Are US Surveillance Measures Justified? -- Al Jazeera
Amid revelations that the government is collecting mobile phone records, we examine the scope of wiretapping.
A top secret court order has revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting the phone records of millions of cell phone users in the US.
The court order obtained by The Guardian newspaper, requires Verizon, one of the largest telecommunication providers in the US, to hand over phone numbers, locations, the timings of the calls and their duration. It does not include the actual content of the calls.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Is the price of 'security' worth it? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Politics Of PRISM: White House In Crisis, Obama Doubles Down -- Doug Schoen, Forbes
“Top Secret” Should Mean Just That -- Max Boot, Commentary
Four Big Questions About NSA Spying, Prism, and Tech Dragnets -- Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg
Why PRISM is Different and Scarier Than Other NSA Spying -- Jill Lawrence, National Journal
Prism: Just how much do the spooks know? -- Jane Wakefield, BBC
Analysis: Golan fighting spells more Syria woes for Israel -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Iran’s election will not be tweeted -- David Rohde, Reuters
Ayatollah's Ruse: Iran's Presidential Election Offers No Real Choice -- Dieter Bednarz, Spiegel Online
Erdogan the Bulldozer -- Michael Weiss, Real Clear World/NOW
US-China talks: Huge opportunity, formidable challenges -- Deutsche Welle
Paranoid Republic: No summit can bridge the political gap between Washington and Beijing. -- Minxin Pei, Foreign Policy
Forget Latvia. Slovenia is the next euro domino -- Cyrus Sanati, CNN
The Bizarre End to Vladimir Putin's Bizarre Marriage -- Julia Ioffe, New Republic
Manning's US court martial a ruthless gambit to put an end to whistleblowing -- Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald