The latest news and comment on the US National Security Agency
April 2024
What is Fisa, and what does it mean for no-warrant spying?
After a week of debate, Congress on Friday reauthorized section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
October 2023
Man jailed for life for attempted murder of US woman stationed at GCHQ
Joshua Bowles, 29, carried out reconnaissance before stabbing victim in Cheltenham in March
Ex-NSA employee pleads guilty to trying to sell classified information to Russia
Prosecutors say Jareh Dalke, facing up to 22 years in prison, gave security files to FBI agent that he thought was Russian operative
Scandinavian spy drama: the intelligence chief who came under state surveillance
How Lars Findsen and Claus Hjort Frederiksen came to be facing trial for allegedly disclosing ‘state secrets’ that had been in public domain for years
June 2023
‘No regrets,’ says Edward Snowden, after 10 years in exile
But whistleblower says 2013 surveillance ‘child’s play’ compared to technology today
Snowden, MI5 and me: how the leak of the century came to be published
Ten years on, Nick Hopkins recalls how the Guardian defied the intelligence agencies to publish revelations of mass state surveillance
What’s really changed 10 years after the Snowden revelations?
The whistleblower forced US intelligence agencies to admit extensive spying on their own citizens. Some reforms were enacted but Snowden still faces potentially 30 years in prison
May 2023
The Last Honest Man: Frank Church and the fight to restrain US power
Pulitzer-winner James Risen calls the late Democratic senator an ‘American Cicero’ – and makes a strong case
September 2022
Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden
Former NSA intelligence contractor was given asylum in Russia after leaking secret files in 2013
US courts must stop shielding government surveillance programs from accountability
Patrick Toomey and Alex Abdo
The NSA’s surveillance of Americans’ internet use raises serious constitutional concerns, but the government claims a lawsuit against the program would compromise ‘state secrets’
NSA analyst jailed for life for selling US secrets to Soviets dies aged 80
Ronald Pelton, convicted of espionage in 1986, said he accepted money from America’s cold war enemy because he was desperate
August 2022
US asked British spy agency to stop Guardian publishing Snowden revelations
Head of GCHQ rebuffed late-night request from National Security Agency amid strained relations in Five Eyes intelligence coalition
July 2022
Reality Winner says she leaked file on Russia election hacking because ‘public was being lied to’
Former NSA contractor says in interview ‘I knew it was secret … but I also knew that I had pledged service to the American people’
October 2021
RAF intelligence base linked to US drone strike on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
Research concludes it ‘was probable’ that Menwith Hill was used to assist in the controversial assassination
September 2021
9/11: 20 years later
‘Panic made us vulnerable’: how 9/11 made the US surveillance state – and the Americans who fought back
It took Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers to reveal the staggering extent of the government’s spying on its own people as institutional checks failed
August 2021
9/11: 20 years later
Reign of Terror review: from 9/11 to Trump by way of Snowden and Iraq
Spencer Ackerman, once of the Guardian, displays a masterful command of the facts but sometimes lets his prejudice show
June 2021
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner released from prison
Ex-intelligence contractor convicted of leaking report on Russian interference in US election released for good behavior
May 2021
Denmark helped US spy on Angela Merkel and European allies – report
Havana syndrome: NSA officer’s case hints at microwave attacks since 90s
October 2020
US entitled to $5.2m from Edward Snowden's book sales, court rules
Government sued Snowden over publication of Permanent Record, which US allege was in violation of agreements whistleblower signed
