National Security and Foreign Affairs
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) downplayed the damage done by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mis-handling of classified information on her private email server, as FBI director James Comey testified at the House Oversight Committee on Thursday.
Rep. Lieu asked the director to “do a little bit of math here. One percent of 30,000 emails would be 300 emails, is that right?” Comey replied, “I think that’s right.”
The HHS Office for Civil Rights, which enforces the HIPAA privacy and security rules, is developing guidance on how to react to a ransomware attack, and two members of Congress have chimed in with their own ideas.
Donald Trump sharpens language over Hillary Clinton's emails. The link to the interview can be found here: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/3427238-political-firestorm-rages-after-announcement-of-no-charges-against-clinton/
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ICYMI: CONGRESSMAN LIEU QUESTIONS FBI DIRECTOR COMEY DURING HOUSE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON FORMER SECRETARY CLINTON’S EMAILS
Online, Congressman Lieu questions the validity of the House Republicans’ decision to
hold an “emergency” hearing regarding the FBI investigation of Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal email server.
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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the murder of 13-year-old American Israeli Hallel Ariel on June 29, 2016.
Terrorism is once again in the headlines with the suicide-bomber attack at the Istanbul airport late Tuesday that killed 41 and wounded 239 others.
U.S. officials believe the attack was the work of ISIS, though no group has yet taken responsibility.
Most of the ISIS attacks have been suicide or car bombs—with the noted exception of the apparently ISIS-inspired mass shooting at the gay Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12.
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Ransomware attacks can shut down hospitals and health care systems by locking out providers' access to records. The Department of Health and Human Services is preparing guidance on how institutions should respond to such attacks and notify patients whose records are compromised.
Two Capitol Hill IT leaders, Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), are urging HHS leaders to think of ransomware as different from other types of cyberattacks.