The Patriot Act unleashed the FBI to search your email, travel and credit records without even a suspicion of wrongdoing. Barton Gellman actcreditemail Change image and share on social
Rolf Ekeus, his appearance can deceive. He looks somewhere between an international diplomat and a mad professor. He's got that sort of shock of white hair and a slightly absent-minded way of speaking. But he's extremely sharp and very serious about power relationships. Barton Gellman absentappearancedeceive share on social
It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media. Barton Gellman countegyptianlong Change image and share on social
The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate. Barton Gellman americandebategreat Change image and share on social
CloudShield did not see itself as a cloak-and-dagger company. It made its name for high-end hardware that could peer deeply into Internet traffic and pull out and analyze 'packets' of data as they flew by. Barton Gellman analyzecloakcloudshield share on social
Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's doubters, few disagree that the bureau has come a long way. Barton Gellman blowbureaudisagree Change image and share on social
'Social engineering,' the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology. Barton Gellman digitalengineerfancy Change image and share on social
Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries. Barton Gellman attackbiologicalboundary Change image and share on social
Snowden has yet to tell me anything that was a fact that I have been able to rebut or that anybody in the U.S. government I have talked to has been able to rebut. Barton Gellman factgovernmentrebut Change image and share on social
Experts said public companies worry about the loss of customer confidence and the legal liability to shareholders or security vendors when they report flaws. Barton Gellman companyconfidencecustomer Change image and share on social
