Tag: Watchdog

National Security

Emails show top Clinton aide knew more than she testified

Sarah Bedford · August 10, 2016 2:44 pm

Hillary Clinton and Sen. Tim Kaine are slated to attend a string of fundraisers in Texas and California this month with corporate executives, celebrities and donors to the Clinton Foundation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton, Kaine prepare for fundraisers with 1 percenters

Sarah Bedford · August 10, 2016 4:40 am

Assange on murdered DNC staffer: Whistleblowers take ‘significant risks’

Rudy Takala · August 10, 2016 4:32 am

Jason Lewis coasted to a relatively easy win in spite of opposition from a seven-term Republican incumbent. (Elizabeth Nida Obert/Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)

Newcomer topples establishment choice in Minnesota congressional race

Rudy Takala · August 10, 2016 3:33 am

Seth Rich, a 27-year-old staffer at the DNC, was murdered in the crime-heavy Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in July. (Courtesy photo)

WikiLeaks offers $20,000 reward for info on DNC staffer’s death

Rudy Takala · August 9, 2016 6:23 pm

Hillary Clinton's friendship with the Wall Street executive continued, as Stephen Roach provided the secretary of state with advice on how to approach the Chinese economy into the following year. (AP Photo)

Emails: Clinton met with Wall Street exec about policy in China

Sarah Bedford · August 9, 2016 5:00 pm

Democratic Commissioner Ann M. Ravel, who served last year as FEC chairwoman and who has made disclosure of content on the Internet a cornerstone of her tenure there, said it was time for the feds to get serious about watching over the legions of people who use the Internet to consume information. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

FEC deadlocks on regulating YouTube videos

Rudy Takala · August 9, 2016 4:55 pm

Raj Shah said the State Department had scrubbed most of the former president’s speech schedules on the grounds that Bill Clinton is a private citizen and therefore not subject to the same disclosure requirements as public officials. (AP Photo)

State Dept. delaying release of Bill Clinton speech records until 2018

Sarah Bedford · August 9, 2016 2:13 pm

"[G]overnment should advance only those policies that actively promote and encourage, rather than deter, private investment,—£ the Internet Innovation Alliance said. (AP Photo)

Tech group warns FCC against cutting prices for network firms

Rudy Takala · August 9, 2016 4:01 am

two 2010 emails on Clinton's private server revealed Shahram Amiri's identity as a purported defector. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

National Security

Former Blackwater CEO: Clinton emails likely got Iranian defector killed

Rudy Takala · August 9, 2016 2:40 am

Parents of two Americans who were killed in the 2012 terror attack in Benghazi filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton Monday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

National Security

Benghazi parents file lawsuit against Clinton

Sarah Bedford · August 8, 2016 11:48 pm

Hackers who appear to have an affinity for the "Lord of the Rings" books have been targeting the governments of Russia, China, Sweden and Belgium using malware referencing Sauron, the all-seeing antagonist in the books. (screenshot)

National Security

‘Eye of Sauron’ targets four governments in hacking campaign

Rudy Takala · August 8, 2016 7:17 pm