Weekly Review of Privacy in the News - Week ended January 24, 2014

Senator Patrick Leahy (D) VT, say the government needs to stop spying on the American people:

http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/19/sen-leahy-on-nsa-spying-we-need-to-stop-government-from-controlling-american-people-video/

Michael Morell, ex-deputy director of the CIA has admitted that there have been minor breeches of the NSA database that tracks the activities of all Americans:

http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/19/top-cia-official-admits-minor-abuses-of-nsa-database-video/

Senator Diane Feinstein (D) CA, tells Americans to get used to NSA database as it is here to stay:

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/195899-feinstein-metadata-program-here-to-stay

The Supreme Court has decided to review whether police can review the information in your cellphone after making an arrest:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/17/us-usa-court-cellphone-idUSBREA0G1H320140117

Romanian police claim to have caught Guccifer:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/01/22/guccifer-the-hacker-who-leaked-george-w-bush-paintings-reportedly-arrested-in-romania/

Edward Snowden does a live Q&A chat session on January 23 regarding mass surveillance by the government:
http://freesnowden.is/asksnowden.html

Blimp-like surveillance aircraft to be installed for three year period over Maryland:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/blimplike-surveillance-crafts-set-to-deploy-over-maryland-heighten-privacy-concerns/2014/01/22/71a48796-7ca1-11e3-95c6-0a7aa80874bc_print.html

Privacy board says bulk data collection of telephone calls is illegal:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/politics/nsa-telephone-records-privacy/

Republicans call for end to NSA spying:
http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/24/exclusive-republican-party-calls-for-investigation-into-nsa-snooping/

Facebook being sued for sharing private messages between users with third parties:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/03/technology/facebook-privacy-lawsuit/