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The source behind the Guardian‘s NSA files talks to Glenn Greenwald about his motives for the biggest intelligence leak in a generation

„We hack everyone everywhere. (…) You are not even aware of what is possible. The extent of their capabilities is horrifying. We can plant bugs in machines. Once you go on the network, I can identify your machine. You will never be safe whatever protections you put in place

The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA‘s history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows

In his first remarks on the subject, Foreign Secretary William Hague said the two countries did share intelligence but…

Well, well. In the aftermath of the revelations that the NSA is getting records of every phone call from Verizon, followed up by the news that most of the biggest tech companies are supposedly giving direct access to the NSA, the intelligence community is responding the same way it always does: with weasel words.

Within a few months of taking office in 2009, the Obama administration‘s Justice Department conceded that the agency had been guilty of „over-collection“ of domestic communications but claimed the excess had been accidental.