Associated PressDecember 18, 2020
9min389
President has been silent on largest hack yet of American government agencies.
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Associated PressDecember 18, 2020
Blake DowlingJanuary 20, 2018
5min498
The political world has been full of scandals over the years regarding spying and eavesdropping. President Richard Nixon certainly ranks at the top of the list. Our current President may or may not be taping calls and meetings. Lots of U.S. presidents have taped conversations. Opinions differ on the practice, good documentation versus flat out […]
Associated PressJune 6, 2017
8min236
A leaked intelligence document outlining alleged attempts by Russian military intelligence to hack into U.S. election systems is the latest evidence suggesting a broad and sophisticated foreign attack on the integrity of the nation’s elections. And it underscores the contention of security experts and computer scientists that the highly decentralized, often ramshackle U.S. election system […]
Blake DowlingFebruary 5, 2017
6min572
We hear about the Russian mob and Russian hackers all the time, especially in politics and technology. The Russian mob is all over the dark web selling ransomware toolkits and fake credit cards. The Russians created ransomware, a threat that continues to wreak havoc all over the world in various forms. We can’t all be […]
Blake DowlingJuly 27, 2016
7min209
Debbie Wasserman Schultz got to “Feel the Bern” from a hostile crowd of Florida delegates at the Democratic National Committee. Why were these Bern Victims so fired up? The email scandal, of course, which led to Schultz’s resignation. The pro-Clinton digital documentation revealed in this breach and scandal is a mess. There are several old school […]
Guest AuthorNovember 17, 20158min303
You no doubt feel overwhelmed by the reporting and commentary after this past Friday’s slaughter in Paris. A lot of smart people have written about the brutality of the attacks, the complexities of the ISIS threat and the West’s response. To simplify things, I’ve drafted sobering answers to basic questions I suspect many of you […]
Phil AmmannNovember 6, 2015
4min223
Federal law permits a significant lag time for political action committees in reporting specific candidate donations, often with waits as long as weeks or even months to say exactly who they gave cash. According to reporting by the Center for Public Integrity, Twitter’s emerging PAC, which is just beginning to make federal contributions, wants to […]
Mitch PerryMay 7, 2015
5min196
Presidential candidates Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders praised Thursday’s federal court ruling that said the Patriot Act doesn’t OK the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone records. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio took to the floor of the Senate arguing that the program should be reauthorized. “Here’s the truth,” Rubio said. “If this program had existed […]