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| Mar 19, 2026 | NCTC Director Resigns Amid Iran War Controversy | National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent has resigned. His departure stems from deep concerns over the Trump administration’s war in Iran. Kent claimed no imminent threat to the nation existed. He attributed the conflict to pressu... |
| Mar 17, 2026 | U.S. counterterrorism director Joe Kent resigns over war: ‘Iran posed no imminent threat’ | National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said he will resign over the Trump administration’s war against Iran.
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war,” Kent said in a letter addressed to President Donald Trump.
Kent,... |
| Feb 18, 2026 | The ‘Most Massive Attack On Free Speech’ Is Happening Right Now, And The Twitter Files Crew Is Mighty Quiet | For the last five years, we had to endure an endless, breathless parade of hyperbole regarding the so-called “censorship industrial complex.” We were told, repeatedly and at high volume, that the Biden administration flagging content for re... |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Public health workers are quitting over assignments to Guantánamo | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears. She had been selected for deployment to the Trump adminis... |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Tulsi Gabbard to testify at Senate Intelligence Committee amid election probe concerns | Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard will testify publicly at the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18.
Gabbard will appear at a hearing on worldwide threats that was scheduled amid concerns about her presence at a Fulton Co... |
| Sep 17, 2025 | World’s Sorest Winner: Trump Demands $15 Billion From NY Times For Not Fluffing His Ego Enough | Even by Donald Trump’s standards for frivolous defamation lawsuits, this one is impressively stupid. On Monday, the president filed yet another lawsuit against the NY Times—this time seeking $15 billion over a book that claims he’s not quit... |
| Aug 24, 2025 | In latest purge, Hegseth removes head of Pentagon intelligence agency, other senior officials | US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the head of the Pentagon's intelligence agency and two other senior military commanders, three US officials told Reuters on Friday (Aug 22), the latest move by President Donald Trump's admin... |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Tulsi Gabbard Uses The Twitter Files Playbook To Mislead Gullible MAGA Fools | I’ve been warning people since the beginning of the year to expect the Trump regime to use the Twitter Files playbook on the US government and now we’re seeing exactly that play out. Trump is facing a bunch of pushback over the Jeffrey Epst... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | New CIA report criticizes investigation into Russia’s support for Trump in 2016 | A vocal Trump supporter in Congress who aggressively questioned former special counsel Robert Mueller during his 2019 testimony on Russian election interference, Ratcliffe later used his position as director of national intelligence to decl... |
| Apr 2, 2025 | The Shadows of Power: A New Chapter in the JFK Assassination Saga | The assassination of President John F. Kennedy remains a haunting specter in American history. A puzzle with missing pieces. The last formal investigation wrapped up in 1978, but questions linger like smoke from a gun. Oliver Stone, the dir... |
| Apr 1, 2025 | ‘JFK’ director Oliver Stone to testify to Congress about the newly released assassination files | The last formal congressional investigation of Kennedy’s assassination ended in 1978, when a House committee issued a report concluding that the Soviet Union, Cuba, organized crime, the CIA and the FBI weren’t involved, but Kennedy “probabl... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | The Signal Scandal: A Tangle of Secrets and Accountability | In the digital age, communication is a double-edged sword. The recent Signal scandal involving senior White House officials reveals the perils of using unsecured messaging apps for sensitive discussions. It’s a tale of missteps, denials, an... |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike | American Oversight sued this week to ensure that the records are kept in accordance with the Federal Records Act. The group suspects that administration officials routinely use Signal to communicate.
“Defendants’ use of a non-classified com... |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Kennedy moves closer to top health job after clearing Senate panel | WASHINGTON: Robert F Kennedy Jr, President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, moved closer to securing the job on Tuesday (Feb 4), winning approval from a key Republican senator and a recommendation from the Finance Committee to... |
| Jan 27, 2025 | The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding | The CIA “continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible,” the agency wrote in a statement about its new assessment.
