#INN’s 2013 Person of the Year: Edward Snowden

He pulled off the year’s most spectacular heist. Exiled from his country, the 30-year-old computer whiz has become the doomsayer of the information age

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Building an NSA-Proof Cloud

If Germany’s special parliamentary session on U.S. surveillance this week was any indication, European politicians are still worked up about former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leaks

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People Craving Approval More Likely to be Facebook Addicts

Looking for a little affirmation that people like you? You may be more likely to head to Facebook in search of “likes,” according to a new study

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NSA Bugged the U.N.

The U.S. National Security Agency has bugged the United Nations’ New York headquarters, Germany’s Der Spiegel weekly said on Sunday in a report on U.S. spying that could further strain relations between Washington and its allies

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The Guardian Outsmarts British Government

Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian editor-in-chief, has said that the destruction of computer hard drives containing information provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden allowed the paper to continue reporting on the revelations

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White House Knew of Heathrow Detention in Advance

The White House was given advance notice of the British government’s plans to detain the partner of the Guardian reporter who has written a series of high-profile stories about U.S. surveillance practices

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U.K. Forced The Guardian to Destroy Copy of Snowden Files

The editor of the Guardian, a major outlet for revelations based on leaks from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, says the British government threatened legal action against the newspaper unless it either destroyed the classified documents or handed them back to British authorities

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Failed Intimidation…

The partner of the Guardian journalist who has written a series of stories revealing mass surveillance programmes by the US National SecurityAgency was held for almost nine hours on Sunday by UK authorities as he passed through London’s Heathrow airport on his way home to Rio de Janeiro

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Germany Cuts Surveillance Pact With U.S., U.K.

Germany canceled a Cold War-era surveillance pact with the United States and Britain on Friday in response to revelations by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden about those countries’ alleged electronic eavesdropping operations

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Obama Greeted by Topless Protesters in Germany

FEMEN activists this morning staged a bare-chested protest in Berlin ahead of a planned speech in the city by Barack Obama

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