American civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor tells P Rajendran/Rediff.com why he may have become a target of NSA surveillance.
United States officials have confirmed that a new leaker is exposing national security documents, just over a year after ex-Central Intelligence Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the lid on National Security Agency surveillance, according to a media report.
British police have detained the live-in partner of a Guardian journalist responsible for leaking reports on US surveillance programme for nine hours under terror laws, prompting Indian-origin lawmaker Keith Vaz to seek an explanation from Scotland Yard on the issue.
Biden is not risking his reputation in a crucial election year, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Privacy allows people a space where they can refuse to conform. And it is in that space where liberty flourishes.
One of the crucial features of the right to privacy judgment is the understanding that democracy is founded on pluralism and diversity, and pluralism and diversity begin in the mind, says Gautam Bhatia.
The plan of UID/Aadhaar-based surveillance does not end with the collection of fingerprints and iris scan, it goes quite beyond it and poses a lethal threat to the idea of India, says Gopal Krishna.
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