Staff / TruthdigDec 1, 2016
The law also requires internet and phone companies to hold on to user data for at least a year and to make it easily searchable by law enforcement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Thor Benson / TruthdigSep 8, 2016
The federal government has been equipping planes with monitoring devices for some time. But how far will law enforcement agencies go in order to watch citizens? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 5, 2016
FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that although Clinton and her team were “extremely careless” in their use of a personal email server, his agency recommends that no criminal charges be brought against her. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 2, 2016
Airport security guards violently arrested a disabled teenage cancer patient during a security screening at Memphis International Airport, the girl’s family has alleged in a lawsuit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
John Kiriakou / TruthdigJun 27, 2016
The British multinational security services company could help tie up some loose ends in the Omar Mateen story. But don’t expect much transparency or further explanation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Rainey Reitman / Electronic Frontier FoundationMar 19, 2016
The fight between Apple and the FBI is not about just one iPhone—it implicates the security of all technology users. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigFeb 9, 2016
In a word: yes The pundit who claimed she would be shielded from the consequences of pre-inaugural actions was wrong The big question is whether her email operations amounted to "high crimes and misdemeanors" whatever those words might mean at a given political moment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Paul Brown / Climate News NetworkJan 22, 2016
Increasing worldwide stockpiles of surplus plutonium are becoming a political embarrassment, a worrying security risk and a hidden extra cost to the nuclear industry. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 19, 2015
Writing from Paris in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks, theorist and professor Judith Butler laments some French citizens' willingness to give up civil liberties in return for a veneer of safety that masks the development of a stronger "security state and the narrowing versions of democracy before us." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigOct 5, 2015
When asking an expert how the U.S. government's very expensive and time-consuming push to train security forces in other countries has fared, the last thing that government would want to hear is this kind of description: “Our track record at building security forces over the past 15 years is miserable.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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