Instead of new evidence, the conclusion was based on ... |
| Jan 25, 2025 | The Alcohol Dilemma: A Double-Edged Sword | Alcohol consumption has long been a staple in social gatherings, a ritual steeped in tradition. Yet, recent studies cast a shadow over this age-old practice. The latest federal analysis raises alarms about the health risks associated with e... |
| Jan 25, 2025 | Navigating the Ethical Labyrinth of Data Science | In the digital age, data is the new oil. It fuels innovation, drives decisions, and shapes our world. But with great power comes great responsibility. The ethical landscape of data science is a complex maze, where innovation and privacy oft... |
| Jan 25, 2025 | Senate poised to confirm Pete Hegseth as defence secretary | WASHINGTON: The US Senate appeared poised Friday (Jan 24) to narrowly confirm former Fox News host Peter Hegseth for defence secretary, with opponents saying Donald Trump's pick has nowhere near the experience for the huge job and a di... |
| May 21, 2024 | Five Section 230 Cases That Made Online Communities Better | The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on “sunsetting” Section 230.
Despite facing criticism, Section 230 has undeniably been a cornerstone in the architecture of the modern web, fostering a robust market for ... |
| Mar 19, 2024 | TikTok Ban: The Battle for ByteDance's Future in the US | TikTok's fate in the US hangs in the balance as Congress pushes for a potential ban or forced sale of the popular app. The House has already voted in favor of a bill that could lead to a national TikTok ban, but the Senate's stanc... |
| Mar 14, 2024 | TikTok ban: How Congress could force ByteDance to sell or push the app out of the US | TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. In a 352 to 65 vote Wednesday, the House voted to pass a bill that could lead to a national TikTok ban.
After a surprise flurry of bipartisan activity in the House, the legislation adva... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Four things we learned when US spy chiefs testified to Congress | Cyberattacks, regional conflict, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, commercial spyware, AI, misinformation, disinformation, deepfakes and TikTok. These are just some of the top perceived threats that the United States faces, according ... |
| Oct 1, 2023 | Joe Biden has a decision to make about Julian Assange | This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in.
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| Jun 16, 2023 | Debunking Trump’s Witch Hunt Theory | Former President Donald Trump surrendered himself on Tuesday to authorities at Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami, Florida, to face charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case against him. Those charges are a culminati... |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Livestream: Senate Intelligence Committee Surveys Worldwide Threats | On Mar. 8, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is holding an open hearing to examine global threats to national security. The committee is hearing testimony from Avril Haines, director of national intelligence; William Burns, direct... |
| Feb 8, 2023 | Exclusive: The FBI's McGonigal labyrinth | Redeem now
Allison Guerriero still remembers the day her ex-boyfriend, Charlie McGonigal, bought a second phone.
The FBI had just ordered its staff to delete WhatsApp from their bureau-issued phones, and McGonigal was panicking. No longer c... |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Attorney General Bonta Calls on Social Media Companies to Stop the Spread of Disinformation Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections | OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a letter to the CEOs of Meta, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Reddit expressing concern about the ongoing spread of disinformation and misinformation through the social media platforms oper... |
| Oct 11, 2022 | U.S. Influence Operations: The Military’s Resurrected Digital Campaign for Hearts and Minds | In October 2008, the U.S. Special Operations Command published a request for proposal (RFP) seeking “rapid, on-order global dissemination of web-based influence products and tools in support of strategic and long-term U.S. Government goals ... |
| Sep 22, 2022 | University program for Hack-proof store & secure share of research & IP | i2Chain offers researchers the capability to hack-proof and theft-proof store & share encrypted research, IP, and others.
As much as $600 billion worth of US intellectual property is stolen each year”
— Mark Warner, Chair, US Senate Sel... |
| May 17, 2022 | What Might a Congressional Counterpart to the Office of Legal Counsel Look Like? | In 1908, when Woodrow Wilson made the case for the vigorous exercise of presidential authority to lead the nation in “times of stress and change,” he sought to calm fears that doing so would upset the Constitution’s careful balancing of pow... |
| May 1, 2022 | A Russian 'troll factory' with links to a pro-Trump oligarch is spreading misinformation on TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook, UK government says | Russians are spreading disinformation through a 'troll factory' in St. Petersburg, a UK report says.
