Tag: Watchdog

Twitter is working on a policy for cryptocurrency ads following a decision by social media giants Google and Facebook to ban them amid growing fraud concerns.

National Security

Twitter reportedly cuts off intel agencies from surveillance tool

Rudy Takala · May 9, 2016 4:55 pm

Is online free speech under attack?

Rudy Takala · May 9, 2016 4:01 am

Tom Emmer in April proposed the Firearm Due Process Protection Act, which would define how the FBI is required to treat consumers who fail the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (AP Photo)

Republican lawmaker taking on the FBI to protect your gun rights

Rudy Takala · May 9, 2016 4:01 am

"Right now, you can go to a Starbucks or hotel or any place that has Wi-Fi, and if you accidentally log on to a hacker's spoofed network, then every protection that we get goes out the window," said Rep. Ted Lieu. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Lawmaker: Congress is in the ‘dark ages’ on cybersecurity

Rudy Takala · May 9, 2016 4:01 am

CBO: Federal tax receipts hit record $1.9 trillion, but spending still tops

Rudy Takala · May 9, 2016 1:05 am

Joseph DiGenova believes Clinton will have a difficult time avoiding charges. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Expert: Clinton unlikely to be indicted, but she shouldn’t be celebrating

Rudy Takala · May 7, 2016 4:01 am

"All I can say is, I'm deeply concerned about the legislation that is now being formed." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

McCain slams upcoming veterans affairs bill

Sarah Bedford · May 6, 2016 10:02 pm

Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, struck back Friday at "factual inaccuracies" in a Pentagon letter sent last week that accused his panel of employing overly aggressive tactics to secure witnesses and documents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gowdy: Pentagon launched ‘overly partisan’ attack on Benghazi panel

Sarah Bedford · May 6, 2016 8:29 pm

The Justice Department defended its decision to keep the memo secret after Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., filed a brief in support of a lawsuit seeking to make the document public. (AP Photo)

Justice rejects Dem effort to declassify surveillance memo

Rudy Takala · May 6, 2016 6:38 pm

Trey Gowdy has insisted Hillary Clinton is only one aspect of a comprehensive investigation that will focus on what went wrong before, during and after the terror attack. (AP Photo)

Benghazi committee questions 98th witness

Sarah Bedford · May 6, 2016 5:58 pm

Intelligence officials have made offhand remarks about child porn they have found on agency systems. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

NSA: We don’t know how many employees are looking at child porn

Rudy Takala · May 6, 2016 5:34 pm

Hillary Clinton told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday that the FBI had not contacted her or any of her legal representatives. (AP Photo)

Clinton attorney has been working with Justice Department

Sarah Bedford · May 6, 2016 2:40 pm