Tag: Watchdog

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch in a letter for a copy of the immunity agreement offered to Clinton aide Bryan Pagliano. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Grassley, Johnson request copy of immunity agreement with Clinton aide

Sarah Bedford · March 8, 2016 3:55 pm

Sen. John Cornyn has repeatedly called on the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the Hillary Clinton email case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cornyn blasts Clinton for avoiding ‘important laws’

Sarah Bedford · March 8, 2016 3:10 pm

Privacy advocates warn that Apple being forced to unlock a device will establish a precedent for the future. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Feds seek to force Apple cooperation in New York drug case

Rudy Takala · March 8, 2016 3:02 am

The Department of Commerce cites what it calls ZTE's "planned and organized ... scheme to establish, control, and use a series of [shell] companies to illicitly re-export controlled items to Iran" in contravention of U.S. law. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez/File)

U.S. to sanction Chinese telecom company amid concerns over spying

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 8:34 pm

National security officials in South Korea will hold an emergency meeting on cybersecurity on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

National Security

South Korea to convene emergency meeting on cybersecurity

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 6:48 pm

"We have had policies that are certainly questionable and I disagree with them, but China is in a whole different league in terms of its behavior and in terms of what it does in censoring its citizens, harming its citizens," FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly.

FCC commissioner: ‘We are moving in the wrong direction’ on free speech

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 2:35 pm

Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., a Marine Corps Reserve veteran who represents the military-heavy region around Virginia Beach, penned an open letter calling on Republicans to oppose Trump "based on his judgment, temperament and character." (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Surveillance hawks agree with Trump, but don’t support him

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 5:01 am

Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent emails to diplomats, top administration officials and foreigners who did not hold security clearance in the U.S., according to a report. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Report: Clinton sent 104 classified emails as secretary of state

Rudy Takala · March 6, 2016 11:59 pm

Cobert has been serving as the agency's acting director since her predecessor, Katherine Archuleta, resigned. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House lawmakers urge Senate to confirm new OPM director

Rudy Takala · March 4, 2016 8:48 pm

An iPhone forensics expert said a "pathogen" was equivalent to a "magical unicorn might exist on this phone." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Terrorist’s iPhone may contain ‘dormant cyberpathogen’

Rudy Takala · March 4, 2016 5:09 pm

In a new OS update, the option to use encryption has been removed on Kindle e-readers and other devices that uses its Fire operating systems, including cellular devices, tablets and televisions. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Amazon removes encryption from its products

Rudy Takala · March 3, 2016 10:41 pm

Left-leaning groups are demanding Fox News ask candidates how they will subsidize high-speed Internet access. (AP Photo/Gillian Wong)

Groups push Fox to question candidates on Internet subsidies

Rudy Takala · March 3, 2016 9:43 pm