Massive, fast-moving cyberattack hits as many as 74 countries, cybersecurity firm says. The infections have disabled more than a dozen hospitals in the United Kingdom, Spain's largest telecom company and universities in Italy. The software used may be linked to a leak of stolen NSA files. Ref. USAToday.
Secret court rebukes NSA for 5-year illegal surveillance of U.S. Citizens. U.S. Intelligence agencies conducted illegal surveillance on American citizens over a five-year period, a practice that earned them a sharp rebuke from a secret court. Ref. Source 1v.
And all this while President Obama, officials in his administration, and the heads of these agencies denied doing this. This deserves more than a simple rebuke. And where the heck are the newspapers… oh, they are kowtowing to his greatness. Look, I like some of what President Obama did and I didn't like other stuff he did, pretty much like every President I've seen, but the press gave him an absolute free ride and they are still doing it. But they won't give our current President even half a chance, including making up news when none exists. And then they wonder why the words written on their pages mean less than nothing to middle America.
Federal contractor arrested after classified NSA report on Russian election hacking is published on news site. Reality Leigh Winner, a 25-year-old contractor with Pluribus International Corp., who has held a top secret security clearance since at least February, was arrested in Georgia Monday in connection with a classified NSA report on Russian election interference published by the online publication "The Intercept." "Releasing classified material without authorization threatens our nation's security and undermines public faith in government,'' said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Ref. USAToday.