Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security
US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden. The files show that the National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have broadly compromised
N.S.A. Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web (Published 2013)
The National Security Agency is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major tools protecting the privacy of everyday communications in the Internet age, according to newly disclosed documents. The agency has circumvented or cracked much of the encryption, or digital scrambling, tha
India appoints first Muslim to head Intelligence Bureau in 125-year history
Since the heyday of the British Raj, India's Intelligence Bureau has been watching over all those myriad internal threats to the security of the citizens, who now number 1.2bn, of perhaps the most varied country in the world. Yet for all the vaunted secularism of the world's largest democracy, the IB, in its 125-year history, has never been led by a Muslim. Until now. The appointment of 59-year-ol
Blackwater Founder Said to Back Mercenaries (Published 2011)
WASHINGTON — Erik Prince, the founder of the international security giant Blackwater Worldwide, is backing an effort by a controversial South African mercenary firm to insert itself into Somalia’s bloody civil war by protecting government leaders, training Somali troops, and battling pirates and Islamic militants there, according to American and Western officials. The disclosure comes as Mr. Princ
Germany boosts security amid fears of Islamist terror attacks
Security at German airports, railway stations and major tourist attractions was heightened yesterday after the government said it had received concrete warnings that an Islamist terror cell was planning to launch attacks across the country towards the end of this month. In city centres, traffic ground to a halt as police imposed emergency controls, while the number of armed security personnel, par
Germany tightens airport security over attacks threat
Mr de Maiziere said Germany had received a tip-off after two parcel bombs were intercepted en route from Yemen to the United States last month. One of the bombs was despatched via the German city of Cologne but was intercepted in the UK. The Yemen plot showed "the adaptability and the persistence of terrorists in pursuing their aims," Mr de Maiziere said, and also underlines "the reliability of so
Sunnis in Iraq Allied With U.S. Rejoin Rebels (Published 2010)
Iraqis crossing through a checkpoint manned by members of a Sunni Awakening Council in Baghdad.Credit...Ayman Oghanna for The New York Times BAQUBA, Iraq � Members of United States-allied Awakening Councils have quit or been dismissed from their positions in significant numbers in recent months, prey to an intensive recruitment campaign by the Sunni insurgency, according to government officials, c
British firm 'hired warlords close to Taliban to provide security'
A damning report into the role of private security companies in Afghanistan, including the multimillion-pound British ArmorGroup, was issued tonight by the US Senate armed services committee. Much of the focus of the report is on ArmorGroup's contract to provide security at an airbase. The report claims that the company hired Afghan warlords to provide security and that at least one was alleged to
More nations issue warnings over Europe terror plot
More governments have joined the US and UK in issuing travel warnings to their citizens about travelling in Europe, amid fears that al-Qaeda plans to attack cities on the continent. Sweden and Japan urged their nationals to be vigilant when using public transport or visiting tourist sites. Security sources warned last week of potential plots on the scale of the Mumbai attacks in 2008. US authoriti
Britain upgrades European travel advice due to rise in terror threat
The new advice comes after British security and intelligence sources said last week that a plot to launch "commando-style" attacks on Britain, France, and Germany had been intercepted and foiled by drone attacks on militants based in Pakistan. The foreign office is warning that "attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places frequented by expatriates and foreign travellers". The move follows
Chinese police investigate illegal jails 'where complaining citizens are held'
Chinese police are investigating a Beijing firm for holding people in illegal jails that the government says do not exist, state media reported today. According to China Daily, the company charged local officials to seize and lock up complainants, preventing them from taking their grievances to central authorities. Local authorities are penalised when petitioners from their areas complain to highe
Billy Wright murder: father could take legal action
The father of Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright is expected to take legal action if today's report into the death of his son inside the Maze prison fails to conclude there was collusion between the state and his son's republican killers. The inquiry into Wright's death, which has cost £30m, is expected to be highly critical of security around the jail in December 1997 when the loyalist
Petraeus Finishes Rules for Afghan Transition (Published 2010)
Afghan National Police officers, recent graduates from a local academy, occupied a small outpost south of Kandahar in June.Credit...Chris Hondros/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top commander in Afghanistan, has completed work on new guidelines for turning some security duties over to Afghan forces in the months ahead, calling for American and allied troops to step back gradu
WikiLeaks war logs posting 'will lead to free speech ruling'
US supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor has said the court is likely to have to rule on the issue of balancing national security and freedom of speech due to WikiLeaks posting a cache of US military records about the Afghan war. Sotomayor said the incident, which has been condemned by the Pentagon, was likely to provoke legislation in Congress that would require judicial scrutiny. Her comments ca
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Security in Afghanistan Is Deteriorating, Aid Groups Say (Published 2010)
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