by Celena Chong | Mar 27, 2016 | Featured
WASHINGTON — Facial recognition software, iris scanners and fingerprint matching are spy-movie staples but they also are part of a national security debate over whether they should be installed at U.S. borders to ensure all foreign travelers who come to the U.S....
by Celena Chong | Mar 17, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may have blazed through the March 15 primaries capturing four states, but he is a “straightjacket that Senate Republicans won’t be able to wiggle off,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer Wednesday during a press conference at the Democratic...
by Celena Chong | Mar 16, 2016 | Campaign 2016
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may have blazed through the March 15 primaries capturing four states, but he is a “straightjacket that Senate Republicans won’t be able to wriggle out,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer Wednesday during a press conference at the Democratic...
by Celena Chong | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Alan Gross said he only saw the sun for 20 minutes during the first year of being shuttered in a Cuban prison. Gross, 66, was a contractor under the U.S. Agency for International Development, tasked to improve Internet access within a single Jewish...
by Celena Chong | Mar 14, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The terrorist threat to the U.S. is not as dire as national security officials say, and Americans are being scared into believing they are in more danger than the facts suggest, some experts say. “The truth is, you are 3,000 to 5,000 times more likely to...
by Celena Chong | Mar 9, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Technology is drastically changing the way wars and smaller-scale conflicts will be fought, and the U.S. needs to be wary of how adversaries like Russia and China can leverage their technology for military advantage, retired Marine Col. Thomas...
by Celena Chong | Mar 2, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – The roots of Apple’s struggle to avoid compromising the security of its famed iPhone reach back to Edward Snowden’s leak of nearly 2 million documents classified by the National Security Agency. In the aftermath of that massive breach in 2014, Apple...
by Celena Chong | Mar 1, 2016 | Topics
William Wechsler and other witnesses say that the government needs more specialized workers dedicated solely to anti-terror finance efforts. (Celena Chong/Medill News Service) WASHINGTON — The United States and international partners are not yet up to the task...
by Celena Chong | Feb 23, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest blasted Congress for failing to do its job Tuesday after Republican lawmakers snubbed President Barack Obama’s long-awaited plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Obama’s proposal, sent up to...
by Celena Chong | Feb 22, 2016 | Topics
FORT MEADE, Md. – A defense lawyer for the self-proclaimed architect of 9/11 Monday urged a military judge to allow testimony by an additional witness testify who will say that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others accused in the terror attacks were subjected to...
by Celena Chong | Feb 17, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton has a detailed policy plan to address the lack of services available for autistic adults, and other candidates should follow her lead, said John Robison, an autism activist, author and professor, on Wednesday. Clinton’s wide-ranging autism...
by Celena Chong | Feb 16, 2016 | National Security
FORT MEADE, Md. — Walid bin Attash, an accused organizer of the 9/11 attacks, requested Tuesday that Judge Col. James Pohl review a letter he wrote explaining why he doesn’t trust his lawyers on the first day of his pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay. The...
