Investigative journalists threatened with felony for exposing security flaw

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Reuters / Pawel Kopczynski
Reuters / Pawel Kopczynski

Investigative journalists with Scripps News Service have discovered a major security lapse, in turn accessing the private data of tens of thousands of cell phone customers in the United States.

Scripps isn’t being hailed for exposing the error, though, and has been accused by telecom attorneys of hacking into computers to gain access to the records — a

Documents show Homeland Security spies on peaceful demonstrators

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David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Doubts over Department of Homeland Security surveillance are nothing new – especially after a Senate committee found “fusion centers” were breaching civil liberties. Now, documents show the agency spies on peaceful demonstrations “as a matter of policy.”

The latest round of documents, acquired by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fu