Tag: Watchdog

America Rising, a Republican political action committee, highlighted the "conflict of interest" created by allowing a Clinton supporter to decide which of Clinton's emails will be disclosed to the public and Congress -- a reported part of Jacobs' new position.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Conservative group calls for removal of ‘transparency czar’

Sarah Bedford · September 9, 2015 9:02 pm

"I think it's a good balance because this is the new battlefield that we're on. Cyber is a great risk," Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., told theÂ Washington Examiner. (Wikimedia Commons)Â

Lawmaker bucks conservatives on cyberlegislation

Rudy Takala · September 9, 2015 8:52 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses as she is introduced to speak at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

State: Email czar’s donations to Clinton have ‘no relevance’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 9, 2015 7:33 pm

A former assistant secretary for consular affairs at State, gave $2,700 to Clinton's presidential campaign in June. (AP file)

State Dept. ‘transparency czar’ is Clinton donor

Sarah Bedford · September 9, 2015 4:28 pm

The chairmen of two powerful Senate committees wrote to a former aide to Hillary Clinton, offering a possible immunity deal after the aide invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against testifying. (AP Photo)

Senate moves to grant Clinton aide immunity

Sarah Bedford · September 9, 2015 2:53 pm

Patricia Rose, left, a registered nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore scans a barcode before dispensing medicine to VA patient Allen Smith of Romney, WVa., Tuesday April 27, 2004. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

VA fires veteran for talking to Congress

Sarah Bedford · September 9, 2015 1:16 pm

Former Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Cheryl Mills. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Clinton Foundation pushed for donation from Iran-linked firm

Sarah Bedford · September 9, 2015 4:01 am

"The problem we have is that our security structures and our security law and policies are all designed to protect us against a malevolent state power," retired Gen. Michael HaydenÂ said.

Hayden: Worry more about terrorism, less about government

Rudy Takala · September 8, 2015 8:32 pm

John Kirby, the agency's spokesman, said Tuesday the State Department was building a case against the intelligence community's conclusion "based on documents that only we have." (Screen shot courtesy of the State Department's YouTube page)

State Dept. ‘building a case’ against intelligence community

Sarah Bedford · September 8, 2015 8:10 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry meets the crowd after giving a speech in support of the Iran nuclear deal at the National Constitution Center, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

State Dept. names ‘transparency czar’ for Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · September 8, 2015 7:21 pm

The Clinton campaign continued to dispute the conclusion that any emails were classified at any level at the time they were transmitted. (AP file)

CIA confirms ‘top secret’ intel on Clinton’s server

Sarah Bedford · September 8, 2015 3:01 pm

The governor of China's central bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, reportedly said that a bubble had "burst" to describe China's recent market troubles. (AP file)

G-20 leaders discuss currency, China says its bubble ‘burst’

Rudy Takala · September 6, 2015 8:42 pm