NSA Memo Details Dozens of U.S. Privacy Violations in Just One Quarter
It was supposed to be careful, targeted, and strictly within legal boundaries. But for three months in early 2003, the NSA’s internal compliance report reads like a checklist of domestic violations. From listening in on Americans’ private conversations to...
How the CIA Identified, Approached and Broke Recruits
A 1944 CIA training document, recently declassified, lays out in cold detail exactly how the agency evaluated and manipulated potential assets. More than a manual, it’s a psychological dissection of human vulnerability-who can be recruited, how to spot them, and how...
50 Years of Mathematical Cryptanalysis Inside the NSA
Cryptanalysis - the science of cracking secret codes - has always been an arms race between mathematicians and machine designers. A newly declassified NSA document, titled “Fifty Years of Mathematical Cryptanalysis (1937–1987)”, provides a rare and sweeping look at...
U.S. Intelligence Is Buying Your Data And It’s Legal
A declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reveals the extent to which U.S. intelligence agencies routinely purchase vast amounts of “commercially available information” (CAI) - including sensitive data on American citizens -...