Tag: Watchdog

The hacking group has promised to engage in cyberattacks in retaliation for Flint's water crisis. (AP Photo/Roger Schneider)

Energy and Environment

Anonymous takes credit for crashing Michigan’s website

Rudy Takala · January 28, 2016 8:31 pm

Bill Clinton presided over the event, hosted by Sanofi and AstraZeneca. (Doug Benc/AP images for Humana, file)

Clinton Foundation hosts pharmaceutical executives on eve of Iowa caucus

Sarah Bedford · January 28, 2016 5:26 pm

Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Susan Collins, R-Me., proposed the Cybersecurity Disclosure Act, which would require companies to disclose whether anyone on their boards "has expertise or experience in cybersecurity." (AP File Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Senators propose new cyber reporting requirement for companies

Rudy Takala · January 27, 2016 10:26 pm

State blamed the delay in part on a winter storm that temporarily shuttered the government last week. (Bloomberg/Daniel Acker)

Lawyer in email case: ‘Still time’ to force Clinton’s records out this week

Sarah Bedford · January 27, 2016 10:04 pm

"I just think that it was a mistake not to have used two [email accounts] because it's caused all of this, you know, uproar and commotion," Hillary Clinton said during an editorial board meeting with the Quad-City Times in Iowa. (AP Photo)

Clinton defiant on email controversy heading into Iowa caucus

Sarah Bedford · January 27, 2016 8:26 pm

The National Security Agency routinely hacks private companies in order to create backdoor mechanisms in encryption products that allow the agency to maintain access, which makes the NSA a suspect in the case. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

Lawmaker: Backdoors for encryption are ‘dangerous’

Rudy Takala · January 27, 2016 8:14 pm

Is Hillary’s biggest problem Sanders or servers?

Sarah Bedford · January 27, 2016 5:01 am

Possible errors in coding suggest a timestamp discrepancy that would indicate the encrypted message was fake. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

National Security

ISIS striving to convince experts it can use encryption

Rudy Takala · January 27, 2016 12:25 am

Gowdy has declined to discuss his committee's specific findings ahead of the release of its investigative report. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gowdy: ‘Most surprising’ Benghazi findings involve speed of admin’s response

Sarah Bedford · January 26, 2016 5:47 pm

Wendy Sherman, who served as undersecretary of state under Hillary Clinton, touted as an example an instance in which Clinton met with a European Union leader while conducting sensitive negotiations on her cellphone. (AP Photo)

Critics seize on 2013 video of Clinton aide discussing classified emails

Sarah Bedford · January 26, 2016 3:53 pm

Clinton’s paid speech problem goes beyond Goldman Sachs

Sarah Bedford · January 26, 2016 5:01 am

DeLay: FBI sources say they’re ‘ready to indict’ Hillary

Sarah Bedford · January 25, 2016 10:46 pm