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Online at CBS News 60 Minutes, Congressman Ted Lieu discusses cybersecurity and encryption with reporter Sharyn Alfonsi after his cellphone was hacked to demonstrate a security flaw in the global mobile network.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) has sent a letter to the leadership of the House Oversight Committee requesting a full investigation into the significant vulnerability that has been identified in the global mobile network that allows hackers to monitor callers' conversations, messages and location data with relative ease.
Washington - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) released the following statement in light of today’s bus bombing in Jerusalem.
March 23, 2016
By JULLIAN HATTEM
The Hill
March 17, 2016
By BEN NORTON
Salon
For almost a year, a Saudi-led coalition of Middle Eastern countries, backed and armed by the U.S. and U.K., has been bombing Yemen, the poorest country in the region. Saudi Arabia hopes to destroy Yemeni rebel groups such as the Houthis, and has bombed hospitals, homes, schools and even a refugee camp in the process.
March 17, 2016
By CORY BENNET
The Hill
The House Budget Committee late Wednesday voted down an amendment that would have funded the White House’s proposal for a $3 billion technology modernization initiative.
March 23, 2016
By DUSTIN VOLZ
Reuters
A Democratic and a Republican congressmen have asked the National Security Agency to halt a reported plan to share more raw intelligence data with other federal agencies, warning the policy shift would be “unconstitutional and dangerous,” according to a letter seen by Reuters.
April 2, 2016
Interview with Scott Simon
NPR - Transcript from Weekend Edition