Funded by the Secret Service, the National Computer Forensics Institute is tasked with training law enforcement officers across the country in the tools they need to combat crime in an increasingly digital world. In this episode of our series on darknet forums, we dig into the top-down information-sharing model between federal, state, and local law enforcement officials. We see how jurisdictional issues can slow investigations into an increasingly interconnected global cybercriminal network, and...
Dec 08, 2022•22 min
In the third episode of our series on darknet marketplaces, we’ll meet investigators who spent their careers examining these dark corners of the internet with a magnifying glass. We learn how to follow the money with the woman who pioneered what would eventually become the DEA’s Cyber Support Section. We talk to an ex-FBI agent who brought down global hacking collectives and darknet forums. N matter how advanced the technology gets, enterprising agents turn to traditional investigative technique...
Dec 07, 2022•17 min
In the second episode of our series on darknet marketplaces, we look at the personalities that helped build popular darknet forums and learn about the communication technologies and cryptocurrencies their members rely on. We also dig into how the geopolitics of the Russia-Ukraine war changed the nature of cooperation amongst cyber criminals on the dark net. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 06, 2022•17 min
Welcome to POLITICO Tech. We’re kicking off with a limited series exploring darknet marketplaces, some of the least regulated parts of the world wide web. As malware and cybercrime attacks become increasingly frequent, regulators and law enforcement agencies work different angles to shut these platforms down, but new, often more unassailable, marketplaces pop up. We’ll trace the latest evolution of a global network of cybercriminal actors and the people tasked with catching them. In this series ...
Dec 05, 2022•15 min
The account of a 10-year-old Ohio girl seeking an abortion in Indiana has garnered international attention amid the fall of Roe v. Wade. Indiana's Attorney General is threatening criminal charges against the doctor who performed the abortion. Alice Miranda Ollstein reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 15, 2022•13 min
As the January 6 hearings progress, a cadre of young, female, former Trump aides have created an informal network to support each other. Meridith McGraw reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 14, 2022•10 min
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a first-of-its-kind application from HRA Pharma for Opill. If green-lit by the agency, Opill would become the first daily, hormonal birth control pill sold without a prescription. The submission of the application follows more than six years of studies the company has run. Alice Miranda Ollstein reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 13, 2022•10 min
The Biden administration argues that the president's upcoming visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia are of great strategic importance. But possible images of him glad-handing with the Saudi crown prince threatens to be the defining moment. Alex Ward reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 12, 2022•13 min
Earlier this month, a Minnesota law took effect that allows adults to purchase edibles or beverages with up to 5 milligrams of hemp-derived THC per serving. But some key state lawmakers were confused when they realized they had made those THC products legal. Paul Demko reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 11, 2022•10 min
Boris Johnson resigned Thursday after fighting all week to hang on to his post as the U.K.'s Prime Minister, surviving lashings in the press, investigations and a narrow confidence vote last month. Even as the walls closed in around him, he remained defiant. Ryan Heath on how it could have been even messier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 08, 2022•14 min
Stung by messaging missteps over the coronavirus crisis, baby formula shortage and abortion access, the Food and Drug Administration is planning to hire Vin Gupta and other senior-level advisers to shore up the agency’s communications. Adam Cancryn reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 07, 2022•12 min
Climate change and worsening drought have driven water stores to dangerous lows. Now states have to figure out who has to live with less. Lara Korte reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 06, 2022•13 min
Our digital footprints can easily reveal who’s providing abortion care, who’s seeking an abortion and who’s protesting. Sam Sabin reports on digital privacy after Roe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 05, 2022•15 min
The Supreme Court delivered a major setback to President Biden’s ambitious climate change goals in Thursday's West Virginia v. EPA ruling. The 6-3 ruling is an obstacle for Biden’s hopes of dealing with global warming through executive order, barely six months after a Senate stalemate shut down his hopes for Congress's biggest-ever climate bill. Alex Guillén reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 01, 2022•13 min
More than half of the states in the U.S. have held primary elections ahead of the midterms. As Trump looms over the GOP and Democrats attempt to limit losses, politics editor Scott Bland shares five takeaways and a report card on the state of the race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 30, 2022•13 min
For decades, state lawmakers had limited avenues to control abortion . Now, the power to decide when — and whether — abortion should be legal is squarely in their hands. Megan Messerly looks at the states and people re-shaping abortion policies in 2022 and 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2022•12 min
The coziest club on the global summit circuit is back together, but its inability to solve inflation, Russia's war in Ukraine, and climate change is raising questions about whether G-7 leaders need to spend more time out of their democratic comfort zone. Ryan Heath reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2022•11 min
Everything was going right for Republicans in the midterm campaign. Then the Supreme Court decision came down. David Siders reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 27, 2022•12 min
D.C.’s single power players are enlisting an expensive, awkward, and sometimes even romantic method to find love: matchmakers. Jessica Goldstein reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 24, 2022•14 min
Federal regulations that have allowed practitioners the flexibility to virtually prescribe buprenorphine, an opioid withdrawal treatment drug, are due to expire along with the Covid-19 public health emergency — even as opioid deaths reach record levels. Krista Mahr reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 23, 2022•13 min
Election workers from across the country are flying into the nation’s capital to beg Washington for two things that have vexed officials since the last election: security and funding. Zach Montellaro reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 22, 2022•13 min
Today, the Jan. 6 committee looks at Trump’s role in the plan to replace electors at the state level to overturn election results. But tensions are growing between members of the committee and the DOJ, who want access to full interview transcripts to aid in their own investigations. Kyle Cheney reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 21, 2022•11 min
The nation’s marijuana industry boomed during the pandemic. Weed sales hit $27 billion in 2021, nearly doubling figures from just two years earlier — and revenues are projected to double again over the next six years. But the still-green industry is mired in a financial funk: Stock prices have plummeted. Capital raises have crashed. And marijuana prices have slumped. Paul Demko reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 17, 2022•11 min
Activists said they spoke to officials not only about their fears of the international impact if Roe v. Wade were to fall, but also proposed changes to U.S. policy that has long restricted funding for abortions abroad. Daniel Payne reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 16, 2022•8 min
President Joe Biden will travel to the Middle East next month, making stops in Israel, the West Bank and then Saudi Arabia, where he’ll seek to rebuild relations after vowing to make the kingdom a “pariah.” Nahal Toosi reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 15, 2022•13 min
We are in a paradoxical economic moment. The economy is hot by certain metrics — unemployment, job openings, consumer demand — but inflation is way up, and soaring gas and grocery prices are driving the narrative. Victoria Guida reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2022•12 min
From artillery strikes to Zoom calls, the tech billionaire’s satellite internet service has become a lifeline in the war with Russia. Christopher Miller reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 13, 2022•12 min
This week in the GOP primary for South Dakota’s at-large district, Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) defeated a challenger from his right who claimed he wasn’t aligned closely enough with former President Donald Trump, even though Johnson agrees with Trump on many policies. Johnson’s vote for a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attacks and his support for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to remain in House Leadership was cited as proof he is not an ally of the former president. Johnson also face...
Jun 10, 2022•45 min
The House committee, after nearly a year investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, introduces its findings tonight to a prime-time TV audience. Kyle Cheney explains the challenges ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 09, 2022•11 min
There is no test for long Covid, and the CDC and the medical community have no official definition. But health care workers across the country are diagnosing patients who have previously contracted Covid-19 based on a wide-ranging set of symptoms. A CDC study released May 27 said that one in five adults in the U.S. may develop the condition — but there are still more questions than answers. Erin Banco reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 08, 2022•12 min
