Tag: Watchdog

National Security

Justice Department officials pushed for Clinton Foundation probe

Sarah Bedford · August 11, 2016 6:16 pm

Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo purportedly ordered the creation of an algorithm to suppress the messages and used employees to manually scrub any critical content missed by the software. (AP Photo)

Report: Twitter censored messages critical of Obama

Rudy Takala · August 11, 2016 5:38 pm

Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, declined to take action against Earl Phillip after he learned of the gun-wielding incidents, the court filings alleged. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Trump campaign hit with lawsuit over gun-wielding staffer

Sarah Bedford · August 11, 2016 4:09 pm

WikiLeaks announced that "[d]ue to security concerns at the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange's balcony announcement on Tues has been cancelled." (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Swedish prosecutors to question Assange in embassy

Rudy Takala · August 11, 2016 3:50 pm

Five Clinton friends who got special State Department access

Sarah Bedford · August 11, 2016 4:05 am

"As horrific as these deaths were ... Twitter cannot be treated as a publisher or speaker of ISIS's hateful rhetoric and is not liable under the facts alleged," wrote Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

National Security

Judge dismisses suit against Twitter for aiding Islamic State

Rudy Takala · August 10, 2016 11:55 pm

Giuliani said he considers the Justice Department under the Obama administration to be a political operation. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Giuliani: DOJ ‘disgraceful’ with Clinton, Baltimore police

Rudy Takala · August 10, 2016 10:43 pm

The family of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich asked that his murder not be politicized. (screenshot)

Family of slain DNC staffer: Stop politicizing tragedy

Rudy Takala · August 10, 2016 8:49 pm

State Dept. shuts down questions on Clinton Foundation emails

Sarah Bedford · August 10, 2016 7:17 pm

Judge Patti Saris ordered Glenn Beck to turn over the names of at least two Department of Homeland Security employees who he claims constituted the basis for the most salacious allegations. (AP Photo)

Court orders Glenn Beck to reveal sources in Boston bombing defamation suit

Rudy Takala · August 10, 2016 6:01 pm

In September 2013, 300 TVs were bought by the John D. Dingell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, but 282 of them were never installed because they were "the wrong type," according to the report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Watchdog: Detroit veterans hospital drops $300K on TVs but never uses them

Maria Biery · August 10, 2016 5:05 pm

National Security

Report: Justice Department declined FBI request to investigate Clinton Foundation

Sarah Bedford · August 10, 2016 4:40 pm