The enduring mystery of the U.S. drone war
15 years after the U.S. conducted its first armed drone mission, little is known about the program—or its impact.
On Jun 12, 2016 by Lauren Walker
Meet ‘Derp,’ the U.K. teen police say helped hack the CIA director’s AOL account
‘Derp’ remains free—for now.
On May 9, 2016 by Dissent Doe
The battle for justice against the psychologists who helped the CIA torture detainees
This is the furthest a case involving the CIA’s use of torture has gotten in the courts.
On Apr 25, 2016 by Lauren Walker
Former CIA director says DOJ isn’t being honest in San Bernardino iPhone case
‘They are asking for a restructuring … of Apple’s operating system.’
On Mar 11, 2016 by Eric Geller
Ex-NSA chief explains why he backs Apple over FBI in iPhone fight
‘Apple is right on just raw security grounds.’
On Mar 7, 2016 by Eric Geller
U.K. police arrest teenage hacker who allegedly broke into CIA director’s email
The young man is also suspected of leaking thousands of FBI and DHS employees’ personal data.
On Feb 12, 2016 by William Turton
FBI director invokes San Bernardino attack in defense of anti-encryption narrative
James Comey denied wanting a ‘backdoor’ but said that some kind of encryption workaround was needed.
On Feb 9, 2016 by Eric Geller
Let’s explain the Senate’s torture report to Donald Trump’s son
Just in case your forgot, we tortured some folks.
On Feb 9, 2016 by Aaron Sankin
Donald Trump vows to do ‘a hell of a lot worse’ than waterboard ISIS militants
Ted Cruz took a more measured tone on torture.
On Feb 7, 2016 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Encryption does not allow criminals and terrorists to ‘go dark,’ study finds
Technology is making it easier to catch the bad guys, the authors found.
On Feb 1, 2016 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
CIA offers to help Agents Mulder and Scully prove the existence of UFOs
The truth is out there in a bunch of PDFs.
On Jan 29, 2016 by Dell Cameron
Encryption didn’t save El Chapo
Guzmán and his men stayed connected to the Internet.
On Jan 10, 2016 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
U.S. power companies warned to bolster defenses after possible Russian cyberattack in Ukraine
As Ukraine blames Russia, U.S. intelligence agencies are looking into the incident.
On Jan 7, 2016 by Eric Geller
Former NSA chief says U.S. can get around encryption with metadata, argues against backdoors
‘I don’t think it’s a winning hand to attempt to legislate against technological progress.’
On Jan 5, 2016 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
U.S. cybersecurity expert is worried ISIS will hack the federal government
‘What I have to do is … assume that, at some point in time, they may be successful’
On Dec 15, 2015 by Aaron Sankin
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