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  • Tech CEOs depart White House
    Tech CEOs depart White House   

    CNBC's Eamon Javers reports the White House meeting between technology CEOs and President Obama has finished.

  • White House access battle
    White House access battle   

    CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on the ongoing conflict between the administration and photojournalists.

  • Top tech CEOs to meet with Obama
    Top tech CEOs to meet with Obama   

    CNBC's Eamon Javers reports some of the biggest names in technology will be meeting with President Obama at the White House to discuss NSA spying and Healthcare.gov issues.

  • Snowden is a 'traitor': Mercury's Reid
    Snowden is a 'traitor': Mercury's Reid   

    Morris Reid, managing director of Mercury, calls Edward Snowden an "absolute traitor", saying the former NSA contractor knew what he was getting in to when we worked for the U.S. spy agency.

  • National Security Agency building in Fort Meade, Md.
    Judge: NSA program is likely unlawful

    A federal judge says the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records violates the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches.

  • Edward Snowden
    UK spy chiefs emerge from shadows, blast Snowden

    "It's clear that our adversaries are rubbing their hands with glee, al-Qaeda is lapping it up,'' says the chief of Britain's MI6.

  • CIA said to pay AT&T for phone data

    AT&T is getting more than $10 million a year to assist the CIA with overseas counterterrorism investigations, The NYT reports.

  • Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google
    Google's Schmidt says NSA surveillance outrageous

    Google executive Eric Schmidt said U.S. government spying on its data centers would be outrageous and potentially illegal if true, the WSJ reported.

  • President Barack Obama
    Obama's standing drops after health-care fiasco, shutdown

    A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll has found President Obama's job approval rating has tumbled by 5 percentage points in less than three weeks.

  • National Security Agency building in Fort Meade, Md.
    NSA has hacked into Yahoo, Google accounts: WaPo

    The U.S. National Security Agency has hacked into main communication links that connect accounts at Google and Yahoo, the Washington Post reported.

  • NSA data was not misused: U.S. Rep.
    NSA data was not misused: US Rep.   

    Gregory Meeks, U.S. Democratic Representative for New York's 5th District, says the information the NSA gathered was extremely important for national security and was not misused.

  • Obama shifts on surveillance policy
    Obama shifts on surveillance policy   

    NBC's Steve Handelsman reports on President Obama's new steps to ensuring transparency of the surveillance program; and Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Huffington Post; Jim McLaughlin, McLaughlin & Associates; and Avik Roy, Manhattan Institute senior fellow, weigh in.

  • President Obama's Q&A
    President Obama's Q&A   

    President Obama answers questions after holding a news conference. In regards to issues with Russia, he says "I do not think it is appropriate to boycott the Olympics." He "hopes Russia will recognize the importance of working together."

  • President cancels planned summit with Putin
    President cancels planned summit with Putin   

    NBC's Steve Handelsman reports on President Barack Obama's decision to cancel his trip to Moscow to visit with President Vladimir Putin. Providing perspective are Don Jensen of the Johns Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations, Peter Brookes of the Heritage Foundation; and Leon Aron, director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

  • Obama gives Putin the cold shoulder
    Obama gives Putin the cold shoulder   

    After granting NSA leaker Edward Snowden asylum; President Obama cancelled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today. Mark Galeotti, NYU professor; and David Gordon, Eurasia Group, share if they think cancelling was the right thing to do.

  • NSA's Alexander opens up
    NSA's Alexander opens up   

    NSA chief General Keith Alexander discusses Sen. Wyden's remarks, hecklers and what he thinks should happen to leaker Edward Snowden. With CNBC's Eamon Javers.

  • NSA head on surveillance programs
    NSA head on surveillance programs   

    NSA head Gen. Keith Alexander at the Black Hat conference discusses the NSA's role in surveillance. It's important, he says, to understand the strict oversight that goes on in these programs.

  • Rep. Justin Amash
    'We fight on': NSA spying foe says after vote loss

    Furious lobbying and last-minute pleas to lawmakers ensured victory for the Obama administration as the House voted 217-205 to spare the NSA program.

  • Eric Schmidt
    Google's Schmidt Says 'Watch This Space'

    Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is all fired up about Motorola's launch of the Moto X smartphone. At Sun Valley, he talks with CNBC about its launch, immigration reform and the NSA.

  • What the Government Pays to Snoop on You

    How much are your private conversations worth to the U.S. government? Paid for by tax dollars, surveillance fees charged in secret by technology companies can vary wildly.