by Mariana Alfaro, Allyson Chiu and 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 Julia Jacobs | Mar 27, 2016 | Featured
WASHINGTON — In 1993, the United States government proposed adding a piece of hardware to telephones that would give it access to encrypted communications with a court-approved wiretap. Called the “Clipper chip,” the technology was like an encryption key that...
by Jack Corrigan | Mar 27, 2016 | Featured
How an unregulated, invisible industry makes a fortune on people’s personal information without them even knowing WASHINGTON — Every year, data brokers make billions of dollars collecting and selling your personal information – even sensitive data like...
by Drew Gerber | Mar 20, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — While the U.S. Navy is better known for its role in protecting Americans from enemies abroad, it also works in labs throughout the world, combatting an unseen enemy: infectious disease. And now, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6) based in Lima,...
