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October 5, 2016

--UNMITIGATED FURY!: Privacy advocates were quick to register outrage after a report published Tuesday revealed that Yahoo developed software to help U.S. intelligence search its customers' incoming emails.


October 5, 2016

Yahoo built custom software for U.S. intelligence agencies last year so the agencies could scan customers' incoming email for specific information.


October 4, 2016

Yahoo’s trust with users is damaged today by a Reuters report that claims the company developed a custom program to search all users’ incoming email for specific queries given by U.S. intelligence officials.


October 4, 2016

Donald Trump has continued to say he would never take the nuclear option off the table. For example, he told Bloomberg: "I'm never going to rule anything out."

Comments like that make people — including Congressman Ted Lieu — a little worried about what Trump would do with a big, red nuclear button.


October 3, 2016

Reservations are growing within the Obama administration about American military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s air campaign in Yemen, as some lawmakers and human rights groups charge the United States with responsibility for Saudi attacks that have killed large numbers of civilians.


September 30, 2016

START YOUR LAME-DUCK BUCKET LISTS — Congress is once again going into hibernation, leaving a robust to-do list for the post-election, lame-duck scramble. While cyber won’t feature much into that equation, here are a few things to watch for in the final weeks of the year.


September 30, 2016

Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican who has been pursuing documents from the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts over their climate fraud investigations into ExxonMobil, has now set his sights on the Securities and Exchange Commission.


September 30, 2016

A measure authorizing leases at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs building that will lead to permanent supportive housing to homeless veterans was signed into law by President Barack Obama Thursday.


September 29, 2016

To intercept calls to the U.S. Secret Service, TheNew York Times, or Donald Trump’s campaign office, all you need is an online map service.


September 29, 2016

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) this week released its 2016 congressional scorecard on marijuana policy. Twenty U.S.