U.S. government agencies are reportedly buying vast amounts of sensitive data on Americans from private sources, according to a recently released declassified report (pdf). Private data collection services have gathered commercially available information (CAI) over the years, including highly-revealing data on millions of American citizens, reported The Wall Street Journal. These data brokers are able…

A newly released report shows that U.S. intelligence and spy agencies have bought and stored vast amounts of information on Americans—including location, smartphone, and web browsing data—with a risk posed to their privacy and even safety. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) declassified the report and released it on June 9, following…

Senior officials from about two dozen of the world’s major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend, five people told Reuters. Such meetings are organised by the Singapore government and have been discreetly held at a separate venue alongside the security summit for…

China, Iran, and other repressive foreign governments are targeting their critics in the United States and recruiting “pawns” to help facilitate their schemes, according to U.S. intelligence agencies. In a new bulletin titled “Don’t Be a Pawn of Repressive Foreign Governments,” the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and the FBI warn individuals and organizations…

Commentary We live in an amazing information age. For the first time in human civilization, anyone—well anyone with access to the internet—can find out just about anything about any topic. A few words typed into a search engine, hit enter, click on a link, and voila! Instant knowledge. Of course it is not as easy…

Recently, the New York Times published a lengthy piece claiming John Durham’s investigation was flawed and “failed to find wrongdoing in the origins of the Russia inquiry.” Subsequently, a number of congressmen have called for Durham and Bill Barr to be investigated. What’s really going on? “They do these preemptive strikes when they know something…

Recently, the New York Times published a lengthy piece claiming John Durham’s investigation was flawed and “failed to find wrongdoing in the origins of the Russia inquiry.” Subsequently, a number of congressmen have called for Durham and Bill Barr to be investigated. What’s really going on? “They do these preemptive strikes when they know something…

Commentary Normally, the word “phoenix” conjures up an image of a proud bird from Egyptian mythology which at the end of its life bursts into flames before giving way to the next generation. Or, if you are much younger or not into 2,000-year-old stories, you may think of the second Harry Potter film. Tomato, tomahto….