by John Podesta | Jan 23, 2014 | Monitor
Last Friday, the President spoke to the American people, and the international community, about how to keep us safe from terrorism in a changing world while upholding America’s commitment to liberty and privacy that our values and Constitution require. Our...
by Michael Daniel | Oct 17, 2013 | Monitor
On September 30, the President issued a proclamation designating October as “National Cyber Security Awareness Month.” As I tell everyone I meet, this shouldn’t matter just to geeks like me, the President’s Cyber Coordinator. With our world...
by Nico Prucha | Sep 4, 2013 | Monitor
In our earlier post, together with Ali Fisher we detailed and assessed 66 accounts listed by Shumukh al-Islam jihadi Forum member Ahmad ‘Abdallah as ‘important jihadist’ members on twitter. We looked primarily at the users individually, using the data of these 66...
by Ezra Mechaber | Aug 9, 2013 | Monitor
President Obama took questions from the White House Press Corps today in the East Room of the White House, addressing a range of topics including the National Security Agency's role and reforms to intelligence gathering programs. The President highlighted his...
by Leigh Heyman | May 1, 2013 | Monitor
We can't talk about We the People without getting into the numbers — more than 8 million users, more than 200,000 petitions, more than 13 million signatures. The sheer volume of participation is, to us, a sign of success. And there's a lot we can learn...