U.S. National Security Agency

Latest Stories

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, file photo, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks gestures as he speaks to the media and members of the public from a balcony at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

WikiLeaks: NSA eavesdropped on the last 3 French presidents

By Angela Charlton and Raphael Satter - Associated Press

Edward Snowden. (Associated Press)

Edward Snowden leak: NSA helped British steal cell phone codes

By Ken Dilanian - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint press conference as part of a meeting with Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Lawmakers probing NSA face German secrecy hurdles

Associated Press

The former US National Security Agency, NSA, employee William Binney, in wheelchair, arrives for his questioning by the German parliamentary NSA investigation committee in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Picture taken trough a window. The committee investigates the NSA surveillance activities, that also included the tapping of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

NSA targeted German privacy activist: report

Associated Press

German lawmakers want to interview Snowden

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel’s US trip to focus on Ukraine crisis

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Diplomat appointed to head UK eavesdropping agency

Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Report: NSA had over 300 reports on Merkel

Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting of the German parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Russia faces further sanctions from the European Union on Thursday over its annexation of the Crimea Peninsula as tensions in the region remained high despite the release of a Ukrainian naval commander. In an address to the German Parliament, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU was readying further sanctions and that the G-8 forum of leading economies had been suspended indefinitely. Russia holds the presidency of the G-8 and President Vladimir Putin was due to host his counterparts, including President Barack Obama, at a summit in Sochi in June. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German lawmakers plan investigation into US spying

Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, gestures during a meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawaat the Foreign Ministry office in Jakarta, Indonesia Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Adi Weda, Pool)

Indonesia baffled by spying on shrimp spat

Associated Press

Hackers sue German government over NSA spying

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

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

Spain newspaper claims U.S. tapped 60M phone calls a month

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Edward Snowden

Russian official: No asylum application received from NSA leaker Snowden

Associated Press

A demonstrator in Hanover, Germany, protests Internet and telephone surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency on Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Peter Steffen)

European officials slam U.S. over bugging report

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Pro-democractic legislator Claudia Mo Man-ching speaks next to a picture of President Obama and Edward Snowden during a news conference in Hong Kong Friday, June 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

LAMBRO: Tinker, tailor, whistleblower, spy

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times