Tag: Surveillance

College takes thousands of student photos without permission for study

Troy Worden · June 19, 2019 8:03 pm

Migrant families cross the Rio Grande to get illegally across the border into the United States, to turn themselves in to authorities and ask for asylum, next to the Paso del Norte international bridge, near El Paso, Texas.

Border Patrol’s secret eyes in the skies: 1,200 active-duty troops lead agents to illegal crossers

Anna Giaritelli · June 6, 2019 8:06 pm

A police investigator arrives with a shovel at a home at Guildford in suburban Sydney after about 800 federal and state police officers raided more than two dozen properties as part of the operation Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Australian police detained 15 people earlier on Thursday in a major counterterrorism operation, saying intelligence indicated a random, violent attack was being planned on Australian soil.

Australian police raid home of journalist, prompting backlash

Zach Halaschak · June 4, 2019 6:24 pm

Police banned from using facial recognition in San Francisco

Grant Gross · May 31, 2019 4:00 am

Vehicles make their way through flooded streets of Panorama City section of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Byron York: As Barr mulls declassification, a familiar tune from critics

Byron York · May 27, 2019 4:34 am

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales stands in the doorway to his office.

Wikipedia case against NSA internet snooping returns to court

Steven Nelson · May 24, 2019 4:07 am

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a stop on his book tour in D.C.

Former Director James Comey: ‘The FBI doesn’t spy, the FBI investigates’

Julio Rosas · May 8, 2019 6:36 pm

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing: "Foreign Cyber Threats to the United States."

James Clapper backtracks: FBI’s actions meet ‘dictionary definition of spying’

Jerry Dunleavy · May 7, 2019 4:45 pm

The north face of the Trump International Hotel is seen in this general view. Monday, March 11, 2019, in Washington D.C.

Beltway Confidential

The Trump DC hotel bar is ideal for spies

Tom Rogan · May 2, 2019 8:02 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Barr ‘working very closely’ with DOJ inspector general to investigate FISA abuse

Jerry Dunleavy · May 1, 2019 11:15 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey said that the "dishonest and misleading" Nunes memo "wrecked" the House Intelligence Committee.

Beltway Confidential

Sorry, James Comey, but surveillance is obviously a form of spying — ask Merriam-Webster or MI5

Tom Rogan · April 12, 2019 6:57 pm

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Patriot Act renewal gives privacy advocates an opening

Grant Gross · March 29, 2019 4:00 am