Sources:

Terrorist surveillance program:
Original press release:
http://1.usa.gov/1p0lZXT

Assessment of potential effect of surveillance measures if implemented before 9/11:
Interview with FBI director Robert Mueller:
http://bit.ly/1MvHNpB

FBI investigations of immigrants:
"NSEERS effect" report:
http://bit.ly/1qU8Wcu

Quote on aggressive racial profiling:
Article "Are we safer?" by David Cole, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center:
http://bit.ly/1Sc8tLo

Extent of NSA surveillance:
NSA power point slides on collecting buddy lists, obtained by Washington Post:
http://wapo.st/1cWi0SM

NSA slides on prism data collection, obtained by The Guardian:
http://bit.ly/1qmj46r

NSA results from mass surveillance vs. target surveillance:

Report from the Presidents NSA Review group 2013 (recommending to stop mass data mining because of lack of results):
http://1.usa.gov/1bK0q7x

Article from ProPublica:
http://bit.ly/1PAusfR

Analysis from the New America Foundation:
http://bit.ly/1SSq8ea

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier

Surveillance program didn`t stop any major attacks:

Full video of court hearing with NSA director Keith B. Alexander on surveillance:
http://cs.pn/1Yv1G0N

Official report on results of phone surveillance policy:
http://1.usa.gov/1bK0q7x

Article on debunked claims:
http://bit.ly/1p0n2ae

Official judge ruling on matter points to no evidence:
https://www.propublica.org/documents/item/902454-judge-leon-ruling#document/p62

Report by the legal affairs and human rights committee of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe:
http://bit.ly/1qr9aXC

Boston marathon bomber was known to FBI:
Official press release:
http://1.usa.gov/1Vrw4vI

FBI asked Apple for help:
Official court order:
http://bit.ly/24auFf6

Apple`s refusal to crack iPhone:
Official public statement:
http://apple.co/1Lt7ReW

Objections against FBI demands from cryptographers:
Brad Smith keynote at the RSA information security conference:
http://bit.ly/1Vrwd1Y
(especially relevant from minute 7 on)

Statement by Information Technology Industry Council:
http://bit.ly/1Q9cg7N

Amicus briefs supporting Apple:
http://apple.co/1OSBypU

FBI changing their story about needing Apple`s help:
Initial article on Washington Post:
http://wapo.st/1KqHIT7

Initial story on Reutersblog:
http://reut.rs/1SCl73o

Update on Reuters:
http://reut.rs/1NdTJae

Article on ACLU about possible work-around:
http://bit.ly/1OZ2nZL

Blogpost on another possible workaround:
http://bit.ly/1Vrwv98

NSA can turn on iPhone remotely:

BBC interview with Edward Snowden:
http://bit.ly/1Nab09Q

Article on Wired:
http://bit.ly/1hvZMNn

Abuse of anti-terrorism laws:
Proof of Patriot Act laws used for investigating other crimes, especially drugs:
http://bit.ly/1LXBu9X

„Sneak and Peak“ report:
http://bit.ly/1RVGhgM

Enforcement of French anti-terrorism laws:
Detailed explanation of new powers given by extended laws:
http://bit.ly/1OYBpSl

Original law text (in french):
http://bit.ly/1qraiKQ

Abuse of french anti-terrorism laws:
Human rights watch reports cases:
http://bit.ly/1SZmwpH

Climate change protesters placed under house arrest:
http://reut.rs/20DYZfa

Censorship in Hungary, Poland and Spain:
http://bit.ly/20DZ3eS
http://bit.ly/1Qgc7lX

http://bit.ly/1WtmIyv
http://bit.ly/1MvJ8N7

Jail time for government critics in Turkey:
http://bit.ly/1oXBctf

Effects of surveillance on our society:
List of issues of power abuse since 9/11 by American Civil liberties union:
http://bit.ly/1U6Rux4

General overview over the topic:
http://bit.ly/1Pyj8uR
http://bit.ly/1RVH2GF
http://bit.ly/MZe4qY

Safe and Sorry– Terrorism & Mass Surveillance