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In this image made from video released by WikiLeaks on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Edward Snowden says NSA treats nude file photos as ‘fringe benefit’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, warned that the "freedom of the people" is imperiled more by "gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.” (Library of Congress)

EDITORIAL: Missouri aims to stop the snoops

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on NSA attacks on individual liberties by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Hopping from liberty to tyranny

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.s' opinion in Riley v. California is likely to have long-term implications for cellphone data collection. (associated press)

Phone snoop ruling sets precedent on technology

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"These whistleblowers never have the opportunity to make their case," said Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican. "It's stereotypical treatment of whistleblowers for the executive branch." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

GOP: A watchdog ready to dig deeper

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

News media crews wait for decisions in the final days of the Supreme Court's term, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, in Washington. The justices ruled Wednesday that a startup Internet company has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programs from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other portable devices. The justices said by a 6-3 vote that Aereo Inc. is violating the broadcasters' copyrights by taking the signals for free. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

SHAPIRO: Cellphone ruling offers hints for surveillance cases

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Obama said the US will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, set up joint operation centers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP-led House backs limits on Obama’s authority

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Thursday, June 6, 2013, file photo, shows a sign outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Republicans join Democrats to vote for curb to NSA spy powers

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Left to Right: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman David Medine, moderator and Washington Times Opinion Editor David Keene, Former NSA and CIA Director Gen. Mike Hayden, and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Washington Legislative Office Director Laura W. Murphy, speak on a panel called "Privacy in America: the NSA, the Constitution and the USA Freedom Act" at the Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center, Washington, D.C., Thursday, June 12, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Former NSA director backs House bill to rein in spy agency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

PRIVACY: Liberty vs. security in post-9/11 world

By David Keene - The Washington Times

PRIVACY: Verizon case won’t be closed for long time to come

By Brett Max Kaufman — Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on efforts to continue NSA surveillance by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

SLOAN: A fix for the USA Freedom Act

By Virginia Sloan

FILE - In this 2005 file photo, a workman slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., near Washington. Fifteen CIA employees were found to have committed sexual, racial or other types of harassment last year, including a supervisor who was removed from the job after engaging in "bullying, hostile behavior," and an operative who was sent home from an overseas post for inappropriately touching female colleagues, according to an internal CIA document obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CIA disciplines 15 officers for sexual, racial or other types of harassment

Associated Press

One of the email addresses of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy apparently has been scrubbed. (Associated Press)

Watchdog rebuffed on EPA data turns to NSA

By Stephen Dinan and Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General James Cole told the Senate intelligence committee that the administration is looking to end bulk data collection while allowing for enough flexibility to get large volumes of records if they are necessary to investigations. (Associated Press)

NSA phone snooping end in sight

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video provided by NBC News on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, speaks to NBC News anchor Brian Williams during an NBC Exclusive interview. Snowden told Williams that he worked undercover and overseas for the CIA and the NSA. (AP Photo/NBC News)

NSA chief defends facial spying on Americans: ‘We have very specific restrictions’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaks at the 2014 Fiscal Summit organized by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi flustered by teen’s NSA query, blames Bush

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Late at night, you're bound to run into one of 12 types of email. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Judge dismisses lawsuit over NSA cellphone data

Associated Press

In this image taken from video provided by NBC News on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, speaks to NBC News anchor Brian Williams during an NBC Exclusive interview. Snowden told Williams that he worked undercover and overseas for the CIA and the NSA. (AP Photo/NBC News)

NSA grabs millions of images for facial recognition data daily, Snowden documents show

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times