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A former director of the National Security Agency says he doesn't see the need for the U.S. government to prosecute the New York Times reporter who revealed the agency's warrantless surveillance of Americans.

Michael Hayden says he is "conflicted" about whether reporter James Risen should be compelled to reveal his sources.

Risen is facing potential jail time as he battles government efforts to force him to testify at the trial of a former CIA officer accused of leaking classified information.

Hayden tells CBS' "60 Minutes" that Risen's story damaged national security. But Hayden also says it's "wrong" if "the method of redressing that actually harms the broad freedom of the press."

Hayden says "government needs to be strong," but not so strong that it threatens individual liberties.

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COEUR d'ALENE - Oral arguments before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are scheduled for Dec. 8 in a North Idaho nurse's legal challenge to the federal government's bulk collection of Americans' phone records.

Coeur d'Alene attorney Peter Smith will be arguing in Seattle in front of the three-judge panel, representing his wife, Anna Smith, a neonatal nurse and Verizon Wireless customer. Verizon was one of the companies ordered to disclose records to the National Security Agency.

The Smiths filed the lawsuit against President Barack Obama and several U.S. intelligence agencies after the government confirmed revelations that the NSA was collecting the data under the Patriot Act.

Peter Smith said Friday the collection and storage of the phone records violates the Fourth Amendment.

"The question comes down to: Should the government be able to get this information and keep it?" he said. "Or should it be left with the private companies?"

Once the government has all the data, that gives it power, he said. It comes down to the possession of the records, he said.

"We don't trust the government," he said.

U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Winmill dismissed Anna Smith's case. Winmill determined the legal precedent from the 1979 U.S. Supreme Court case Smith v. Maryland - about targeted phone surveillance - tied his hands.

"He followed the law as he understood it," Peter Smith said.

The Smiths appealed to the Ninth Circuit.

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Edward Snowden has some advice for maintaining online privacy in an age of widespread NSA surveillance. Snowden called Google and Facebook dangerous while praising Apples encryption efforts.

"We're talking about encryption. We're talking about dropping programs that are hostile to privacy, Snowden said inan interview published Saturday by theNew Yorker.For example, Dropbox? Get rid of Dropbox; it doesn't support encryption, it doesn't protect your private files. And use competitors like SpiderOak that do the same exact service, but they protect the content of what you're sharing."

Snowden, the former NSA analyst who revealed the extent of U.S. government surveillance in 2013, did so from a hotel in Hong Kong before leaving for Russia. Having ditched his Hawaii apartment and $122,000 annual salary earlier that summer, he said in the interview he intended only a brief stay in Russia before leaving for Latin America, only to face visa issues that prevented him from leaving. Snowden is now actively sought by the U.S. to face espionage charges.

Dropbox defended itself in a June blog post after Snowden bashed the services security. All of the files its users send and receive are encrypted while traveling between you and our servers and when they are at rest on Dropboxs servers. SpiderOak encrypts data locally on a users computer as well, as opposed to only when it is in transit or in the cloud.

Snowden said Facebook and Google have improved their methods of protecting user privacy but were still dangerous services that should largely be avoided. Ironically, the interview was conducted remotely over Google Hangouts and streamed live on the tech giants YouTube.

Consumers should also be wary of standard text-messaging services from wireless providers, Snowden said. Silent Circle for iPhone and Android and RedPhone, which is currently Android-only, were better replacements because they encrypt texts -- but require that both users install the app to communicate.

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MOSCOW NSA-leaker Edward Snowden was granted a three-year residence permit in Russia today and will be able to apply for a Russian citizenship in five years.

Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena announced the decision made by the federal migration service (FMS) at a news conference in Moscow on Thursday afternoon.

"Speaking about [Snowden's] subsequent status, he will be now free to travel abroad for a period of up to three months," he said.

According to Kucherena, Snowden did not apply for political asylum in Russia. "We are not talking about political asylum here. We are talking about temporary residence," he said. "Political asylum is a totally different procedure. It is granted by a presidential decree."

Snowden, who raised controversy last summer when he leaked a number of classified documents to the press, arrived at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport in late June 2013 and spent more than five weeks at the airport's transit zone before obtaining temporary asylum, which allowed him to enter Russian territory.

STORYRussia's Biggest Movie Theater to be Inaugurated

As Snowden's story came to public attention, it almost immediately attracted filmmakers. Last September, a parody character based on Snowden was featured in the U.S. cartoon series South Park, bringing the ratings of the episode, Let Go, Let Gov, to a two-year high.

Classified: The Edward Snowden Story, a Canadian independent movie centered on the former NSA contractors story, is slated for release this September.

In June 2014, director Oliver Stone had bought the rights to Kucherena's novel based on Snowden's life and will use it alongside Luke Harding's nonfiction book, The Snowden Files, as a basis for the screenplay of his movie, which is due to begin production later this year.

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Former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander held multiple personal investments in several technology companies, according to NSA documents obtained by Vice NewsFriday. Alexanders supervisors indicated his financial reports did not reflect any conflicts of interest during his tenure as NSA director, but, before they were released, the agency claimed they could compromise the national interest of the United States.

Among Alexanders personal portfolio companies were Synchronoss Technologies Inc., a firm that provides mobile carriers such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. with cloud storage, Ars Technica reported. They also included Datascension Inc., a data-gathering company and several outfits that specialize in different types of surveillance, such as air-traffic control, radar and video, Vice said.

The documents represented Alexanders financial reports from 2009 to 2014. Each report claimed Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper concluded his investments were unrelated to his prospective duties and no conflicts appear to exist, Vice said.

The NSA previously refused Vice journalist Jason Leopolds request for Alexanders financial reports under the Freedom of Information Act. After a lawsuit was filed, the agency released the documents.

Alexander was the head of the NSA during the year when NSA leaker Edward Snowden provided to the media many classified documents revealing embarrassing details about the agencys spying. Alexander resigned in March 2014 and has since opened a cybersecurity company that sells protection to financial institutions, Ars Technica noted.

Alexander charges between $600,000 and $1 million a month for his services, Bloomberg News reported.

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., criticized Alexanders company in a letter to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or Sifma, in June. Grayson claimed there is no way Alexander could offer his services without disclosing classified information made available to him through his former position at the NSA.

In his letter, Grayson requested Sifma hand over all information regarding its negotiations with Alexander so that Congress can verify whether or not he is selling military and cybersecurity secrets to the financial services industry for personal gain. He wrote, Without the classified information that he acquired in his former position, he literally would have nothing to offer you.

Alexander denied the implication to the Associated Press in August. Ive been in government for 40 years, he said. I fully understand the importance and sanctity of classified material.

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NSA Chief takes turn at the Ghana-Brazil 2014 WorldCup Commission of Inquiry
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