Feb 18, 20153 min readDoes the NSA have a spy in your hard drive?A protestor holds up a sign at a rally against the NSA’s spying program. By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org | February 18, 2015 A Russian security firm claims to have uncovered a major tool used to …
Dec 8, 20143 min readWyden: No more ‘back doors’ in Americans’ computers, phonesSNOOP: One Senator wants to stop the practice of requiring back doors into phones and computers, which would allow the federal government to snoop on Americans. By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org U.S. …
Jan 31, 20141 min readOp-ed in Washington Examiner on Executive Order 12333 and Ronald ReaganOne of my stories about Executive Order 12333 made it into the Washington Examiner newspaper. Mad about government spying and snooping? Look at Ronald Reagan’s executive order YAËL OSSOWSKI • | …
Jan 22, 20144 min readMad about government spying and snooping? Blame ReaganBy Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org American uproar over revelations of mass government spying has provoked a significant revision of the actions of U.S. spy agencies across the board. While ire has been …
Nov 20, 20134 min readThe Watchers of the Watchers Have FlippedUS Intel Oversight Committees Are Biggest Cheerleaders of Privacy Violations By Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post In the months since revelations about mass surveillance programs deployed by US and foreign …
Jan 2, 20134 min readRubio, Nelson come together on warrantless wiretappingBy Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ORLANDO — Debts, deficits and doom were recurring themes during the New Year’s Day negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” but lost among the headlines was the …