Simon Boazman

Long Beach po­lice ac­cused of us­ing self-delet­ing mes­sag­ing soft­ware to avoid dis­clos­ing in­crim­i­nat­ing ev­i­dence.

The in­ves­tiga­tive re­porter be­hind Spy Mer­chants de­tails a his­to­ry of sur­veil­lance com­pa­nies sell­ing to ques­tion­able clients.

A US sol­dier was freed in a deal with the Tal­iban, while the US in­sists it won’t talk to oth­er groups hold­ing cit­i­zens.

No word from Austin Tice, who dis­ap­peared years ago in Syr­ia, though video footage sur­faced show­ing him held hostage.