Category Archives: Current Events

December 18, 2019 · 10:34 pm

FBI spies targeting Trump campaign didn’t follow procedure, made 17 misstatements and omissions in effort to secure and renew FISA warrant


Report (unclassified version):
Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects
of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
US Department of Justice
Office of Inspector General

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December 16, 2019 · 11:09 pm

US-CHINA Economic and Security Review Comission report to Congress


Report:
US-CHINA Economic and Security Review Comission
2019 report to Congress
Carolyn Bartholomew, Chairman
Robin Cleveland, Vice Chairman

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· 9:37 pm

Agencies haven’t complied with 2013 OSTP directive to make federal research accessable to the public


Report:
FEDERAL RESEARCH: Additional Actions Needed
to Improve Public Access to Research Results
John Neumann, Director, Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics
US Government Accountability Office

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· 8:48 pm

US Defense Intelligence Agency employee charged with leaking national defense information to reporters


Indictment:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
HENRY KYLE FRESE

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December 6, 2019 · 3:42 am

DoD doesn’t know who owns the companies they are awarding contracts to, or if they pose a national security or fraud risk


Report (unclassified version):
DEFENSE PROCUREMENT: Ongoing DOD Fraud Risk
Assessment Efforts Should Include Contractor Ownership
Seto J. Bagdoyan, Director,
GAO Forensic Audits & Investigative Service

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November 19, 2019 · 5:51 pm

Information Security: VA and other federal agencies need to address significant challenges


Testimony:
Information Security: VA and Other Federal Agencies
Need to Address Significant Challenges
Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues
U.S. Government Accoountbility Office

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November 15, 2019 · 6:21 pm

Cyber criminals use social engineering and technical attacks to circumvent multi-factor authentication


Memo:
Cyber Criminals Use Social Engineering and Technical
Attacks to Circumvent Multi-Factor Authentication
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cyber Division

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November 14, 2019 · 2:18 pm

U.S. attitudes toward socialism, communism, and collectivism


Report:
US Attitudes Toward Socialism,
Communism, and Collectivism.
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

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November 13, 2019 · 9:31 pm

Quantum Information Science: Applications, global research and development, and policy considerations


Report:
Quantum Information Science: Applications, Global
Research and Development, and Policy Considerations
Patricia Moloney Figliola, Specialist in
Internet and Telecommunications Policy

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· 8:52 pm

The Law of Immigration Detention: A Brief Introduction


Brief:
The Law of Immigration Detention:
A Brief Introduction
Hillel R. Smith, Legislative Attorney

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