Surveillance News

Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in the massive Startfor leak in 2011. His trial was little more than a show for the public. The importance of the millions of emails released by Hammond is still not completely understood.

Brussels - As global repercussions grow in response to Edward Snowden's disclosure of the worldwide NSA surveillance, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, created by the European Parliament, has scheduled a series of meetings.

Toronto - How do you make a standard cops-and-robbers film a riveting suspenseful 120 minutes of intrigue and action? Just ask the filmmakers behind Cold Eyes, a Korean film screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Amidst a backdrop of modern day omnipresent surveillance, "Closed Circuit" reveals what attorneys already know. Today's justice is generally just an illusion of smoke and mirrors with the innocent dying and the guilty running the show.

London - On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, WikiLeaks released "Spy Files #3," comprising 249 documents from 921 intelligence contractors, showing the world is spending millions on mass surveillance technology to target their own and other countries' populations.

Berlin - On Monday, Spain's Foreign Ministry demanded “clarification and information” concerning a report published in Der Spiegel which said Spain was a target of secret surveillance by the NSA.

Public safety is an issue that concerns all in this age of terrorism. Port cities such as Oakland can be particularly vulnerable to attacks. What started out to be plans for a Port of Oakland surveillance center has turned out to be much more.

Bude - The latest release from Edward Snowden's collection of damning evidence against the NSA shows that the agency has made secret payments of at least $150 million to the UK's GCHQ spying agency over three years.

Brussels - In the wake of the NSA scandal revealed by Edward Snowden, that EU diplomatic premises were under US surveillance, the European Union has ordered a worldwide security sweep of all its premises.

One year after joining, WikiLeaks volunteer Thordarson became an FBI informant. He joined WikiLeaks in 2010 while he was in high school. His adventures illustrate the lengths to which the US government was willing to go in its pursuit of Julian Assange.