The Voting Vendor in Reality Winner’s Leak Is Coming to Texas Whistleblower Reality Winner started conversations about election tech supplier VR Systems which remain controversial to this day. Texas Observer · Mar 30, 2023
US says China can spy with TikTok. It spies on world with Google Lawmakers’ push to ban app comes as they mull extending powers that force tech firms to enable mass snooping for the US. Al Jazeera · Mar 28, 2023
Out of control dog chases and attacks pregnant sheep on Perthshire farm The Perthshire farmer's pregnant flock was subjected to a prolonged chase around the field by an unleashed dog Daily Record · Mar 20, 2023
Biden administration urges Congress to renew warrantless surveillance law Section 702 cast as an essential tool to gather intelligence about terrorists and other foreign targets located overseas The Guardian - US · Feb 28, 2023
SCOTUS Says Domestic Spying Is Too Secret To Be Challenged in Court Officials shield government abuses from litigation by claiming “national security.” The Supreme Court declined to weigh in. Reason · Feb 27, 2023
Alethea is helping companies detect and mitigate disinformation In politics, Kaplan designed a strategy to combat fake news. She’s turned what she learned into a cybersecurity firm that raised $10 million in November. Fortune · Feb 24, 2023
Danish former minister charged with revealing state secrets A Danish former defense minister who had publicly claimed that Denmark’s secret service helped U.S. intelligence spy on several European leaders says he has been charged with divulging state secrets The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023
Denmark charges ex-defence minister with leaking state secrets Denmark's former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said on Tuesday he had been formally charged with leaking highly classified state secrets by the public prosecutor. Reuters · Feb 21, 2023
NSA Doval, US Deputy Defence Secy Hicks Discuss Priorities For US-India Bilateral Partnership National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of Defence Kathleen Hicks and discussed priorities for the US-India bilateral defence partnership. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Feb 1, 2023
Trump, Pence and Biden won't go to jail What happened to whistleblowers like our client Daniel Hale never happens to high-level government officials Salon · Jan 31, 2023
Jail time and wrist slaps: US secrets probes boast messy history WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, Joe Biden and now Mike Pence join a long line of U.S. officials investigated for mishandling classified material. A look at dozens of similar cases over decades shows that the Justice Department’s decision to press charges is rarely as simple as it might seem. Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023
Three active-duty Marines are charged in the Jan. 6 riot Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen were arrested on misdemeanor charges after fellow Marines helped investigators identify them in footage among the pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021. WEKU · Jan 21, 2023
A Politically Split Congress Can Perhaps Fuel Federal Surveillance Reforms Part of a law that authorizes warrantless snooping is about to expire, opening up a opportunity to better protect our privacy rights. Reason · Jan 13, 2023
NSA director pushes Congress to renew surveillance powers A top U.S. intelligence official is urging Congress to renew sweeping powers granted to American spy agencies to surveil and examine communications The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023 She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s walked free As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes has now left prison and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…
Reuters · Jan 6, 2023 Exclusive-Russian hackers targeted U.S. nuclear scientists A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts.
The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023 OLD She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s about to walk free As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes leaves prison this month and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…
Dynamite News · Dec 6, 2022 Countering Terror Financing Should Be Priority: NSA Doval At Key Central Asian Security Ministers' Meeting Flagging the persistence of terrorist networks in Central Asia, including in Afghanistan, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday emphasised on making countering of terror financing a priority for India and other countries in the region. Read on for details:
The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022 Edward Snowden swears allegiance to Russia, receives new passport Mr Snowden was initially granted asylum in Russia in 2013
Reuters · Dec 2, 2022 U.S. whistleblower Snowden gets a Russian passport -TASS Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a Russian passport, TASS reported on Friday.
The Times of India · Nov 24, 2022 Uttar Pradesh's anti-mafia task force gets conviction of 41 gangsters, henchmen in a year LUCKNOW: A total 12 gangsters and their 29 aides have been convicted in different crimes between January 2021 and November 2022. Police seized their properties worth Rs 2,500 crore and booked 16 under the National Security Act (NSA).
Tribune News Service · Nov 3, 2022 Renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum a spymaster’s delight; newly declassified artifacts on display BALTIMORE — The newly renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum, run by the National Security Agency and located near the spy agency’s headquarters at Fort Meade, deals a fatal blow to one of the most enduring myths of the Cold War: There is no “red phone” linking the Oval Office…
Salon · Oct 20, 2022 Wait, how do we declassify documents? Trump's telepathic powers are delusional — but government classification powers are too often absurd and abusive
The Conversation · Oct 17, 2022 What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective way to engage in warrantless surveillance of individuals, groups and places: a pay-for-access web tool called Fog Reveal.
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022 Ex-NSA worker accused of selling secrets ordered detained A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia will remain behind bars while he is prosecuted