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The Shadow Brokers group releases files allegedly from the National Security Agency which indicate efforts to monitor financial transactions made through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
2017-04-14

The Supreme Court of Norway rejects NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's extradition lawsuit against the Norwegian government.
2016-11-25

The United States Senate passes the USA Freedom Act, which will transfer the responsibility of Americans' bulk telephone metadata collection from the National Security Agency to telephone companies.
2015-06-2

The "Washington Post" and "The Guardian" newspapers win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their stories on the National Security Agency based on leaks from Edward Snowden.
2014-04-14

The United States announces plans to relinquish remaining controls of the Internet following revelations of National Security Agency surveillance last year.
2014-03-14

The United States National Security Agency played "World of Warcraft", "Second Life", and games on the Xbox 360 to spy on gamers.
2013-12-10

Alan Rusbridger, the editor of "The Guardian", reveals that the British authorities forced the newspaper to destroy computer hard disk drives containing material leaked by Edward Snowden.
2013-08-20

The Ministry of External Relations of Brazil rejects John Kerry´s official statement concerning that the electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency was part of a strategy to “combat terrorism”.
2013-08-16

The Guardian obtains a copy of a document from April that reveals that the NSA is mining data using PRISM, spying on the e-mails and web activities of American citizens through direct access to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, Yahoo, Paltalk and AOL. The Guardian's report does not state from whom they obtained the document.
2013-06-6

An investigation by "The Guardian" newspaper reveals details of how Metropolitan police officer Mark Kennedy infiltrated dozens of protest groups in 22 countries using the pseudonym Mark Stone.
2011-01-9