by Jessica Floum | Feb 4, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that cyber-attacks are a constant threat that won’t go away, and asked leaders of Target and Neiman Marcus to help find solutions to better guard consumers’ online information. “I think...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 3, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – District of Columbia Circuit Judge Richard Leon said Monday he will decide within two weeks whether to dismiss claims that the National Security Agency’s PRISIM program violated the First and Fifth Amendments. Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 3, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Days before the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics, tensions have risen between Moscow and insurgents in the North Caucasus, a region filled with instability, a panel of experts said Monday, heightening fears of a terrorist incident at the...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 31, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON–Sen. Barbara Boxer upbraided the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday over delays in increasing security against terrorist threats, refusing to hand over documents that Boxer and Republican David Vitter of Louisiana had requested and a lack of...
by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 29, 2014 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Near Baghdad, former U.S. military installations Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf have become home to Iranian refugees, who have been increasingly subject to attack by both Iran and Iraqi forces in recent months. Members of Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK),...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 29, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) — National Intelligence Director James Clapper said Wednesday that leaks by Edward Snowden have left the United States “less safe and its people less secure.” Joining top government officials to discuss national security threats to the...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 29, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee fired questions at Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday on the government’s surveillance programs, the investigation of political bias in Internal Revenue Service audits and the Department of Justice’s failure...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security, Politics
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed Pakistani Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz to the Washington Monday for the latest round of talks between the two nations. (Ryan McCrimmon/Medill News Service)Kerry hosted Aziz and a delegation from Pakistan for strategic...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Two leaders of the Senate — Sens. John McCain and Christopher Murphy — Monday called for a greater financial commitment from European allies to NATO, saying the U.S. should not have to underwrite so much of the organization’s costs. The Arizona Republican...
by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Every time she applies for a job, Beth Jacobs, founder of sex slavery support group Willow Way, has to explain her prostitution convictions. They are a reminder of her teenage years in sex trafficking, and they are written into her criminal record....
by Vesko Cholakov | Jan 22, 2014 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s move to curb the mass data collection by the National Security Agency is a step in the right direction but crucial details remain to be addressed, Silicon Valley top companies said and pledged to continue pushing for reforms....
