Tag: Watchdog

The investigation of Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones is related to allegations that the city's director of public works oversaw a construction project for Jones' church on city time. (AP File Photo/Steve Helber)

Clinton campaign leader faces grand jury investigation

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 11:18 pm

"I was brought up in a time when communist Russia under Stalin was thought to be, everybody is spied on, everybody is looked into, every little thing can get you secretly thrown into prison," Wozniak said. "We had our Bill of Rights. And it's just dear to me. The Bill of Rights says some bad people won't do certain bad things because we're protecting humans to live as humans." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Apple co-founder calls federal effort to bypass encryption ‘dangerous’

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 8:12 pm

Officials sought to assure House members that the Internet will not be subject to control by governments around the world if the U.S. completes a planned transition of a vital component to the ICANN, an international body. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, File)

Officials seek to reassure Congress on U.S. Internet giveaway

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 6:01 pm

"We're in this bizarre position where we're defending the civil liberties of the country against the government," Cook said. "I mean, I never expected to be in this position. The government should always be the one defending civil liberties, and yet there's a role-reversal here. I still feel like I'm in another world, that I'm in this bad dream." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Apple CEO ‘deeply offended’ by government actions

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 2:44 pm

Minneapolis has seen dozens of Somalis leave or attempt to leave to fight with al-Shabaab, that country's version of al Qaeda, since 2006. However, far fewer have sought to join the Islamic State. (AP Photo)

National Security

Report: ISIS publishes ‘kill list’ for Minnesota police officers

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 10:38 pm

Emails: Clinton tried to get a secure BlackBerry

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 6:41 pm

That was up from 51 percent at the same time the previous year. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Google: 77 percent of searches now encrypted

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 4:58 pm

If the depositions requested by Judicial Watch give rise to a reason to depose Clinton, the group said, it reserves the right to do so. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Watchdog group seeks to depose seven Clinton aides

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 11:58 pm

"China ... is willing to deepen cooperation with the United States on the basis of laws in the field of cybersecurity and the fight against terrorism," Chinese Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

China invites U.S. to cooperate on ‘Internet security’

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 11:45 pm

He leveled the charge in a letter sent to the Pentagon’s top watchdog. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Lawmaker: Army Corps caving to green groups

Joel Gehrke · March 15, 2016 8:57 pm

"These lawsuits are intended to expedite the release of records covered under FOIA that will allow Americans to hold Hillary Clinton accountable," Reince Priebus said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

RNC files four lawsuits over Clinton emails

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 7:07 pm

"In all our investigations and reviews, we use social media to the extent that the evidence leads us there," Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Homeland Security not fully using social media to screen visa applicants

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 5:34 pm