On Thursday, Yahoo released courts documents revealing that the U.S. government threatened the company with a harsh financial punishment if its requests for user data were rejected.
The Russian government has granted National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden permission to stay in Russia for three more years.
The U.S. government has confirmed media reports and speculation that there is a second Edward Snowden-style leaker providing classified documents to the journalist Glenn Greenwald and his media outfit, The Intercept.
The government of Germany has announced that it will take the same measures to prevent spying by the United States and United Kingdom as it takes to prevent spying by more traditional adversaries such as Russia and China.