Russians are recruited through Telegram to spread Pro-Putin, pro-war content, per the report.
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| Mar 7, 2022 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday , March 7, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.: The Africa Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution will host a webcast on the future of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Panelists will discuss the perpetual cycle of war, ... |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Secrecy Creep | In 1968, the Central Intelligence Agency discovered a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine resting deep on the ocean floor. The agency built a 600-foot ship outfitted with a giant claw to raise the submarine to the surface and access the valuabl... |
| Nov 24, 2021 | After getting stripped of its F-35s, Turkey wants to buy other US fighter jets, but it won't give up its new Russian weapons to do it | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and then-Vice President Joe Biden in Ankara, August 24, 2016. Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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After getting kicked out of the F-35 program, Turkey says it wants to buy more US-made f... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | A Brief History of Online Influence Operations | The Wall Street Journal’s Facebook Files series resumed last week, revealing that the platform took action against an online campaign to set up a new right-wing “Patriot Party” after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Earlier this month news outlets ... |
| Oct 2, 2021 | We still don't know why a Trump server has mysterious connections to a Russian bank, despite a DOJ indictment | In 2016, researchers found unexplained connections between a Trump Organization server and the Russian Alfa Bank.
Special Counsel John Durham indicated a lawyer last month, accusing him of lying about the story's origins.
Several inves... |
| Oct 1, 2021 | We still don’t know why a Trump server has mysterious connections to a Russian bank, despite a DOJ indictment | John Durham in 2006. AP Photo/Bob Child
In 2016, researchers found unexplained connections between a Trump Organization server and the Russian Alfa Bank.
Special Counsel John Durham indicated a lawyer last month, accusing him of lying about... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | The Week that Will Be | Monday, August 2, 2021, at 2:30 p.m.: The Atlantic Council will host an event on why the United States needs a Bureau of Cyber Statistics. The event will feature a keynote address from National Cyber Director Chris Inglis. Then, Senior Dire... |
| Jul 19, 2021 | The Week that Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.: The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy will hold a he... |
| Jul 7, 2021 | Assessing the Threat of Weaponized Corruption | On June 3, President Biden issued a National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM) establishing the U.S. fight against corruption as a “core national security interest.” The NSSM follows the Biden administration’s March Interim National Security... |
| Jun 7, 2021 | The Week That Will Be | Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on America's strategic competition with China. The committee will hear testimony from Matthew Pottinger, former deputy national security advis... |
| May 18, 2021 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The House Rules Committee will meet to discuss two bills: the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act of 202... |
| May 17, 2021 | Sen. Marco Rubio says some of his colleagues laugh at his UFO inquiries: ‘There’s a stigma on Capitol Hill’ | Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Sen. Marco Rubio told “60 Minutes” that fellow lawmakers don’t always take UFOs seriously.
The Florida Republican is anticipating a report from the intelligence commun... |
| Apr 14, 2021 | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Hearing on Worldwide Threats | On Wednesday, April 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will hold a hearing on worldwide threats.
The committee will hear testimony from Avril Haines, director of national intelligence; William Burns, director of t... |
| Apr 12, 2021 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Monday, April 12, 2021, at 1:30 p.m.: The Atlantic Council will host an online event on the future of U.S. security in space and will publicly launch a new report titled “The Future ... |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Nomination Hearing: William Burns as Next CIA Director | On Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of William Burns to be the next director of the CIA.
You can watch a livestream here or below: |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Senate Intelligence Holds Hearing on the SolarWinds Breach | On Tuesday, February 23, 2020, at 2:30 p.m., the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the recent hack of U.S. networks by a foreign adversary. The committee will hear testimony from Kevin Mandia, CEO of Fireye; Sudhakar Rama... |
| Feb 22, 2021 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Monday, February 22, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold the first of two hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland to serve as the next attorney general... |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Nomination Hearing: Avril Haines as Next DNI | On Tuesday, January 19, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Avril Haines to be the next director of national intelligence.
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| Jan 19, 2021 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.: The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Avril Haines to be the next director of national intelligence.
