Tag: Watchdog

"We are conducting thousands of defensive operations each and every day â¦ and countering millions of cyberattacks annually," saidÂ Brig. Gen. Robert Skinner, deputy commander of the Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Networks.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Military leaders cite weaknesses in cybersecurity

Rudy Takala · September 18, 2015 3:03 pm

State Dept. requests deleted Clinton emails from FBI

Sarah Bedford · September 18, 2015 4:01 am

Dr. Katherine Mitchell said nurses lacked training in triage, and veterans had "dangerous delays in care." (AP File Photo)

Watchdog: VA not firing officials for botched veteran care

Pete Kasperowicz · September 17, 2015 11:07 pm

Watchdog finds widespread fraud at U.S. Census Bureau

Sarah Bedford · September 17, 2015 6:53 pm

Modern hacking is more sophisticated, but still commonly revolves around a user volunteering personal information. (iStock photo)

Agencies fed up with self-hacking fed workers

Rudy Takala · September 17, 2015 4:54 pm

"I have taken to now saying, the main effort for American cyberdefense is the private sector," Michael Hayden said.

Hayden: Google, Apple have more power than government to set privacy norms

Rudy Takala · September 17, 2015 2:53 pm

GOP candidates blasted Clinton for her record as secretary of state and her use of a private email server. (AP Photo)

Chris Christie: Hillary Clinton is ‘the real opponent’

Sarah Bedford · September 17, 2015 2:29 am

Fiorina, Carson and Christie attempted to paint themselves as political outsiders Wednesday evening. (AP Photo)

GOP candidates compete for outsider status

Sarah Bedford · September 17, 2015 1:08 am

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., appears during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Lindsey Graham defends past support of Hillary Clinton

Sarah Bedford · September 16, 2015 11:43 pm

Sen. John McCain said he advised his daughter, Meghan, not to respond when Donald Trump called her "angry and obnoxious." (AP Photo)

John McCain says he advised daughter to ‘move on’ from Trump

Rudy Takala · September 16, 2015 10:25 pm

Freedom Watch attorney Larry Klayman speaks to reporters outside the Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on April 2 after appealing the dismissal of a FOIA request seeking records from the State Department about Israeli war plans. (AP Photo)Â

Federal court to hear arguments on NSA data collection

Rudy Takala · September 16, 2015 10:09 pm

"You have countries that can get into a company and stay there for two or three years and drain it of its fiduciary information," Dianne FeinseinÂ said. (AP Photo)

Feinstein: Independent counsel ‘unwarranted’ in Clinton email probe

Sarah Bedford · September 16, 2015 8:16 pm