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This screen grab made Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, show the front page of the U.S. Central Command Twitter account after is was hacked. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Ali Shukri Amin, Va. teen behind pro-ISIS Twitter account, gets 11 years in prison

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Illustration on threats to Internet freedom by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ED FEULNER: Ensuring a free and open Internet

By Ed Feulner

Fadi Chehade, ICANN chief, warns of potential problems as U.S. prepares to relinquish Web oversight

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Obama takes part in a panel discussion at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the United Nations Compound in Nairobi on July 25, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama signs short-term highway bill, faults Congress for inaction

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

WikiLeaks says U.S. spied on Japanese government, companies

Associated Press

Celebrate Liberty Month: ICANN needs to return to its Root(s)

By John Kneuer

In this July 8, 2015, photo, FBI Director James Comey testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Comey says Dylann Roof, the gunman in the Charleston church massacre should not have been allowed to purchase the gun used in the attack, and on July 10 attributed the problem to incomplete and inaccurate paperwork related to an arrest of Roof weeks before the shooting. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Justice Dept., encryption experts square off over FBI’s digital eavesdropping efforts

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 16, 2015, file photo, Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, chant slogans during a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen. Saudi Arabia shot down a Scud missile early Saturday, June 6, 2015, fired into the Sunni kingdom by Yemen's Shiite rebels and their allies, the country's official news agency reported, marking what could be a major escalation in the monthslong war. A Patriot missile battery shot down the Scud around 2:45 a.m. Saturday around the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. The agency blamed Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, and their allies in forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

U.S. let Yemen’s anti-terrorism equipment sit in warehouse — for eight years

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom speaks during the Intelligence and Security select committee hearing at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, July 3, 2013. (Associated Press)

Megaupload forfeiture ruling fallout: Legal experts worry about DOJ’s reach

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Islamic State militants open fire toward a Syrian warplane in the predominantly Kurdish Syrian city of Hassakeh, Syria. (Associated Press)

Islamic State nears Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile; U.S. unprepared for attack

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Rand Paul to sue IRS, U.S. Treasury

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2015, file photo, President Obama pauses while speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, where he took full responsibility for deaths of American, Italian hostages, and expressed apologies. The accidental killing of two hostages in a U.S. counterterrorism operation against al Qaeda has raised pressure on the White House to revise the nation’s oft-criticized strategy for dealing with abducted Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Duncan Hunter criticizes Obama’s proposed change in hostage policy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

CARE Hands Groping for Cash Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

STEVEN MOSHER: Zombie charities push population control

By Steven W. Mosher

Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CAL THOMAS: China’s big hack attack

By Cal Thomas

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands following the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Obama to host China’s Xi Jinping despite cyberattacks

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks about the Chinese hack of the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management, Friday, June 5, 2015, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FRANK GAFFNEY: China’s cyber espionage is tip of iceberg

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

Kansas state Sen. Rob Olson, left, R-Olathe, consults with Peter Northcott, chief of staff to the Senate majority leader, during a debate on gun rights legislation, Monday, June 1, 2015, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers have approved a measure further limiting the ability of local officials to restrict gun sales. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Federal court tosses challenge to Kansas gun law

By Roxana Hegeman - Associated Press

Manned by a single career diplomat and three contractors inside State Department headquarters in Washington, the "Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran" effort has grown since its 2011 inception to include multiple blogs, Instagram, Google Plus and Twitter accounts, as well as the Farsi-language Facebook page. (Facebook)

‘Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran’ helps U.S. connect with Iranians on Facebook

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This digital image from the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the National Archives shows an immigration document for Elfriede Huth, later Elfriede Rinkel, when she was admitted to the U.S. in 1959. Rinkel admitted to being a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II, but her past didn’t keep her from collecting nearly $120,000 in American Social Security benefits after she had been deported in 2006. (Immigration and Naturalization Service and the National Archives/Ancestry.com via AP)

Watchdog: Suspected ex-Nazis got $20.2M in Social Security

By RICHARD LARDNER and DAVID RISING and RANDY HERSCHAFT - Associated Press

Rep. Ed Royce, California Republican and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ed Royce: Gitmo detainees release ‘inconsistent with U.S. law’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times