Oliver Stone’s film ‘Snowden’ may change US public opinion and garner support to pardon the whistleblower, who performed a public service in the public interest, says James Bamford.

Hollywood director Oliver Stone wanted a hit - and the chance to put America’s most famous dissadent on screen. The subject wanted veto power. The Russian lawyer wanted someone to option the novel he’d written. The American lawyer just wanted the whole insane project to go away. Somehow the film got made.

Two of journalism’s most radical figures, Julian Assange and Nick Denton, have, for different reasons seen their power and influence in the modern world decline, writes John Lloyd.

SABMiller shareholders can be treated as two separate groups when they vote on the brewer’s £79bn (€91bn) takeover by Anheuser Busch InBev, a court in London has ruled, granting a request from SAB aimed at making the vote as fair as possible.

Jason Bourne is on the run once again, and a shadowy government agency is in pursuit.

Edward Snowden, the man who exposed the activities of agencies of the US government, not only endorsed the film about what he did, but makes an appearance in it.

Matt Damon admitted his fears for his young daughters growing up in an era of social media as he promoted his new film Jason Bourne.

New rules governing transatlantic data transfers have been formally approved, months after Europe’s top court ruled against the previous arrangements amid concerns over surveillance activity by US intelligence agencies.

Kyran Fitzgerald discusses the legacy of the late Alvin Toffler, the social futurist and business forecaster who died last month.

InvizBox is about to launch a product that creates a virtual network in the fight to protect privacy online, writes Trish Dromey

 

Jean Michel Jarre and Edward Snowden might seem an unlikely duo, but the electronic music pioneer tells Ed Power why they were an ideal match

Oliver Stone is putting together a version of the story behind Edward Snowden, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the title role

A lawsuit has been filed asking an Oslo court to ensure that Edward Snowden can travel to Norway to receive an award without the risk of being extradited to the United States.

Having listened to the recent revelations in and around the BBC on the Jimmy Savile enquiry, one thing stood out that explains the slow collapse of our country. 

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Bond is threatened by his past and the future of espionage as a whole.

The privacy campaigner who successfully challenged a treaty which allowed the data of millions of European citizens be transferred to the US has warned he may take more cases.

This was a bit strange.

Europe’s highest court will give its first indication this week in how it will rule in a landmark case that may determine how the data of EU citizens held by US firms is protected.

Former US intelligence worker Edward Snowden has received a prize from the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression.

The Edward Snowden story played out on the world stage, and now there's a fictional movie about it all.

The US National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapped the communications of two successive French finance ministers and collected information on French export contracts, trade and budget talks, according to a report by WikiLeaks.

Britain has been forced to withdraw intelligence agents from operations because Russia and China have obtained access to secret information in files stolen by US whistleblower Edward Snowden, senior UK government sources have indicated.

How do you choose your passwords?

A former head of the Royal Navy has branded Edward Snowden a “traitor” and “irresponsible” after the US whistleblower declined to reveal if he had read every document he leaked to the press.

Comedian John Oliver has sat down with National Security Agency contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden on HBO’s Last Week Tonight for a wide-ranging interview that was funny and, at times, surprisingly tense.

Anybody who does not want their Facebook information collected by US intelligence agencies should shut down their page. Such was the evidence given to the European Court of Justice.

CIA researchers have worked for nearly a decade to break the security protecting Apple phones and tablets, investigative news site The Intercept reported, citing documents obtained from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour recently picked up the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and now you can watch it online for free

Britain’s electronic spying agency, in co-operation with the US National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden.

Media columnist David Carr — who wrote the Media Equation column for The New York Times and penned a memoir about his fight with drug addiction — collapsed at his office and died on Thursday. He was 58.

China dismissed accusations it stole F-35 stealth fighter plans as groundless, after documents leaked by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on a cyber attack were published by a German magazine.

Russia’s intelligence agency sought to recruit former NSA contractor Edward Snowden but he declined the offer, a close ally has told film-makers.

Facebook is remaining hush-hush on reported plans to develop a workplace version to compete for a share in the corporate social networking market.

The sponsors are unable to split Present View and Oscar Whisky at the five-day declaration stage for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

The new head of Britain’s electronic eavesdropping agency has accused internet firms of being “in denial” of the role their networks play in terrorism and demanded they open themselves up more to intelligence services.

A new documentary has captured Edward Snowden’s leak of National Security Agency documents as it unfolded in a Hong Kong hotel room.

Britain has a new “M” – the next head of MI6 has been unveiled.

Former National Security Agency (NSA) systems analyst-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden has said the US agency is collecting mass surveillance data on New Zealanders through its XKeyscore system.

Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking extensive secrets of its electronic surveillance programmes, has been given a three-year residence permit by Russia, his Russian lawyer said.

Edward Snowden has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer says.

Germany is investigating a suspected US spy in its military days after the arrest of a member of its foreign intelligence agency as a double agent tested US relations already strained by espionage.