Former Vice President Dick Cheney called Edward Snowden a traitor for leaking top-secret documents from the National Security Agency, in an interview that aired Monday afternoon on CNN.
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Report: NSA Monitored Phones of 35 Foreign Leaders
New eavesdropping revelations come amid heightened tensions between the US and key allies over alleged surveillance
Merkel Calls Obama About Report of U.S. Monitoring Her Cell Phone
White House denies U.S. is monitoring German Chancellor’s communications
NSA Chief To Step Down
Gen. Keith Alexander will leave his post in the spring
NSA Collects Online Address Books and Buddy Lists
The agency captures contacts when they’re transmitted across global servers, dodging domestic requirements mandating prior authorization for data collection inside the U.S.
NSA Hiring Civil Liberties Watchdog
Whether or not the in-house overseer would be furloughed in a shutdown is not yet known
Official Warns Shutdown Could Make Spies Double Agents
Fears that unpaid intelligence agents could be flipped
Morning Must Reads: August 16
In the news; NSA breaks privacy rules ; Islamists call for day of ‘rage’ in Egypt; Defense Department approves new measures on sexual assault; and Vogue profiles Wendy Davis.
Four Things to Know About Surveillance Leaker Edward Snowden
Here’s what we know so far about his background, political affiliation, security clearance, and future
Video: President Obama Says No One Is Listening to Your Phone Calls
In a Friday morning press conference in San Jose, Calif., President Obama took the stage to respond to criticism about the recently-unmasked phone surveillance program. The leaked court order sparked widespread privacy concerns …