Tag: Watchdog

Record number of Americans renounce citizenship

Rudy Takala · October 28, 2015 3:04 pm

Impeachment drags IRS scandal into the spotlight

Sarah Bedford · October 28, 2015 12:54 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Senate passes cyber-sharing legislation

Rudy Takala · October 27, 2015 11:05 pm

The legislation, intended to free companies that share personal data about their customers with federal agencies from civil liability, is expected to pass. (Eric Conover/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP)

Senators vote down privacy protections

Rudy Takala · October 27, 2015 8:15 pm

Jeb Bush'sÂ plan to overhaul the VA includes expanding veterans' access to private care if they choose to leave the VA system.Â (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Jeb Bush blasts Clinton for ‘insulting’ veterans

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2015 7:45 pm

IRS chief faces Senate grilling over Tea Party targeting

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2015 3:41 pm

Benghazi hearing resurrects YouTube controversy

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2015 4:01 am

Â The technology captures the data of every cellular device in a targeted area, which means even those who are innocent are subject to having their information monitored.Â (iStock photo)

IRS using same warrantless spy tech as CIA, NSA

Rudy Takala · October 26, 2015 7:35 pm

John Cornyn first beganÂ pushingÂ for a special counsel in September, when news of the deepening FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's emails was still fresh on the public's mind. (AP Photo)

Cornyn renews calls for special counsel in Clinton email probe

Sarah Bedford · October 26, 2015 6:10 pm

Only 37 percent of IT professionals said they were confident they could secure the devices in their own homes, while 73 percent said they perceived a medium to high likelihood that a company was going to be hacked. (GmbH/obs via AP Images)

Danger lurks in the ‘Internet of Things’

Rudy Takala · October 26, 2015 4:01 am

"There's nobody better than Trey Gowdy," Chaffetz said. "I know they're going to try to tear him apart, criticize this or that." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Chaffetz: Gowdy has done ‘wonderful job’

Sarah Bedford · October 25, 2015 4:01 am

California, Connecticut and Oregon prevent employers from asking employees to access social media while their boss is present, while New Hampshire, Maine and Delaware have laws that prevent employers from pressuring their employees to be "friends" online.

Sorry boss, you can’t be my Facebook friend

Rudy Takala · October 25, 2015 4:01 am