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Last modified on Fri 2 Apr 2021 09.34 EDT Ministers are considering forcing Facebook to implement a backdoor to allow security agencies and police to read the contents of messages sent across its Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram chat services. Industry sources say they understand that the Home Office is threatening to use a special legal power called a technical capability notice to compel Facebook to develop a system to allow for the eavesdropping of messages. The Open Rights Group, a privacy...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images A left-right coalition of antiwar and pro-military restraint groups have a message for members of Congress: Make President Joe Biden seek authorization before launching lethal strikes like the ones in February. Lawmakers from both parties — but particularly Democrats — denounced the strikes almost immediately, saying the US is not at war with Syria and that Congress didn’t approve any attack on Iranian-backed militants. “Offensive military action without congr...

Theyre dictating how to monitor networks, without fully understanding the impact on the sector Matthew Hughes Fri 12 Mar 2021 // 11:32 UTC Share Copy Introduced last year by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the UKs Telecommunications Security Bill aims to change how mobile and fixed-line communications systems are built and operated. The bill is a recognition of the importance of comms networks to national security, and was largely spurred by ...

When can the U.S. strike overseas? How much power does a president have in making these decisions? And how should the U.S. handle Iran’s proxies? Experts explain the early crossroads where Biden finds himself

By Patrick Goodenough | March 5, 2021 | 4:26am EST President Biden elbow bumps Defense Secretary Gen. Lloyd Austin during a visit to the Pentagon last month. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – President Biden’s decision to bomb an Iran-backed militia near the Syria-Iraq border after rocket attacks targeting U.S. troops is breathing new life into bipartisan congressional initiatives aimed at repealing various authorizations for the u...

The Constitution requires congressional approval for military action on this scale.

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By Patrick Goodenough | March 5, 2021 | 4:26am EST President Biden elbow bumps Defense Secretary Gen. Lloyd Austin during a visit to the Pentagon last month. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – President Biden’s decision to bomb an Iran-backed militia near the Syria-Iraq border after rocket attacks targeting U.S. troops is breathing new life into bipartisan congressional initiatives aimed at repealing various authorizations for the u...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force in the Middle East amid escalating tension between the U.S. and Iran.