Tag: Watchdog

Following his termination, Podliska said the committee had directed him to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clintons behavior during the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the American embassy in Benghazi, a focus that he said was inappropriate. (AP Photo)

Former Benghazi staffer quietly drops claim of anti-Clinton bias

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 9:40 pm

Reports on Thursday suggested that Anonymous had posted Donald Trump's Social Security number and the number to his cell phone online. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Secret Service investigating Trump hacking claim

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 7:12 pm

The FBI announce Thursday that drivers of Internet-connected vehicles should be alert to hackers targeting them. (iStock Photo)

Cars can be hacked, FBI warns

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 2:28 pm

Even if the federal government wins a court battle to compel Apple to help break into one of its devices, the company's engineers may still refuse to comply. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Apple engineers may resist writing hacking software for feds

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 12:37 pm

David Brock, founder of the liberal Media Matters watchdog and a Hillary Clinton loyalist, said on Wednesday that a New York Times report on Clinton's email practices while secretary of state was "sloppily done" and "based on a false premise." (AP Photo)

PAC leader: Clinton the ‘gold standard’ of transparency

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 12:01 pm

The investigation of Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones is related to allegations that the city's director of public works oversaw a construction project for Jones' church on city time. (AP File Photo/Steve Helber)

Clinton campaign leader faces grand jury investigation

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 11:18 pm

"I was brought up in a time when communist Russia under Stalin was thought to be, everybody is spied on, everybody is looked into, every little thing can get you secretly thrown into prison," Wozniak said. "We had our Bill of Rights. And it's just dear to me. The Bill of Rights says some bad people won't do certain bad things because we're protecting humans to live as humans." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Apple co-founder calls federal effort to bypass encryption ‘dangerous’

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 8:12 pm

Officials sought to assure House members that the Internet will not be subject to control by governments around the world if the U.S. completes a planned transition of a vital component to the ICANN, an international body. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, File)

Officials seek to reassure Congress on U.S. Internet giveaway

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 6:01 pm

"We're in this bizarre position where we're defending the civil liberties of the country against the government," Cook said. "I mean, I never expected to be in this position. The government should always be the one defending civil liberties, and yet there's a role-reversal here. I still feel like I'm in another world, that I'm in this bad dream." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Apple CEO ‘deeply offended’ by government actions

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 2:44 pm

Minneapolis has seen dozens of Somalis leave or attempt to leave to fight with al-Shabaab, that country's version of al Qaeda, since 2006. However, far fewer have sought to join the Islamic State. (AP Photo)

National Security

Report: ISIS publishes ‘kill list’ for Minnesota police officers

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 10:38 pm

Emails: Clinton tried to get a secure BlackBerry

Emails: Clinton tried to get a secure BlackBerry

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 6:41 pm

That was up from 51 percent at the same time the previous year. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Google: 77 percent of searches now encrypted

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 4:58 pm