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US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington on November 1, 2013. (REUTERS/Gary Cameron)
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FILE – This Sept. 19, 2007 file photo shows the National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year – report
Washington, Reuters—The US National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since 2008, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Most of the...Caption:
A man exits the Terminal E of Sheremetyevo aiport, outside Moscow, Russia, 01 August 2013. Russia granted Edward Snowden temporary asylum and let the US whistleblower leave the Moscow airport where he had been staying for almost five weeks. (EPA/Maxim Shipenkov)
Snowden leaves airport after Russia grants asylum
Moscow, AP—National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left the transit zone of a Moscow airport and officially entered Russia after authorities granted him asylum for a year, his lawyer said Thursday, a move that suggests the Kremlin isn’t shying away from...Caption:
In this July 5, 2013 file picture German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich attends a press conference in Nuremberg, Germany. Source: AP Photo/DPA/Daniel Karmann
US surveillance becomes election issue in Germany
Berlin, AP—Allegations of widespread US data surveillance have created turbulence for Angela Merkel on what looked like a smooth cruise to a third term as German chancellor, even though it remains to be seen whether the flap will threaten her seriously. Merkel’s...Caption:
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales (C), heavily garlanded as he reviews an honour guard on his arrival at El Alto airport in La Paz, Bolivia, late 03 July 2013. Source: EPA/Martin Alipaz