Intel withheld chip flaw info from U.S. government until after public leak

(Reuters) — Intel did not inform U.S. cyber security officials of the so-called Meltdown and Spectre chip security flaws until they leaked to the public, six months after Alphabet notified the chipmaker of the problems, according to letters sent by tech companies to lawmakers on Thursday. Current and former U.S. government officials have raised concerns […]

EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn’t hurt sales

In 2013, the European Commission ordered a €360,000 ($ 430,000) study on how piracy affects sales of music, books, movies and games in the EU. However, it never ended up showing it to the public except for one cherry-picked section. That’s possibly because the study concluded that there was no evidence that piracy affects copyrighted […]

Body cam footage withheld in 3 Baltimore County police-involved shootings

Baltimore County police – an early adopter of body cameras spending $ 12.5 million of taxpayer money in the name of transparency – is withholding footage in three police-involved shooting incidents. County police shot six people in four separate incidents since January, killing two of them, according to the Baltimore Sun, which first broke the […]

Mike Pence says he was ‘disappointed’ that Michael Flynn withheld information from him

AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool BRUSSELS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence says he was “disappointed” to learn that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had withheld information from him but supports President Donald Trump’s decision to dismiss him. Trump asked Flynn to resign last week because the retired general misled Pence about his contacts with […]

Trump reportedly ‘yelled’ at CIA director over response to reports about US intelligence being withheld

The notion that the US intelligence community may be keeping some details about its methods secret from President Donald Trump reportedly prompted an angry response from Trump. CBS News reported on Friday that after The Wall Street Journal published a story that cited US intelligence agents who said they withheld some details of their operations […]