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| Dec 10, 2020 | Reflections on the Christchurch Commission Report | Twenty-one months after the bloodiest terrorist attack in New Zealand’s history, a government commission has released a lengthy postmortem of what went wrong.
The recent report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on... |
| Oct 23, 2020 | How ethical hackers are trying to protect the 2020 U.S. elections | After the surprising outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, many have feared that the country’s voting system is vulnerable to external attacks. In response, loosely affiliated groups of “ethical hackers” have been pooling their re... |
| Oct 23, 2020 | How ethical hackers are trying to protect the 2020 U.S. elections | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
After the surprising outcome of the 2016 U.S. pre... |
| Oct 21, 2020 | The Puzzle of the GRU Indictment | It’s about two weeks before the 2020 presidential election. According to a bipartisan report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Russia engaged in “an aggressive, multifaceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the out... |
| Oct 20, 2020 | The Kremlin’s Return to Active Measures | PDF Version
A review of Thomas Rid’s “Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2020)
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The final installment of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s multiyear probe into... |
| Sep 25, 2020 | SpyCloud and CyberDefenses join forces on election security effort | Image: iStockphoto, hermosawave Must-read security coverage
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| Sep 25, 2020 | Facebook issues warning about Russian 'hack-and-leak' operations ahead of the 2020 election | Facebook issued a warning Thursday of potential "hack-and-leak operations" by the Russian government ahead of the 2020 US election.
"Hack-and-leak — where a bad actor steals sensitive information, sometimes manipulates it, an... |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Online Voting Wasn’t Ready for 2020. Don’t Count on It Anytime Soon. | Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The Healthy Elections Project aims to assist election officials and the public as the na... |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Facebook, FARA and Foreign Media | “We’re suing Facebook, bitches!” tweeted In the NOW, an online social media company. Facebook, to In the NOW’s chagrin, had labeled the company state-controlled under a new policy, appending “Russian state-controlled media” to the byline of... |
| Sep 11, 2020 | The 9/11 Commission Report, the Pandemic and the Future of Homeland Security | Lawfare has from time to time allowed me, as a longtime contributor, to use this space to acknowledge the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and reflect on some aspect of the 9/11 Commission Report, the definitive account... |
| Sep 8, 2020 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Tuesday, September 9, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.: The Carnegie Endowment for Peace had a webinar today entitled “China in Central Asia: Covid-19 and Beyond.” The panel discussed rising anti-... |
| Sep 3, 2020 | PayPal terminated accounts linked to a Russian influence operation disguised as a news website | PayPal told Business Insider it had terminated at least four accounts linked to a Russian influence operation exposed on Tuesday.
Business Insider obtained the list of accounts from freelance writers who said they had been duped into writin... |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Fighting Hate Speech Online Means Keeping Section 230, Not Burying It | At Free Press, we work in coalition and on campaigns to reduce the proliferation of hate speech, harassment, and disinformation on the internet. It’s certainly not an easy or uncomplicated job. Yet this work is vital if we’re going to prote... |
| Aug 21, 2020 | A Collusion Reading Diary: What Did the Senate Intelligence Committee Find? | The fifth and final volume of the Select Intelligence Committee’s bipartisan report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is an incredibly long and detailed document. At a whopping 966 pages, volume 5 alone is more than twice the len... |
| Aug 19, 2020 | U.S. Senate report on 2016 election details WikiLeaks’ Russian ties | Once hailed as a digital pioneer for bold investigative journalism, Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks organization he founded are painted as tools of Russian propaganda in a bipartisan report by a U.S. Senate committee on 2016 election inter... |
| Aug 19, 2020 | U.S. Senate report on 2016 election details WikiLeaks’ Russian ties | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Aug 19, 2020 | The Senate Russia Report and the Imperative of Legal Reform | The final report on Russian electoral interference by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence notes “several ways in which hostile actors [are] able to capitalize on gaps in laws or norms and exert influence.” And it highlights in parti... |
| Aug 18, 2020 | Russia, With Bitcoin Playing Bit Part, Tried to Hack 2016 US Election, Senate Report Finds | The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence highlighted bitcoin's limited role in Russia's 2016 election hacking campaign in a report that reaffirmed the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion the Kremlin worked to put... |
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| Jul 27, 2020 | Pentagon's UFO Program May Make Some Findings Public | July 27, 2020 3 min read This story originally appeared on PC Mag
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) believes the truth is out there—and he wants to make it public.
