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• Former NSA Director Keith Alexander Is "Really Impressed" Over Donald Trump's Approach to Cybersecurity

  Following a White House meeting on cybersecurity, former NSA director Keith Alexander praised President Donald Trump for taking on a different approach in tackling cybersecurity issues.

• National Security Agency now authorized to gather telephone records under new electronic spying law

  The National Security Agency can now gather telephone records as ordered by the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The new electronic spying law gives the NSA the authority to collect personal data if deem necessary.

• U.S. appeals court asked to halt NSA phone spying program

  A U.S. appeals court appeared reluctant on Wednesday to put an immediate halt to the federal government's collection of millions of Americans' phone records, with the controversial spy program set to expire in November.

• U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection

  A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge's ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has raised privacy concerns.

• China hacked private emails of U.S. officials since 2010, NBC reports

  Chinese hackers have been accessing the private emails of top U.S. national security and trade officials since April 2010, according to an NBC News report on Monday, citing a U.S. intelligence official and top secret document.

• Sex, lies and debt potentially exposed by U.S. data hack

  When a retired 51-year-old military man disclosed in a U.S. security clearance application that he had a 20-year affair with his former college roommate's wife, it was supposed to remain a secret between him and the government.

• China-linked hackers get sensitive U.S. defense and intelligence data: report

  China-linked hackers appear to have gained access to sensitive background information submitted by U.S. intelligence and military personnel for security clearances that could potentially expose them to blackmail, the Associated Press reported on Friday.

• Rollback of U.S. spy powers would mark post-9/11 watershed

  At 3:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, the National Security Agency and telecommunications companies will begin mothballing a once-secret system that collected Americans' bulk telephone records, shutting down computers and sealing off warehouses of digital data.

• Fate of U.S. domestic surveillance program uncertain after Senate vote

  The U.S. Senate blocked a measure to extend spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone records early on Saturday, leaving the fate of the program uncertain days before its June 1 expiration.

• NSA chief declines comment on spyware reports, says programs lawful

  The head of the National Security Agency refused to comment on Monday on reports that the U.S. government implants spyware on computer hard drives for surveillance purposes, saying "we fully comply with the law."

• Judge rules for NSA in warrantless search case

  A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of the National Security Agency in a lawsuit challenging the interception of Internet communications without a warrant, according to a court filing.

• U.S. Congress examining deal between NSA official, ex-agency chief

  A Senate committee and an outspoken U.S. Congressman are seeking further information about a deal under which a top National Security Agency official is being permitted to work part-time for a private company run by the spy agency's former director.

• U.S. court to hear appeal over keeping U.S. demands for telecom records secret

  A U.S. appeals court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday on whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation can force Internet and telecommunications firms to turn over customer records without revealing the government's demands.

• Merkel 's remarks on double spy allegations compels White House to cooperate

  According to Voice of American, the White House has stated that it will be working with Germany to resolve concerns on whether one of its intelligence employees indeed had spied for Washington. Falling short of confirming whether the allegations were true, White House spokesman Josh Earnest insisted that the government values its relationship with Berlin.

• Legal challenge questions GCHQ spy malware program

  The Guardian said that the legal challenge filed by Privacy International against Britain's monitoring agency GCHQ is the latest of the complaints filed by civil liberties group following the revelations of Edward Snowden on government surveillance.

• Justices Ginsburg, Scalia says Supreme Court to rule over NSA surveillance despite lack of know-how

  Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia had told a press club that although the high court admits its lack of expertise on the National Security Agency's surveillance programs, it will be making its final decision on the matter nonetheless.

• Exposure on US government surveillance leads to Pulitzer prize win for The Post, Guardian

  The Washington Post and The Guardian recently won The Pulitzer Prize for public service for their groundbreaking reports about the massive surveillance efforts of the US government based on Edward Snowden's throve of classified documents, CBS News reports.

• Snowden claims NSA ignored his formal concerns on agency's surveillance program

  In an interview with Vanity Fair. former government contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden insisted that he did file formal complaints with his ex-employer about the agency's surveillance programs, directly contradicting an earlier statement by NSA deputy director Rick Ledgett.

• EU court strikes down data retention law, cites violation of privacy rights

  The European Court of Justice said in a statement following its ruling regarding the European Union's 2006 data retention law that the current statute violates the citizens' rights to privacy.

• Federal judge rules rejects White House's request to keep surveillance records secret

  Judge Reggie Walton of the the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said that there is no reason for the need to extend the storage time of classified telephone surveillance data of the National Security Agency as fears of getting litigated by civilian plaintiffs have driven the government to make the request and not for security reasons.

• US Senator Rand Paul files lawsuit against Obama, Intelligence officials over NSA surveillance

  US Senator Paul claimed that the lawsuit lodged against the Obama administration over surveillance programs will be a historic lawsuit, said a report by Fox News.