Author: DEB RIECHMANN
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CIA unit that crafts hacking tools didn’t protect itself
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WASHINGTON – A specialized CIA unit that developed sophisticated hacking tools and cyber weapons didn’t do enough to protect its own operations and wasn’t prepared to adequately respond when the secrets were stolen, according to an internal report prepared after the worst data loss in the intelligence agency’s history. “These shortcomings were emblematic of a…
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Intel briefings for Clinton, Trump could begin this week
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The political conventions were laced with tales of foreign espionage and intrigue. Now, it’s time for the official spy work of the presidential campaign to begin. As early as this week, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will start getting top-secret intelligence briefings from the national intelligence director’s office. This year, though, the more than 60-year-old…
