Commentaries, Editorials, And Analysis On The NSA Spying Scandal

Turning Point In Government Spying Saga -- Rem Rieder, USA TODAY

Revelations of snooping on foreign leaders has turned up the heat on NSA surveillance.

Mark Monday, October 28, as the day that the National Security Agency surveillance scandal got very, very real.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., awoke from a deep sleep to announce that even she had finally had it with the NSA's omniverous appetite for snooping.

Actually, Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, has been wide awake since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden began disclosing details of the NSA's massive surveillance, including scooping up information about the phone calls and emails of huge numbers of ordinary Americans.

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Commentaries, Editorials, And Analysis On The NSA Spying Scandal

Welcome to the NSA's Worst Day -- Philip Bump, The Atlantic
Obama Throws Intel Community Back Under the Bus -- Max Boot, Commentary
White House and Congress Didn't Know the NSA Was Spying on Allies? I Doubt It -- Jack Goldsmith, The New Republic
Everyone spies: Intelligence insiders shrug amid outrage over US snooping allegations -- Keir Simmons and Michele Neubert, NBC News
NSA's Spy Rules Create Vast Number of U.S. Eavesdropping Targets -- Russell Goldman, ABC news
NSA spying shows how to lose friends and alienate allies -- Washington Post editorial
Why America spies on its allies (and probably should) -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
Obama Might Ban N.S.A. Spying on His Friends—But What About Frenemies? -- Juli Weiner, Vanity Fair
Will NSA revelations chill intelligence gathering? -- Mick Krever, CNN
Opinion: Angela Merkel's indignation over NSA spying is genuine and rightly so -- Charlotte Potts, Special for CNN
Can Merkel really be surprised the NSA spied on her? -- Erik Kirschbaum, Reuters
The Real Spying Scandal in Germany -- Moises Naim, The Atlantic
Germany's Stasi past looms over NSA spying furor -- Dagmar Hovestädt, special for CNN
I Spy with My Little Eye -- Alex Berezow, The Compass
Why America Should Spy on Europe - Tom Rogan, National Review
Trust but Terrify: NSA chief Keith Alexander conjures 9/11 and other terrorist threats to cow an already docile Congress. -- David Weigel, Slate
An Angry Europe Faces Up to U.S. Spying and the War on Terrorism’s Legacy -- Simon Shuster, Time
Germany Hasn't Earned Its Spying Outrage -- John Vinocur, Wall Street Journal
Obama, Congress Owe Snowden Thanks, and a Pardon -- Robert Scheer, Huffington Post
Yes, we spy on allies. Want to make something of it? -- Jack Shafer, Reuters
NSA spying claims: Five things you need to know -- Elise Labott and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN