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Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., is asking for the California National Guardsmen fix to be added to the to-do list for negotiators trying to iron out a final version of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Lawmaker: We need to be checking Facebook for terrorists

Rudy Takala · June 6, 2016 4:01 am

"The role of government, which has limited dollars, is not to take the place of relationships, but to leverage relationships using limited resources," said Rep. Hans Zeiger, R-Puyallup. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

How housing dollars translate to better education

Rudy Takala · June 6, 2016 4:01 am

"This [intel] bill takes a hatchet to important protections for Americans' liberty," Sen. Ron Wyden said in a statement late last month, following its passage out of the Senate Intelligence Committee he sits on. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate set for another surveillance showdown

Rudy Takala · June 6, 2016 4:01 am

As marijuana goes mainstream, who’s to blame when things get deadly?

Rudy Takala · June 4, 2016 4:01 am

The cybersecurity commission is tasked with finding ways to improve the nation's digital security. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cybercommission set for June meeting

Rudy Takala · June 3, 2016 10:09 pm

The group said its political action committee would control which candidates are invited to use the platform. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Tech giants including Facebook, Google seek to step up political involvement

Rudy Takala · June 3, 2016 7:34 pm

Researchers noted that the physical method of cracking a cryptographic algorithm, commonly known as a "side-channel attack," works even against even sophisticated 4,096-bit encryption keys. (AP Photo)

Report: Computer noise can give away encryption keys

Rudy Takala · June 2, 2016 9:35 pm

"The U.S. government has long protected the core of the Internet from authoritarian regimes who view the Internet as a way to increase their influence and suppress our online freedom of speech," Cruz said. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Cruz circulates plan to stop U.S. Internet giveaway

Rudy Takala · June 2, 2016 9:12 pm

"In two FOIA requests, CoA Institute requested these final reports or responses, but the CIA has yet to issue any final determination or produce the documents," reads Thursday's filing. (AP Photo)

Watchdog group files suit against CIA for obstructing record requests

Rudy Takala · June 2, 2016 8:34 pm

Mystery malware designed to target industrial control systems has been inadvertently discovered by a cybersecurity firm.

National Security

Researchers discover malware built to cripple industrial systems

Rudy Takala · June 2, 2016 12:00 pm

The U.S. Federal Reserve was breached more than 50 times between 2011 and 2015, according to agency records. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Report: Federal Reserve breached over 50 times in four years

Rudy Takala · June 1, 2016 10:11 pm

Issue centers on February heist that came through a penetration of the bank's SWIFT Alliance Access software. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Congress investigating Fed’s cyberoversight in wake of $101M theft

Rudy Takala · June 1, 2016 7:05 pm