A guide to spying on your citizens
Terrorism is invoked to justify many things, but current surveillance dwarfs all past behaviour.
Spying
Editorial: Secrets’ shadow chills SA
The revelations about the Prism programme, which links NSA computers to Google, Facebook and Apple, among others, matter to South Africa.
US defence chief accuses China of cyber spying
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has accused China of waging cyber espionage against the United States.
Bloomberg questioned over ‘spying’ allegations
Financial services news group Bloomberg has been facing questions about the use of confidential client data by its journalists.
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Press club calls for probe into spying allegations
The National Press Club on Monday called for an urgent investigation into a claim that a journalist was being tailed and had her phone tapped.
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US scientist accused of trying to sell secrets
Prosecutors say a scientist who worked on the cutting edge of moon exploration has been caught trying to sell classified secrets.
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Spy war at PetroSA
Papers filed in a court case shed light on a bizarre spy war at PetroSA that involved a bug sweep by the National Intelligence Agency.
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I spy …
An account of how M&G journalists have been targeted for doing their jobs well.
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Billy Masetlha: Vindicated and loyal as ever
Billy Masetlha speaks candidly about the incident that saw him fired and prosecuted
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Spooks haunt our democracy
Nothing demonstrates the power of secret information more starkly than the withdrawal of corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.
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Ronnie Kasrils: Bring it to light
The former intelligence minister has hit out at what he calls the “sorry saga of leaks” and “political conspiracies dominating the public discourse".
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Yemen court sentences man to death in Israel spy case
A Yemeni court sentenced an Islamist to death on Monday after convicting him of seeking to work for Israeli intelligence services.
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Sudanese rebel leader meets with Israeli spies
A powerful Sudanese rebel leader met secretly with top Israeli espionage officials in Israel this month, Israeli defence officials said on Monday.
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Erasmus: Zille slams Vodacom
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has accused cellphone giant Vodacom of helping the ANC-controlled Western Cape government to illegally spy on her.
