Tag: Watchdog

"Surveillance is getting easier," tech executive Mark Cuban told the Washington Examiner, saying that technological advances were rapidly "opening new means of surveillance." (AP photo)

Congress backing off drive to force companies to break encryption

Rudy Takala · February 22, 2016 5:01 am

The confluence of technical and legal obstacles involved with writing encryption legislation would be daunting, which may be one reason it failed to emerge before Richard Burr announced his latest intentions. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers on both sides square off over encryption

Rudy Takala · February 21, 2016 5:01 am

To date, the State Department has classified 1,729 emails that were transmitted on Hillary Clinton's unsecured server. Many of the classified emails discussed Libya. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Emails suggest Clinton led Libya intervention

Sarah Bedford · February 20, 2016 1:55 am

The 64 newly classified Clinton records were upgraded to "confidential," the lowest level of classification. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

State Dept. classifies 64 new Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · February 20, 2016 12:04 am

The roughly 1,000 pages of emails came just hours before the start of the Nevada caucus Saturday. (AP Photo/John Locher)

State releases hundreds of Clinton emails just before Nevada caucus

Sarah Bedford · February 19, 2016 11:18 pm

It's unclear what Kennedy knew about Clinton's email arrangement while the two worked together at State. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Top Clinton aide under fire for denying knowledge of private server

Sarah Bedford · February 19, 2016 9:15 pm

"They can't think of a single witness to interview," Trey Gowdy said of the Democrats during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "They can't think of a single document to ask for." (AP Photo)

Gowdy blasts Benghazi Democrats for delaying investigation

Sarah Bedford · February 19, 2016 8:37 pm

The order, issued earlier this week, would compel Apple to create software that would assist the FBI in breaking into an iPhone used by one of the perpetrators in a Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif. (AP Photo)

Justice files motion to compel Apple’s cooperation with FBI

Rudy Takala · February 19, 2016 7:11 pm

FBI agents on Thursday were searching the California townhome of the brother of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack. (Stan Lim /The Press-Enterprise via AP)

FBI raids home of San Bernardino shooter’s brother

Rudy Takala · February 19, 2016 3:34 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told voters during a Nevada town hall on Thursday that she was justified in her refusal to release the transcripts of dozens of paid speeches she gave. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Clinton won’t release speech transcripts until others do the same

Sarah Bedford · February 19, 2016 1:41 pm

The State Dept. should've completed its review of all 55,000 pages of Clinton's emails by the end of January. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Will State Dept. publish latest Clinton emails before Nevada votes?

Sarah Bedford · February 19, 2016 5:01 am

"Some of the communications ... were encrypted," Adm. Mike Rogers said in an interview with Yahoo News. "We did not generate the insights ahead of time. Clearly, had we known, Paris would not have happened." (AP Photo)

NSA director on encryption: It’s complicated

Rudy Takala · February 19, 2016 12:04 am