Tag: James Comey
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New book looks inside Apple’s legal fight with the FBI
A new biography of Apple chief executive Tim Cook out this month describes the moment — and the deliberations — after the FBI issued an …
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Inspector General Criticizes FBI and James Comey, But Some Want More
anticipated report released Thursday, the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General found that political bias within the …
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Congress Is About to Vote On Expanding the Warrantless Surveillance of Americans
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been abused by the intelligence agencies to spy on Americans. This week the House of Representatives will vote on a bill to make that legal. …
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Justice Department waves legislative stick at tech sector over encryption
If U.S.-based tech companies don’t find a way to allow cops with a warrant to access to encrypted communications — a move derided as a crypto backdoor by critics — the Trump administration may propose legislation to force them, according to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Addressing law enforcement officials at an anti-terrorism conference in Utah, Rosenstein went…
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New FBI Director will build on Comey’s cybercrime fighting efforts
With Christopher Wray being sworn into his new position, the immediate question facing the FBI director is whether he will follow the path created by his predecessor or forge a new one by implementing drastically different initiatives. Associates of Wray who spoke to him in recent weeks say they expect him to build on many…
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Where Trump’s FBI nominee stands on tech’s hot privacy issues
While questions about Russia attracted more initial scrutiny at his Senate confirmation hearing today, Trump’s proposed James Comey replacement Chris Wray did offer a few clues on his ideas about the digital privacy of American citizens. On encryption: Read full news article on TechCrunch
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Highlights from James Comey’s first testimony since Trump fired him
Today, the former FBI director who ran afoul of President Trump appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee in its ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Read full news article on TechCrunch
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James Comey: Russian hackers launched hundreds of attacks to influence election
Former FBI director James Comey has confirmed that there were “hundreds” of attacks carried out by Russian hackers in the run-up to last year’s presidential election. Read full news article on ZDNet
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James Comey Testifies! There’s Fantasy…And Reality
Fired FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee is anticipated to be one of the most fiery exchanges between a witness and Congress in American history. But the reality of hours of grinding testimony and arcane parliamentary procedure has a way of making the best fireworks a little damp. Read full news…
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Everything You Need to Know About James Comey’s Senate Hearing
When it starts, what he’ll say, and more, all in one helpful primer. The post Everything You Need to Know About James Comey’s Senate Hearing appeared first on WIRED. Read full news article on Webmonkey
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What Christopher Wray Learned From the Last Two FBI Directors
Christopher Wray, Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, spent years working with—and learning from—James Comey and Robert Mueller. The post What Christopher Wray Learned From the Last Two FBI Directors appeared first on WIRED. Read full news article on Webmonkey
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What Trump’s FBI Director Pick Learned From James Comey and Robert Mueller
Christopher Wray, Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, spent years working with—and learning from—James Comey and Robert Mueller. The post What Trump’s FBI Director Pick Learned From James Comey and Robert Mueller appeared first on WIRED. Read full news article on Webmonkey
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