Everything You Need to Know About NSA Snooping Scandal

Edward Snowden revealed as leaker, and more on the scandal.

Can They Hear Me Now? - The disclosure that the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies have been collecting from Verizon and other telecommunications firms Internet and telephone data records for hundreds of millions of users in the U.S. and overseas has angered Americans and the nation's foreign allies. Many people say the policy reeks of government overreach, which has forced President Obama to revise it. Here's everything you need to know, from how it started to what's new. — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick)  (Photo: AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, File)
A Necessary Evil - "The reforms I'm proposing today should give the American people greater confidence that their rights are being protected, even as our intelligence and law enforcement agencies maintain the tools they need to keep us safe," Obama said during the 45-minute speech. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Watching Big Brother Watching You - In a major speech delivered on Jan. 17, Obama announced plans to limit NSA's data collection. He also said that he has approved a new presidential directive that "will strengthen executive branch oversight of our intelligence activities." (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Tighter Reins - The president has called for the intelligence community to "institute reforms that place additional restrictions on [the] government's ability to retain, search and use in criminal cases, communications between Americans and foreign citizens." (Photo: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

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Can They Hear Me Now? - The disclosure that the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies have been collecting from Verizon and other telecommunications firms Internet and telephone data records for hundreds of millions of users in the U.S. and overseas has angered Americans and the nation's foreign allies. Many people say the policy reeks of government overreach, which has forced President Obama to revise it. Here's everything you need to know, from how it started to what's new. — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick)  (Photo: AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, File)

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