tapping the servers of nine large U.S. tech companies, including Google, Apple, Yahoo, and Facebook, according to new reports.

The NSA order for Verizon's customer data highlights how much the private sector knows about their customers, and the restrictions on how they use it.

The government wants to wiretap services like Facetime and Skype.

After Boston, surveillance cameras are hot sellers, and it's not just businesses that are buying.

How cell phone and surveillance video is gathered and and processed to find clues, and track the perpetrators of the fatal attack in Boston.