According to the lawmaker, there are unidentified objects flying over US military base... |
| Jul 20, 2020 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Monday, July 20, 2020, 12:00 p.m.: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a webinar on Russian influence activities in Europe and nearby areas in light of a n... |
| Jul 9, 2020 | The Durham Investigation: What We Know and What It Means | In May 2019, Attorney General William Barr tapped Connecticut’s U.S. Attorney John Durham to look into issues related to the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation. Durham is a longtime federal prosecutor in Connecticut known for l... |
| Jul 6, 2020 | The End of the Open Skies Treaty and the Politics of Compliance | On May 22, the Trump administration notified the remaining state parties that the United States would withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. The treaty has been in force since January 2002 and allows its 34 members to conduct joint, unarmed o... |
| Jun 22, 2020 | The Flood of Online Misinformation Around the George Floyd Protests | Over the past few weeks, the streets of American cities have been filled with protestors justifiably angry about the murder of George Floyd and the larger pattern of police violence against black Americans. Likewise, our social media feeds ... |
| Jun 11, 2020 | US intelligence bill takes aim at commercial spyware makers | A newly released draft intelligence bill, passed by the Senate Intelligence Committee last week, would require the government to detail the threats posed by commercial spyware and surveillance technology.
The annual intelligence authorizati... |
| Jun 2, 2020 | Can Congress Work Together to Calm the Country? | As demonstrations involving both peaceful protesters and violent provocateurs and looters continue in major cities around the country, President Trump has responded with inflammatory and divisive rhetoric. On Monday, he criticized and insul... |
| Jun 1, 2020 | Congress Should Investigate the Trump Administration’s Coronavirus Response | Congressional investigations can make a world of difference in humanitarian crises. In 2008-2009, I led the staff of a bipartisan Senate investigation of the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, probing the government’s failu... |
| May 27, 2020 | What Hard National Security Choices Would a Biden Administration Face? | No one can predict the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, but what should Americans expect if Joe Biden wins? In particular, and in keeping with Lawfare’s motto, what are the “hard national security choices” that would confront an i... |
| May 14, 2020 | Richard Burr Steps Down From Intel Committee Following FBI Warrant; Feinstein Talks To FBI, While Loeffler Won't Say | Following the news that the FBI got a warrant and seized Senator Richard Burr’s phone as part of its investigation into his alleged insider trading, Burr has announced that he’s stepping down from being the chair of the powerful Senate Inte... |
| May 14, 2020 | Richard Burr Steps Down From Intel Committee Following FBI Warrant; Feinstein Talks To FBI, While Loeffler Won't Say | Following the news that the FBI got a warrant and seized Senator Richard Burr's phone as part of its investigation into his alleged insider trading, Burr has announced that he's stepping down from being the chair of the powerful S... |
| May 7, 2020 | Don’t Let COVID-19 Eclipse Election Security Concerns | The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has profoundly disrupted many aspects of American life, including a fundamental pillar of government: democratic elections. Many states have postponed their presidential primaries, and election officials acr... |
| May 5, 2020 | Livestream: Senate Intelligence Committee Holds Nomination Hearing for Director of National Intelligence | On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 9:30 a.m., the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will hold an open hearing to consider the president’s nomination of Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas to serve as director of national intelligence.
