Tag: Surveillance

Experts urge new regulations after White House cellphone interception scare

Steven Nelson · June 12, 2018 12:00 am

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a point during his speech at the Western Conservative Summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Denver.

Jeff Sessions’ prosecution of leakers must not become open season on journalists

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2018 5:46 pm

BuzzFeed editor: DOJ wants focus on reporter’s ‘personal life’ in leak case, rather than seizing records

Eddie Scarry · June 10, 2018 4:05 pm

An American flag flies outside the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department officials got a warrant to spy on a Trump campaign associate by misleading a surveillance court judge, House Republicans contend in a newly released memo that Democrats have dismissed as a contrived account intended to protect the president.

Beltway Confidential

If you defended the AP from Obama, defend the New York Times from Trump

Becket Adams · June 8, 2018 10:38 pm

National Security

Trump pressures IG for report on Hillary Clinton email investigation

Katelyn Caralle · June 5, 2018 11:12 am

May 13, 2017 photo, San Francisco Police officer Joe Juarez.

Beltway Confidential

Yes, Amazon is tracking people

Matthew Feeney · May 31, 2018 5:10 pm

"Israel is the only nation in the world where an American embassy is not located in its chosen capital city," said Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Ron Desantis breaks with Trey Gowdy: ‘Deploying surveillance powers’ against Trump campaign not OK

Daniel Chaitin · May 31, 2018 3:13 pm

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows: House Freedom Caucus moving to give DACA recipients citizenship

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 4:16 pm

"I think because of all the loose political rhetoric floating around here, we need to make sure we explain that there is a separation between these things," Ryan said of the memo and the Russia investigation during a Jan. 30 press conference.

Beltway Confidential

GOP leaders scramble for deal to avoid immigration vote showdown

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Michael Barone: Obama officials’ spying on Trump a departure from norms

Michael Barone · May 24, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to New York to discuss immigration policy.

Trump says he’s ‘cleaning everything up’ at DOJ

Gabby Morrongiello · May 23, 2018 5:57 pm

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building is shown in Washington, D.C.

DOJ-Congress summit on Trump informant docs will happen Thursday

Steven Nelson · May 22, 2018 7:47 pm