There are serious questions to be asked after the revelations about the NSA, GCHQ and intercepted text messages. But to get the right answers, let’s be clear what we’re asking.
President Barack Obama says he will put a stop to the US intelligence agency’s mass storage of Americans’ phone records, and orders an end to indiscriminate spying on friendly foreign allies.
Hollywood actors join civil liberties groups in protests against the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities, writes Inigo Gilmore.
Vodafone’s head of privacy tells Channel 4 News the company will be “contacting the government… and challenging them” on interception of text messages.
British spy agencies violated European law when they accessed a secret American database that hoovered up millions of text messages around the world, a leading EU politician tells Channel 4 News.
The man who helped to bring the Snowden leaks to the world’s attention – journalist Glenn Greenwald – is sceptical that Obama’s spying reforms will fundamentally change the NSA’s approach.
Exclusive: America’s spy agency created a secret system, Dishfire, to intercept almost 200m text messages a day – a system used by GCHQ to exploit a loophole allowing them to spy on British citizens.
Exclusive: a recording of the voice of Guy Burgess – the most colourful and notorious of the cold war spies – has come to light thanks to a freedom of information request to the FBI.
The NSA is facing reform after outrage from lawmakers in the US. But what about Britains own state-sponsored spying? Channel 4 News revisits the revelations about GCHQ and the reaction.
He’s on the run and faces jail if he returns to the USA. But from Moscow, where he’s been granted political asylum Edward Snowden has delivered a defiant message on Channel 4.
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden delivers Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message, saying his revelations on privacy invasion enable people to choose how their governments are run.
Journalist Glenn Greenwald tells an EU inquiry that the UK’s collection of metadata is the “primary threat” to EU privacy, as the White House publishes a review of the NSA’s surveillance.
The world’s biggest technology companies, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Apple, write to President Barack Obama calling for reform to US surveillance laws.
Amnesty International is taking legal action against British security services, claiming that sensitive emails and calls have been illegally intercepted.
“Do you love your country?” – Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger faces questioning from the home affairs select committee on the Snowden leaks.