Tag: Watchdog

Leaked emails revealed that Hillary Clinton's campaign staff scrambled in March to change their campaign chief's email password after learning his account had been compromised. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

Clinton team pushed campaign chief to change password to dodge hackers

Rudy Takala · October 28, 2016 4:03 pm

Chelsea Clinton said she had reason to suspect that Justin Cooper had "taken significant sums of money from my parents personally, some in expenses, cars, etc., and others directly." (AP Photo)

Clinton Foundation drama: Spying, stealing, ‘hustling’

Sarah Bedford · October 28, 2016 2:55 pm

Hillary Clinton ally lamented in March that the re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "depressing." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Clinton ally called Netanyahu’s re-election victory ‘depressing’

Sarah Bedford · October 28, 2016 2:17 pm

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, Democratic candidate for Senate in Illinois, presided over the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs when it spent nearly $100,000 on media training in 2010 and 2011. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Duckworth’s VA office spent nearly $100k on ‘media training’

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2016 8:16 pm

The letter, addressed to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, called for a briefing on alleged surveillance of Yahoo Mail users. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

National Security

Lawmakers demand broad disclosure of alleged Yahoo surveillance scheme

Rudy Takala · October 27, 2016 8:15 pm

"The more emails WikiLeaks releases, the more the lines between the Clinton Foundation, the secretary of state’s office and the Clintons’ personal finances are blurred," Donald Trump said in a statement Thursday. (AP Photo)

Trump slams ‘Bill Clinton, Inc’ memo: ‘The rest of us call it outright corruption’

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2016 7:50 pm

While wasteful spending is a familiar find at most federal agencies, Hillary Clinton presided over particularly expensive unsuccessful reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Clinton’s State Department spent $5.4 million on ‘crystal stemware’

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2016 5:07 pm

WikiLeaks shows Clinton hid email scandal from her own staff

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2016 2:44 pm

WikiLeaks memo exposes ‘Bill Clinton Inc.’

Sarah Bedford · October 26, 2016 5:56 pm

Jason Miller, a Trump spokesman, described the agency's "stonewalling" as a "deeply distressing" move. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Trump campaign calls on State Dept. to explain missing emails

Sarah Bedford · October 26, 2016 4:31 pm

"While there does not appear to have been any disruption of service, the targeting of a video game company is less indicative of hacktivists, state-actors, or social justice communities, and aligns more with the hackers that frequent online hacking forums." (iStock photo)

National Security

Cybersecurity firm blames Internet disrupton on amateur hackers

Rudy Takala · October 26, 2016 3:59 pm

Philippe Reines, a former State Department aide to Clinton who recently played the role of Donald Trump during her debate preparations, admitted to other high-level campaign staffers on March 7 of last year that allies' suggestions for mitigating the controversy did not seem effective. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Clinton aide admitted ‘there is just no good answer’ for email questions

Sarah Bedford · October 26, 2016 2:12 pm