Tag: Watchdog

IRS announces taxpayer data stolen in cyberattack

Rudy Takala · February 10, 2016 2:14 pm

Court documents shed light on stonewalling in Clinton email cases

Sarah Bedford · February 10, 2016 1:07 am

The president requested a total of $19 billion for cybersecurity in his fiscal 2017 budget request. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama creates cybersecurity commission

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 11:23 pm

Clinton blasts ‘systemic racism’ in new S.C. ad

Sarah Bedford · February 9, 2016 11:17 pm

The president has requested $19 billion for cybersecurity funding, an increase of about $5 billion over the current year. Of that, a little over $3 billion would go toward upgrading federal computer systems. (AP file photo/Evan Vucci)

White House uses cybersecurity to bludgeon Republicans on budget

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 11:16 pm

Twitter announces ‘trust and safety’ panel to police content

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 10:28 pm

This is the annual threat assessment, is it not? a visibly-irritated CIA director John Brennan said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CIA director angered by questions about ‘spying’ on the Senate

Joel Gehrke · February 9, 2016 9:44 pm

The Pentagon's head of military intelligence expects the Islamic State to pick up "the pace and lethality" of attacks this year. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)

National Security

Pentagon intel chief warns Islamic State attacks will worsen

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 2:38 pm

In a WSJ op-ed, President Obama outlined a new set of cybersecurity initiatives that he said would provide "every American a basic level of online security." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama promises ‘basic online security to every American’

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 1:38 pm

President Obama's "Cybersecurity National Action Plan is the capstone of more than seven years of determined effort by this administration," White House cybersecurity coordinator said Monday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

White House announces $19 billion worth of cybersecurity reforms

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 10:00 am

Clinton’s Wall Street ties deepen N.H. woes

Sarah Bedford · February 9, 2016 5:01 am

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain criticized encryption technology in an editorial over the weekend, and renewed a call for legislation to prohibit it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McCain calls for encryption standards

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 12:10 am