Tag: Watchdog

Thanks in part to years of lobbying by former president Bill Clinton, Muhammad Yunus received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. (AP Photo)

Clinton Foundation donor received $13 million from State Department

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 6:04 pm

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., is calling on Congress to investigate a flaw that makes cellular devices worldwide vulnerable to surveillance by hackers and foreign intelligence agencies. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

National Security

Top House Dem demands investigation into massive cellular network vulnerability

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 4:07 pm

The connections involve several familiar faces, some of whom have already tarnished the Clintons as a result of past dealings, and others who are relatively new. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Clinton associates in Panama Papers: ‘Not like Vladimir Putin’

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 3:54 pm

"The reality is there are going to be thousands of phones in cases related to murder, sexual assault, economic crime, cybercrime and even terrorism that are not going to be able to be opened as a result of this policy by the tech companies," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Manhattan DA warns ‘thousands’ of devices inaccessible due to encryption

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 1:31 pm

A Sunday report said a flaw in the Signaling System 7 network, which connects phone carriers, allows hackers to penetrated that network, monitor any connected phone using just a phone number. California Rep. Ted Lieu, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Information Technology, volunteered as a guinea pig for the report. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

National Security

Report: Network flaw leaves cellular data open to hackers

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 12:15 pm

Condemnation for the legislation, which was coauthored by Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr, came swiftly and from a broad spectrum of groups. (AP Photo)

Senators’ major encryption bill is ‘clueless’

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

The House on Friday passed legislation that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating rates for broadband service. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

House votes to prevent broadband rate regulation

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 6:27 pm

House Republicans push impeachment of IRS chief

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 4:19 pm

Hillary Clinton is under investigation chiefly for using a private server to process nearly 2,100 emails that contained classified information. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ex-DoJ Official: FBI has more than one way to bag Clinton associates

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 2:50 pm

Soria was part of the country's "caretaker" divided government, elected in December. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

Panama Papers claim second victim in Spanish minister

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 2:36 pm

One of Hillary Clinton's top confidantes "wouldn't be surprised" if the former secretary of state's private email server had been hacked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Clinton confidante: Server was probably hacked

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 1:57 pm

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is releasing his first techno track this weekend. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

‘Hero of our times’ Snowden records a techno track

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 1:26 pm