US District Court Judge Richard Leon has ruled that the NSA's mass collection of millions of Americans' phone records is likely unconstitutional. And that directly contradicts a ruling by the special court that Congress established to oversee surveillance.
A proposal before Parliament in the United Kingdom would allow the British government to monitor the web browsing, emails, text messages and online searches of anyone in the U.K. in the name of fighting terrorism. Critics say it amount to a huge breech of individual privacy.
Hugh Grant, Sally Dower and other victims of the British media's phone hacking testified before a British committee examining media excesses and bad behavior. It seems likely that new regulations will come from these actions.
Actor Hugh Grant gave evidence Monday to a public inquiry into press standards in Britain. Grant alleged that the British tabloid newspaper Mail on Sunday may have hacked his phone.
A inquiry by the British Parliament into the News Corporation's hacking scandal resumes today in London. Will today's revelations conflict with the Murdochs' testimony to Parliament in July?