Author – The Durango Herald

What now for the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe?

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey throws a cloud of doubt over the bureau’s investigation into allegations of Trump campaign ties to Russia. ...

DATE: May 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Flynn’s exit won’t end calls for probes

More GOP members seeking investigations of administration’s ties to Russia

DATE: Feb 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama administration to phase out, end private prison use

Audit found more safety violations at private facilities

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. to tell certain travelers if on no-fly list

WASHINGTON – Under legal pressure, the Obama administration will begin telling some suspected terrorists if and why they are on a list of tens of thousands of people banned from flying to, f...

DATE: Apr 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sheriffs' association joins effort to kill traffic app

Group: Software helps speeders avoid tickets

DATE: Jan 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

No-fly list changes will ease appeals rules

Ruling says law denied terror suspects due process

DATE: Aug 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some U.S.-bound air travelers must turn on phones

WASHINGTON – Passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights will soon be required to power on their electronic devices in order to board their flights – a measure intende...

DATE: Jul 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Data collected on you has at least one consequence

Discrimination may come in a variety of forms by feds, private companies

DATE: Apr 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Letter admits more surveillance

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has conducted warrantless searches of Americans’ communications as part of the National Security Agency’s surveillance operations that target foreigners...

DATE: Apr 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama to seek rule changes

WASHINGTON – To assuage privacy concerns, the White House and some lawmakers are pushing forward with changes to a surveillance program that would leave the bulk storage of millions of Ameri...

DATE: Mar 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. taking new look at terror convictions

WASHINGTON – A Brooklyn man in prison for terrorism may have a new opportunity to challenge his conviction because the government only recently told him how it obtained evidence it intended ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Newly declassified surveillance documents released

WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency reported its own violations of surveillance rules to a U.S. intelligence court and promised additional safety measures to prevent similar missteps o...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World