February 2020

N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads

WASHINGTON — A National Security Agency system that analyzed logs of Americans’ domestic phone calls and text messages cost $100 million from 2015 to 2019, but yielded only a single significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study. Moreover, only twice during that four-year period did the program generate unique information that the F.B.I. did

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Singer Duffy ‘drugged, raped and held captive’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Duffy’s debut album Rockferry went seven times platinum Grammy award-winning singer Duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. The 35-year-old Welsh star posted on her verified Instagram account that her “recovery took time”. The performer, who had a UK number one

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