#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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Amnesty Sues U.K. Intelligence Over Surveillance

Human rights organization Amnesty International has declared it will take legal action against British security services. Amnesty claims its calls have been intercepted by UK intelligence agencies

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U.K. Tries to Silence The Guardian

British police have launched an investigation into whether the Guardian committed “potential” terrorism offenses by publishing the incriminating NSA and GCHQ documents leaked earlier this year by Edward Snowden

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The Guardian Will Not Be Intimidated

The editor of the Guardian said his newspaper has published just 1% of the material it received from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden

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U.K. Press Freedom Under Threat

Britain has a long tradition of a free, inquisitive press. That freedom, so essential to democratic accountability, is being challenged by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Eroding Freedom

Seventy of the world’s leading human rights organisations have written to David Cameron to warn that the government’s reaction to the mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden is leading to an erosion of fundamental rights and freedoms in the UK

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NSA Surveillance Far Beyond Orwell’s Imagination

The potential of the surveillance state goes way beyond anything in George Orwell’s 1984

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Project Lists People Killed by U.S. Drones in Pakistan

US drone strikes that the CIA claims target only al-Qaeda militants have killed at least 400 civilians in Pakistan over the past decade. That’s according to “Naming the Dead,” a new project that aims to identify and collect data on those killed by drones

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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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