PRISM

A poster showing Edward Snowden. Photograph: Getty Images

Will Edward Snowden be given a fair hearing?

By Michael Bochenek - 22 June 11:18

Far from committing an act of treason, as several top US lawmakers have suggested, by all appearances the NSA whistleblower has done a public service.

Edward Snowdon, the NSA whistleblower. Photograph: Getty Images

Understanding the Prism leaks is understanding the rise of a new fascism

By John Pilger - 20 June 11:15

It is in popular culture that the fraudulent “ideal” of America as morally superior, a “leader of the free world”, has been most effective.

A CCTV camera watches over festive Christmas lights

If you live in a surveillance state for long enough, you create a censor in your head

By Laurie Penny - 17 June 8:18

There is a significant psychological price to being constantly aware of the variety of ways in which your activity might be tracked.

On wiretaps and drone strikes, it’s time for liberals to accept that Obama is worse than Bush

By Mehdi Hasan - 13 June 10:37

On questions of “US national security”, from wiretaps to Gitmo to drone strikes, Barack Obama has shown his thinking is even less unenlightened than that of the junior Bush. And liberals everywhere better accept that.

Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower. Photograph: Getty Images

What do Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning and the Steubenville hacker have in common?

By Laurie Penny - 10 June 12:50

Expose injustice and pay the price.

The Foreign Secretary claims law-abiding citizens have "nothing to fear" but MPs

The questions William Hague needs to answer about GCHQ and Prism

By George Eaton - 10 June 8:59

The Foreign Secretary claims law-abiding citizens have "nothing to fear" but MPs will want more reassurance than that.

Edward Snowden. Photograph: The Guardian via Getty Images

Edward Snowden: The NSA whistleblower unmasks

By Nicky Woolf - 09 June 21:24

The whistleblower who leaked Top Secret documents to the Guardian about NSA domestic spying practices has revealed himself to be 29-year-old Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee.