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Leaked document details the procedures used by the NSA to limit data collection from US citizens
GOP budget plan nixes asteroid mission but backs moon, Mars trips
The Cassini spacecraft, now near Saturn, will take a photo of Earth later today
NSA, FBI, DOJ officials tell Congress secret programs are vital to U.S. security; outline ways to keep sysadmins from leaking classified data
The British intelligence agency targeted email accounts, computers and phones used by foreign delegates, leaked documents allegedly show
State-of-art optical scanners that $95M are too impractical for upcoming mayoral elections, officials say
A presidential memo directs agencies to take new steps to share spectrum with commercial services
Their call metadata could still be collected further upstream, from the telecommunication infrastructure operated by other US companies
Privacy concerns are top of mind in light of revelations about NSA data collection
Even low-level systems admins like Snowden often get very high-level privileges for normal IT tasks, security experts say