Snowden obtained nearly 2 million classified files in NSA leak – Pentagon report

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Edward Snowden.(AFP Photo / Wikileaks)
Edward Snowden.(AFP Photo / Wikileaks)

Edward Snowden downloaded 1.7 million intelligence files from US agencies, the most secrets ever to be stolen from the US government in a single instance in the nation’s history, according to lawmakers who have viewed a classified Pentagon report.

Legislators who saw the secret report claimed that many of the documents taken by Sno

Air Force, after spending $500 million, sending fleet directly into storage

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Spartan C27J (AFP Photo / Ben Stansall)

The US Air Force has sent a dozen brand new cargo planes that cost American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars directly from the assembly line into a storage facility in the Arizona desert, according to a new report.

At least twelve C-27J Spartans, a medium-sized military transport plane, have been removed from military service and sent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Ba

Spy-tool sellers Palantir secure $200 million in funding amid surveillance scandal

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Palantir investor Peter Thiel speaking to a roomful of interns at the San Francisco Exploratorium.
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Palantir investor Peter Thiel speaking to a roomful of interns at the San Francisco Exploratorium. (Photo from http://www.palantir.com)

Selling spy products has never been easier: Palantir, a software company that has sold surveillance tools to the Central Intelligence Agency and other Uni

FBI requests $41 million to battle ‘wiretap unfriendly’ online correspondence

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AFP Photo / Mehdi Fedouach

In an attempt to bring law enforcement capabilities up to speed with current communication techniques, the FBI has requested an additional $41 million from the federal government to direct towards the collection and analysis of Internet transmissions.

The funding increase falls under the “Next Generation Cyber Initiative” meant to fix “crit