FBI – Fascinating America

Second thoughts on the NSA and FBI

Posted on3 June 20154 June 2015Leave a comment

It’s official: America’s spy agencies are not allowed to collect the communications data of Americans without a warrant. With a two-thirds majority, the US Senate amended the law on Tuesday to prohibit this specifically. Since Edward Snowden’s revelations two years ago, efforts had been underway in Congress to either make the spying program official or to rein it in. While … >>

Uncle Sam is listening

Posted on25 February 20104 June 2015Leave a comment

The best way to learn a foreign language is to practice it with somebody. It was a pen pal in Bremen who helped me to learn German as it’s actually used and who told me about everyday life in his country. In what may have been an early version of this column, I did the same for him. In the … >>