Tag: Watchdog

Energy and Environment

Anonymous takes aim at Michigan water crisis

Rudy Takala · January 22, 2016 6:04 pm

JohnÂ Koskinen told a Senate committee that the IRS remains committed to fixing issues stemming from a 2013 report that the agency was unfairly targeting select Republican political organizations applying for 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) status. (AP Photo)

IRS under fire for erasing records sought in court order

Sarah Bedford · January 22, 2016 3:08 pm

"Women tend not to be in the higher echelons of the economy. There are very few women CEOs in the United States, and women have much less access to wealthy donors." (AP File Photo)

FEC commissioner: Everyone else should quit

Rudy Takala · January 22, 2016 12:07 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign event in Burlington, Iowa, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Clinton doesn’t believe intelligence IG falsified email findings

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2016 11:53 pm

That number of fired VA employees fluctuated in recent months depending on who is talking and where. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

VA won’t say how many officials have been fired

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2016 8:31 pm

"Spending time arguing ... [saying] encryption is bad and we ought to do away with it, that's a waste of time to me," Adm. Mike Rogers said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NSA director calls encryption debate a ‘waste of time’

Rudy Takala · January 21, 2016 8:13 pm

"It's an intentional disconnect because they know they don't have the people. And when you don't have the people, you have to deceive and mislead them," said Rep. Dave Brat. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmaker says elite media try to deceive voters

Rudy Takala · January 21, 2016 6:38 pm

National Security

Report: Senators had to be cleared above ‘top secret’ to read new Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2016 2:32 pm

A key House committee is investigating a complaint that the Department of Veterans Affairs is spying on whistleblowers by diverting their emails to the secretary's office in Washington, D.C. (Bloomberg/Andrew Harrer)

House probes claim the VA is spying on whistleblower emails

Pete Kasperowicz · January 21, 2016 5:01 am

Why the latest Clinton email revelations matter

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2016 5:01 am

"Each and every player had an incentive to behave well until the [nuclear] negotiation ... was to be decided upon," Major Gen. Uzi Moskovitz said in a Tuesday interview with the Financial Times. (AP Photo)

Israeli official: Expect cyberattacks in the wake of Iran nuke deal

Rudy Takala · January 20, 2016 8:37 pm

SIGAR said the projects were well-intentioned but had "little-to-no chance of achieving desired outcomes." (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

National Security

Special IG rips Pentagon for wasting $800M in Afghanistan

Jacqueline Klimas · January 20, 2016 7:30 pm