Watchdogs
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Emails show how feds coalesced around Russia, QAnon to dismiss Hunter Biden laptop
FOIA revelations and new litigation give ammunition to GOP lawmakers' efforts to rein in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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DHS cybersecurity agency immediately flagged Hunter Biden laptop story: emails
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shared New York Post report internally same day it was published. "CISA makes the 'Disinformation Governance Board' look tame," House Judiciary GOP says.
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Watchdog files complaint over photo revealing identities of Delta Force soldiers
The photo was on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for several hours before it was removed.
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Arizona State DEI training violates state law, uses copyright to hide requirements, watchdog warns
Taxpayer-funded school is withholding "test materials" and "correct" answer guides for "Inclusive Communities" employee training. Cronkite School of Journalism silent on ASU hiding its DEI course materials.
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Justice Department says New Jersey violated Constitution by 'failing' veterans in state-run homes
The facilities saw significant numbers of deaths from 2020 through 2022.
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3M fined more than $6.5 million for wooing Chinese government officials with overseas trips
The Chinese subsidiary of 3M paid nearly $1 million to fund at least 24 trips, the SEC said.
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Stanford accused of rebooting CIA mind-control project with 'news source trustworthiness ratings'
Numerical ratings get around scalability problem of fact-checking, researchers say. By creating "the appearance of having done a fact-check, it's deliberately fraudulent," former State Department cyber official says.
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State Department hides vast majority of emails in FOIA suit about funding disinformation group
Feds must show "reasonably foreseeable harm from disclosure" to keep secret the internal discussions that may explain State Department relationship with Global Disinformation Index, FOIA plaintiff says.
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Echoes of Afghanistan? U.S. military lacks oversight in Ukraine and is losing weapons, watchdog says
Multiple inspector general reports have raised concerns about a lack of oversight of military assistance being sent to Ukraine.
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Delaware court blocks release of Biden's Senate papers
The university says Biden donated the documents on the condition they not be released until they have been "properly processed and archived."
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Rand Paul blasts Fauci for being treated like president with taxpayer-funded security in retirement
"I have no idea why this bureaucrat still has a limo driver security detail," Paul said.
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Federal regulators order Bank of America to pay $250 million for fake accounts, junk fees
As part of the order, federal regulators are requiring Bank of America to stop opening accounts without authorization and to disclose limitations on reward card bonuses.
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Biden admin released migrant on terrorist watchlist, took two weeks to arrest: DHS inspector general
One of CBP’s mistakes included emailing to an incorrect email address to request an interview with the illegal immigrant.