National Security Agency

Obama adds voice to accusations of China hacking

14 Mar 2013

US President Barack Obama entered the fray on Wednesday on cyber attacks from China, saying some intrusions affecting US firms and infrastructure were “state sponsored”.

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US ambassador to UN Susan Rice tipped as national security adviser

12 Mar 2013

US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is set to become President Barack Obama's national security adviser after the disappointment of being forced out of contention for secretary of state...

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Big Brother (not your neighbour) is watching

16 Aug 2007

The surveillance camera technology of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four has finally arrived in Shenzhen. The city's police are installing 20,000 street cameras, to be equipped with face-...

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Less talk but more sleep over covert bill

5 Aug 2006

Speeded-up debate on surveillance legislation avoids overnight session for lawmakers

Lawmakers speeded up their marathon deliberation on the covert surveillance bill yesterday,...

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Snooping law concerns need to be addressed

13 Jul 2006

The top court's decision to allow the government time to sort out the mess it has got itself into over covert surveillance challenges traditional notions of the role of the judiciary. The judges...

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Lawmakers ask if judiciary will be held liable for security leaks

24 Jun 2006

Legislators scrutinising the covert surveillance bill yesterday asked officials whether the judiciary could be sued if judges or support staff leaked or lost data gathered by covert surveillance...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Surveillance law delays may force summer Legco session

Legislators may be asked to sit during their summer recess to pass the covert surveillance law after 'unsatisfactory' progress on the bill.

8:23PM

Snooping targets to be told later

Draft law approved by Exco spells out notification rules

The Executive Council yesterday endorsed a draft bill on covert surveillance that will require the authorities to inform 'some...

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Watching brief

Should legislation on covert surveillance be passed by the Legislative Council urgently? Declaring current surveillance unlawful, a judge has suspended his ruling for six months to give officials...

8:10AM

Laws on surveillance are long overdue

The legality of covert surveillance operations in Hong Kong has been very much in doubt since two court rulings last year declared various forms of them to be unconstitutional.

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Surveillance order 'unconstitutional'

Law chief calls for quick action on legal wrangle

The Law Society president yesterday called for speedy enactment of a law governing hidden surveillance, claiming the executive order...

10:23PM

Spy-masters living in the past

'The match begins tomorrow', went the transmission in Arabic picked up by America's giant electronic eavesdropping operation, the National Security Agency, on September 10. 'Tomorrow is Zero Hour...

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