Author – The Durango Herald

U.S. thought Taliban had hospital

WASHINGTON – The Army Green Berets who requested the Oct. 3 airstrike on the Doctors without Borders trauma center in Afghanistan were aware it was a functioning hospital but believed it was...

DATE: Oct 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State Dept. failing at cybersecurity

While Clinton used home email, agency’s networks don’t seem to be more secure

DATE: Oct 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Legal experts: Clinton isn’t in trouble

No evidence she knew any emails were classified

DATE: Aug 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. says it can ensure Iran’s compliance

Intelligence officials say country won’t be able to cheat

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NSA to destroy collected phone records

White House approves plan to stop using controversial data

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fed agency blames giant hack on ‘neglected’ security system

WASHINGTON – The agency that allowed hackers linked to China to steal private information about nearly every federal employee – and detailed personal histories of military and intelligence w...

DATE: Jun 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Union seeks information on data theft

Group: Hackers stole details about every federal employee

DATE: Jun 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraqi soldiers show no ‘will to fight’

Ramadi retreat from ISIS raises strategy questions

DATE: May 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NSA dials down once-secret phone program

WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency began winding down its collection and storage of American phone records after the Senate failed to agree on a path forward to change or extend the o...

DATE: May 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House presses Senate to pass domestic surveillance changes

WASHINGTON – House leaders urged the Senate on Thursday to take up a bill that would end the National Security Agency’s collection of American phone records while preserving other surveillan...

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ex-official blasts NSA secrecy

WASHINGTON – The decision to keep secret the National Security Agency’s collection of American calling records was a strategic blunder that set the stage for Edward Snowden’s unauthorized di...

DATE: May 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NSA programs questioned internally

Top officials believed risks to privacy not worth taking

DATE: Mar 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World