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| May 4, 2020 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Monday, May 4, 2020, at 11:00 a.m.: The Brookings Institution will hold a virtual conversation with Defense Secretary Mark Esper on U.S. defense policy and how the armed forces will ... |
| May 4, 2020 | Eleven Questions for Director of National Intelligence Nominee Rep. John Ratcliffe | Amid questions about the ability of the House and the Senate to function in regular order during a pandemic, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will hold an open hearing on May 5 at 9:30 a.m. to consider the president’s nomination ... |
| Apr 24, 2020 | What Is and Isn’t New in the Unredacted Footnotes From the Inspector General’s Russia Report | At the request of Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, the Trump administration recently declassified portions of footnotes in the Justice Department inspector general’s report on the early stages of the FBI’s Trump-Russia inves... |
| Apr 17, 2020 | Election Modifications to Avoid During the COVID-19 Pandemic | As we approach the presidential election this November, election officials are developing plans to deal with the unique risks posed by the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. I have written about how states have grappled with past elect... |
| Mar 29, 2020 | Why Does Russia Use Disinformation? | Editor’s Note: Russian disinformation is extensive and growing, with major efforts in Europe, the United States and other parts of the world. The content of Russia’s campaign is increasingly understood, but the motives behind it are often s... |
| Mar 4, 2020 | Persistent Engagement Neglects Secrecy at Its Peril | The United States Cyber Command is fundamentally changing its cyber strategy, moving from restraint and deterrence toward a posture of persistent engagement. This new strategy is better aligned with the practice of cyber conflict, and its i... |
| Feb 7, 2020 | Election Security After Iowa | The Iowa caucus debacle is an illustration of election security failure in action. Inconsistencies in data, caused in part by an apparent coding error in a new smartphone app used for reporting results, delayed announcement of the caucus re... |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Examining the Shortcomings of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 'Torture Report' | The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s (SSCI’s) groundbreaking study on the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) has been receiving attention again due to the release of the movie “The Report.” “The Report” focuses o... |
| Dec 16, 2019 | Reflecting on Torture After ‘The Report’ | In December 2014, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published the executive summary of the committee’s report on the covert program of coercive interrogation run by the CIA after 9/11. Although Republican members had suspended the... |
| Dec 11, 2019 | The Portrayal of the CIA in ‘The Report’: Separating Truth From Fiction | In the movie “The Report,” Adam Driver portrays Senate investigator Daniel Jones in his endeavor to document and expose the history of the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. The effort... |
| Dec 6, 2019 | Analysts worry about tech security threats ahead of 2020 elections | https://d1rytvr7gmk1sx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181023_Alison1_Karen_FIXED.mp4
Election security has taken a newfound importance in America’s social consciousness since the 2016 presidential election and in the run-up to ... |
| Nov 3, 2019 | Depoliticizing Foreign Interference | Editor’s Note: Russian interference in the 2016 election was one of the most effective and dangerous foreign operations ever conducted against the United States. Even worse, the risk of foreign meddling is likely to grow in the coming years... |
| Oct 25, 2019 | TikTok Under US Senate Inquiry as Potential National Security Risk | Staff Reporter, Tech Times 25 October 2019, 08:10 am
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Social media app TikTok is under scrutiny because of suspicions that it poses a national security risk.
In a letter last Wednesday, Oct. 23, Senators Charles Schumer and... |
| Oct 15, 2019 | The Cyberlaw Podcast: Has China Opened a Quantum Hype Lead over the U.S.? | Our interview is with Sultan Meghji, CEO of Neocova. We cover the large Chinese investment in quantum technology and what it means for the United States. It’s possible that Chinese physicists are even better than American physicists at extr... |
| Oct 10, 2019 | Report finds ‘black voters’ were main target of Russia’s 2016 campaign | Originally Published by:
Anti-Semitic German synagogue shooting was livestreamed on Twitch Apple attacked by China for keeping crowdsourced police activity app in Hong Kong Twitter lets 'Die Trump' trend in Turkey, then apologizes... |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Instagram could be biggest target for disinformation in 2020 election | Instagram could be a flashpoint for online disinformation during the 2020 election, a new study warns. The report from New York University's Stern Center for Business and Human Rights also says most of the disinformation will not come ... |
| Aug 24, 2019 | How to Protect Elections—From the President | In July, as the country rounded out Donald Trump’s 30th month as president, sirens blared about the integrity of the 2020 presidential elections. The Senate Intelligence Committee issued a new report on “Russian efforts against election inf... |
