Rudy Takala

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A policy of "willful blindness" toward radical Islam allowed the death of 14 Americans, said Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Cruz: Obama’s social media policy contributed to terrorism

Rudy Takala · January 22, 2016 9:25 pm

Energy and Environment

Anonymous takes aim at Michigan water crisis

Rudy Takala · January 22, 2016 6:04 pm

"Women tend not to be in the higher echelons of the economy. There are very few women CEOs in the United States, and women have much less access to wealthy donors." (AP File Photo)

FEC commissioner: Everyone else should quit

Rudy Takala · January 22, 2016 12:07 am

"Spending time arguing ... [saying] encryption is bad and we ought to do away with it, that's a waste of time to me," Adm. Mike Rogers said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NSA director calls encryption debate a ‘waste of time’

Rudy Takala · January 21, 2016 8:13 pm

"It's an intentional disconnect because they know they don't have the people. And when you don't have the people, you have to deceive and mislead them," said Rep. Dave Brat. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmaker says elite media try to deceive voters

Rudy Takala · January 21, 2016 6:38 pm

"Each and every player had an incentive to behave well until the [nuclear] negotiation ... was to be decided upon," Major Gen. Uzi Moskovitz said in a Tuesday interview with the Financial Times. (AP Photo)

Israeli official: Expect cyberattacks in the wake of Iran nuke deal

Rudy Takala · January 20, 2016 8:37 pm

Documents show that two unnamed co-conspirators worked with Su Bin, a 50-year-old Chinese aviation industry entrepreneur living in Canada, to steal the plans in 2013. (AP file photo/Rick Bowmer)

National Security

Chinese military officers implicated in theft of F-35 designs

Rudy Takala · January 20, 2016 4:19 pm

"The idea of having a debate about a backdoor into encryption could have happened fifteen years ago, but now the horse is [out of] the barn. ... I don't believe there's a single silver bullet in a legislative way," said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers want congressional encryption commission

Rudy Takala · January 20, 2016 3:43 am

One of the group's members, "Fearz," hacked a Comcast Xfinity account held by John Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, by targeting his wife, the group told Motherboard in an online chat. (AP Photo)

Teens hack White House science and tech official

Rudy Takala · January 19, 2016 3:31 pm

The proposal, HB527, would grant implied consent to police officers to seize "portable electronic devices" from drivers they pull over for various reasons. (AP Photo)

Vermont considering warrantless cellphone seizure

Rudy Takala · January 18, 2016 11:01 pm

Researchers were able to fertilize eggs with a 40-50 percent success rate. (AP photo/Richard Drew)

German researchers develop ‘cyborg sperm’ to treat infertility

Rudy Takala · January 18, 2016 8:19 pm

"I believe whether it's a back door or a front door that the American principle of law should still hold," O'Malley said. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

O’Malley calls for breakable encryption

Rudy Takala · January 18, 2016 5:23 am