Surveillance and Scandal.

The article discusses links between the history of U.S. foreign surveillance activities and political scandal in relation to 2013-2014 revelations about spying by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) by NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Topics include projected U.S. federal budget cuts in relation to military spending, the history of political activities by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and NSA global internet surveillance in relation to the history of imperialism.