NSA

A view of sensor arrays at a former NSA monitoring base in Bad Aibling in Bavaria, Germany.

The NSA’s bulk collection program may soon end, but they may not care

Justice

The NSA’s ability to collect mass amounts of phone data might be coming to end as a bill on the topic moves through Congress. A former CIA head says it’s a necessary check against abuse, but one journalist thinks the agency has moved beyond the program altogether.

Brazilian activists hold Snowden masks

‘Privacy isn’t dead:’ Snowden’s South American legacy grows as Brazil’s crypto movement marches on

Technology
Rubik's cube doole by Google

I’ll never think of Rubik’s Cube in the same way again, after Snowden

Senator Ron Wyden

The Snowden leaks gave a senator the chance to openly question the NSA

Global Politics
Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott

Australia’s spy service has its own embarrassing moment, thanks to Snowden

Global Politics
A computer with a series of numbers and the logo of the United States' National Security Agency (NSA)

It’s a rough time to be a US diplomat, when your country is caught spying

Global Politics

Spain has learned that the NSA secretly monitored 60 million phone calls — in just one month. The revelations, and the angry reactions, are presenting challenges to American diplomats in the field.

Merkel upset at NSA snooping

Now who’s throwing a fit about NSA eavesdropping? Add Germany to the list

Global Scan

Suspicions abound in this edition of the daily Global Scan. Newly-leaked documents show the NSA has spied on leaders and citizens of America’s friends and foes alike. The Roma fall under suspicion of child trafficking, while they fear losing their legitimate children. And an Australian leader is suspicious over claims that fires raging in his country are an early sign of climate change. Those are some of the stories we’re tracking in today’s Global Scan.