The National Security Agency's controversial warrantless wiretapping program has been ruled illegal by a federal judge. The case was brought by the Oregon-based Al Haramain Charity Foundation, whose ...

A key Democrat who reportedly was overheard on a National Security Agency wiretap discussing a deal with a suspected Israeli agent has called the wiretap an "abuse of power." Rep. Jane Harman, ...

In a public argument with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York’s Representative Peter King about NSA wiretapping, Rand Paul somehow tied the issue together with federal disaster relief for ...

JURIST Guest Columnist William Banks of Syracuse University College of Law says that even if legal authority is found for the NSA domestic surveillance program, such spying still violates the Fourth ...

The director of the National Security Agency, Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh, reportedly was fired Thursday from his post as the head of the agency. Haugh’s removal as director of the NSA, the nation’s ...

WASHINGTON The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday that the panel would hold a hearing to get to the bottom of reports that the National Security Agency improperly tapped into the ...

Storm clouds are roiling anew over Washington this week as the impending expiration of the Protect America Act brings surveillance legislation to the forefront of congressional attention once again.

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission decided last week that it will put its investigation into phone companies' participation in the NSA's wiretapping program on hold 'til the ...

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the courts will ultimately have to determine the legality of wiretapping by the National Security Agency. And he’s not sure that’s a good thing. Scalia ...