Edward Snowden

Speaking with Joe Rogan, NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden described ongoing efforts by the government to minimize his bestselling book, "Permanent Record" and also goes into detail on his hunt for extraterrestrial aliens in the NSA network.

"Time to organize collective readings of Snowden book everywhere," the hackers' email reads, claiming to have a copy of the bestselling book in a booby-trapped Microsoft Word document.

"If we can't agree on what is happening how can we decide what we should do about it?" Snowden said, defending his decision to leak NSA secrets.

On the same day as Snowden's book release, the Justice Department announced a lawsuit against him for breaching his non-disclosure agreements with both the CIA and NSA.

"Everything that [Trump] does is informed by a kind of transactionalism," Snowden said, "and what he's actually looking for is simply for people to like him."

"Protecting whistleblowers is not a hostile act," the National Security Agency whistleblower said.

Snowden's upcoming memoir describes the crisis of conscience that lead him to release thousands of NSA documents and disclose a secret, global surveillance network.

"Images of Ecuador's ambassador inviting the U.K.'s secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of—like it or not—award-winning journalism out of the building are going to end up in the history books," Edward Snowden said.

Influential Twitter users have deeply criticized the sentence over its perceived leniency.

Americans need to ask themselves, "Why is Reality Winner in prison?" said the 27-year-old's mother, Billie Winner Davis.

A "culture of impunity" has "corrupted not just our system of intelligence, but really, our system of government," whistleblower Edward Snowden says.

A 50-page report from the GAO suggested digital protections were "insufficient" and warned government officials had a "false sense of confidence."

The PGP vulnerabilities could be exploited to expose encrypted messages in plain text, academics warn.

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has urged Twitter to bulk up the security of direct messages.

The app must share encryption keys to read users' messages or face a nationwide ban, Russian authorities said.

Politicians are calling for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the U.S. government after explosive revelations.

Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton announce the creation of the Signal Foundation, a new non-profit, to develop secure communications.

The pair entered into an unexpected Twitter debate.

The president speculated about a surveillance law being used on his campaign before realizing his administration supports it.

Edward Snowden has taken a break from exposing government secrets to create a security app.

Edward Snowden warned we should be careful using Apple's new facial scanning technology.

A huge backlog has led to a number of criminals being issued top-secret security clearances.

Donald Trump's predecessor had nine leak-related prosecutions carried out under his Department of Justice.

Mike Pompeo accused leakers of being motivated by "self-aggrandizement or money," following the example of Edward Snowden.

The Russian leader weighed in on the Trump-Comey standoff during his call-in show.

Speaking to U.S. filmmaker Oliver Stone, Putin said Snowden's arrival in Moscow came as a surprise, and Russia was initially reluctant to let him stay.

Beijing will have oversight of multinationals' data, including their intellectual property.

In a Newsweek interview, electronic music legend Jean-Michel Jarre discusses his first U.S. tour, using analog instruments and sharing messages through music.

The whistleblower says the agency failed to warn Microsoft about the vulnerability until too late.

Activists argue that a danger to WikiLeaks "is a threat to all free journalism."