Andrew Blake

DOJ defends Mueller probe in seeking dismissal of Paul Manafort civil suit

The Department of Justice on Friday defended special counsel Robert Mueller's investigating the 2016 White House race, notwithstanding President Trump repeatedly labeling the government's probe a "witch hunt."

February 3, 2018

Maryland lines up to sue Trump over new cap on state and local tax deductions

Maryland will sue the Trump administration for capping state and local tax (SALT) deductions in its new federal tax law, the state's attorney general said Thursday.

February 3, 2018

Mueller’s office may withhold Comey memos from public, judge rules

Memos penned by former FBI Director James B. Comey involving his interactions with President Trump while in office may remain under wraps, a federal judge ruled Friday.

February 3, 2018

British court near landmark ruling in extradition case over Lauri Love, alleged hacker

Lauri Love, a British man with Asperger's Syndrome accused of hacking U.S. agencies including the Federal Reserve, NASA and Army, said he'll learn next week whether he successfully challenged an American extradition request, testing for the first time legal protections afforded to U.K. citizens by the so-called "forum bar" introduced in 2013 following a similar bilateral squabble.

February 2, 2018

DHS threatened with subpoena over Kaspersky documents

The chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman has threatened to subpoena the Department of Homeland Security for documents related to the federal government's purge of products made by Kaspersky Lab, a Russian software vendor accused of aiding Moscow's alleged cyber-espionage activities.

February 2, 2018

DHS issues hacking warning over Winter Olympics

Hackers may use the Winter Olympics starting next week to target travelers attending the games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned Thursday.

February 2, 2018

‘Cool Runnings’ screening canceled by high school for being ‘racially insensitive’

Controversy erupted at a Massachusetts high school this week when its principal iced plans to screen "Cool Runnings," a live-action Disney movie about the Jamaican national bobsled team's Olympic debut, citing the film's potentially "culturally and racially insensitive" content.

February 2, 2018

Chris Cantwell, Charlottesville rally participant, loses change of venue request

Chris Cantwell, a white nationalist accused of pepper-spraying people during an August rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has lost his bid for a change of venue.

February 1, 2018

Reports of white supremacist propaganda at colleges up 258 percent: ADL

White supremacist propaganda on U.S. college campuses surged by more than 200 percent between the 2016 and 2017 fall semesters, a watchdog group said in a report released Wednesday.

February 1, 2018

Twitter says Russian trolls reached 1.4 million users, twice as many as previously stated

Twitter on Wednesday said roughly 1.4 million accounts engaged with content created by Russian propagandists during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, or more than double the number of users previously notified.

February 1, 2018

Reality Winner, accused NSA leaker, loses appeals for pretrial release

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday a district court's order keeping accused National Security Agency leaker Reality Winner behind bars pending trial.

February 1, 2018

Charlottesville judge punts on moving perjury case against Jason Kessler, Unite the Right organizer

A judge has declined to move a perjury case against Jason Kessler, a white nationalist who organized the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, putting him on path to be tried locally this spring despite objections.

January 31, 2018

White supremacist David Duke hails Trump’s ‘Americans are dreamers too’ applause line

President Trump's only use of the term "Dreamers" during his first State of the Union address - "Americans are dreamers, too" - drew swift reactions Tuesday from two of the nation's most prominent white nationalists and anti-immigration activists.

January 31, 2018

‘Ransomware’ among words added to Oxford English Dictionary in latest update

Ransomware, a type of computer virus responsible for several recent wide-scale cyberattacks, has joined the ranks of nearly a million other words recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary.

January 31, 2018

Apple investigated over slowing down older iPhones: Report

Apple acknowledged Tuesday being contacted by government officials over a recently disclosed iOS feature that slows down older model iPhones.

January 31, 2018

Fusion GPS, Trump dossier firm, alleges Grassley endangered employees by leaking identities

Fusion GPS, the research firm that compiled the dossier detailing President Trump's alleged ties to Russia, said U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley endangered the lives of its employees by naming them in documents.

January 30, 2018

Hackers target ATMs, stealing more than a million dollars in ‘jackpotting’ attacks: Secret Service

The U.S. Secret Service has warned that hackers have stolen more than a million dollars by compromising ATMs in several states as part of what the agency has called the first domestic cases of "jackpotting," a type of attack that can make cash dispensers spew more than 100 bills a minute.

January 30, 2018

Mike Pompeo, CIA director, warns he has ‘every expectation’ that Russia will meddle in 2018 midterms

Russia will more than likely try to meddle in the 2018 U.S midterm elections, CIA Director Mike Pompeo warned in an interview Monday.

January 30, 2018

Judge separates squabbles over Charles Manson’s remains and estate

Litigation over the estate of Charles Manson may resume in Los Angeles, but potential heirs fighting for the late cult leader's corpse must make their case elsewhere, L.A. County Superior Court Judge David Cowan ruled Friday.

January 27, 2018

Hawaiian activist arrested for refusing to speak English in court spurs policy change

A criminal defendant's controversial use of the Hawaiian language during a Wailuku District Court hearing this week has prompted the Aloha State to revise its policy for providing interpreters.

January 27, 2018