Tag: Tom Cotton

Apple is in favor of end-to-end encryption, which shields data between two people from outside observation, and full-disk encryption, which applies at the hardware level, and prevents outside access without an encryption key. (AP file photo/Mark Lennihan)

Officials hit Apple CEO over encryption practices

Rudy Takala · December 21, 2015 6:47 pm

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks in front of the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, May 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

National Security

Sen. Cotton calls for ground troops in Syria

Sarah Bedford · December 9, 2015 12:12 pm

Cotton: Terror Watch List ‘Notoriously Inaccurate’

Jim Swift · December 8, 2015 9:15 pm

Call participants stressed that conservatives have led the way in enacting reforms at the state level. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

National Security

Cotton to detainees: Life after Gitmo won’t be so ‘cushy’

Jacqueline Klimas · December 8, 2015 7:43 pm

Thomas Brady, defense policy adviser to Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)Â

Pocket profile: Thomas Brady

Jacqueline Klimas · November 30, 2015 5:01 am

"We need a president who is willing to do what is necessary to protect our people and destroy ISIS,", said Sen. Marco Rubio, R- Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Rubio: End of NSA bulk surveillance leaves Americans vulnerable

Daniel Chaitin · November 28, 2015 7:58 pm

Aamer's case generated controversy after he became the object of an international campaign to free him. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Senators press Pentagon on controversial Gitmo transfer

Charles Hoskinson · November 20, 2015 10:29 pm

The "Liberty Through Strength Act," proposed by Sen. Tom Cotton on Monday, would extend the bulk surveillance program "until the president can certify that the new NSA collection system is as effective as the current system," or January 2017. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Senators line up in push to keep bulk surveillance

Rudy Takala · November 19, 2015 5:07 pm

"Once again, bulk collection is not the answer," saidÂ Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Patriot Act author slams colleagues for ‘fear mongering’

Rudy Takala · November 18, 2015 8:10 pm

Rubio's statement makes him the first presidential contender to come out in support of Sen. Tom Cotton's legislation. (AP file photo/Jim Cole)

Rubio backs keeping bulk data collection

Rudy Takala · November 18, 2015 7:50 pm

His proposal would extend the NSA's authority to engage in bulk collection of telephonic metadata to 2017. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Sen. Cotton wants to extend bulk data collection

Rudy Takala · November 18, 2015 5:20 pm

"Every time we have one of these attacks, I think it's appropriate to take a look at what the laws are on the book and be open to considering changing them if they don't reflect the modern threat," Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Paris attacks reopen cybersecurity talk in Senate

Susan Ferrechio · November 18, 2015 4:16 pm