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Former CIA official charged with being secret agent for South Korean intelligence
Read full article: Former CIA official charged with being secret agent for South Korean intelligenceThe U.S. Justice Department says a former CIA employee and senior official at the National Security Council has been charged with serving as a secret agent for South Koreaโs intelligence service.
US will redirect air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine that other allies had on order
Read full article: US will redirect air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine that other allies had on orderThe White House says it will rush delivery of air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine by redirecting shipments that had been planned for other allied nations.
Russia strikes Ukraine's Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022
Read full article: Russia strikes Ukraine's Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022Ukrainian officials say Russia has struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022, killing at least one civilian and wounding 16 others.
Senators approve an Asia veteran as No. 2 diplomat, underscoring US efforts to keep focus on China
Read full article: Senators approve an Asia veteran as No. 2 diplomat, underscoring US efforts to keep focus on ChinaSenators have confirmed a veteran of U.S.-Asian engagement and security as the State Departmentโs second-ranking diplomat.
Kenya's high court rules that deploying the nation's police officers to Haiti is unconstitutional
Read full article: Kenya's high court rules that deploying the nation's police officers to Haiti is unconstitutionalKenyaโs high court has blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control.
Top US officials to visit Mexico for border talks as immigration negotiations with Congress continue
Read full article: Top US officials to visit Mexico for border talks as immigration negotiations with Congress continueNegotiations over how to control migration at the U.S. border with Mexico aren't just heating up on Capitol Hill.
Biden refuses to grant some of the conditions that 9/11 defendants were seeking in plea negotiations
Read full article: Biden refuses to grant some of the conditions that 9/11 defendants were seeking in plea negotiationsPresident Joe Biden has refused to approve conditions that lawyers for the defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks had sought in a possible plea bargain in the case.
US intelligence leak complicates summit with South Korea
Read full article: US intelligence leak complicates summit with South KoreaLeaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting Washington spied on South Korea have put the countryโs president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S. It's the first such trip by a South Korean leader in 12 years.
Biden seeks $47B for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox, disasters
Read full article: Biden seeks $47B for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox, disastersPresident Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in Kentucky and other states.
Ukraine security chief: Nuclear plant a threat to the world
Read full article: Ukraine security chief: Nuclear plant a threat to the worldThe head of Ukraineโs powerful National Security Council says his government is still not fully aware of the situation, including potential threats, inside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
US, S. Korea fire missiles to sea, matching North's launches
Read full article: US, S. Korea fire missiles to sea, matching North's launchesThe U.S. and South Korea have launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea in a show of force matching a North Korean display a day earlier that extended a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations.
Security concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan camp
Read full article: Security concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan campSome Afghans who were evacuated from their country as it fell to the Taliban last summer have found their journey to the United States stalled at a cluster of tents and temporary housing at a military base in the Balkans.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby moving to White House
Read full article: Pentagon spokesman John Kirby moving to White HousePentagon press secretary John Kirby is joining the White House, according to a person familiar with the matter, adding star power to the West Wingโs foreign policy communications team.
Flashpoint Interview: Counterterrorism expert addresses Ukraine invasionโs impact in Michigan
Read full article: Flashpoint Interview: Counterterrorism expert addresses Ukraine invasionโs impact in MichiganWeโre joined by the former senior director of counterterrorism at the National Security Council Javed Ali to to discuss Russiaโs recent invasion of Ukraine, and the impact that attack will have in Michigan.
Flagstar Bank customersโ personal information stolen in ransomware attack, officials say
Read full article: Flagstar Bank customersโ personal information stolen in ransomware attack, officials sayFlagstar Bank is warning customers that their personal information, including social security numbers, may have been stolen in a ransomeware attack. The company said the hack was discovered in January but customers said they were recently notified. Local 4 learned that the thieves got social security numbers as well home addresses not only of customers but also possibly employees. Flagstar has reached out to customers impacted and offering a credit monitoring service. The one-click Microsoft tool was created to protect against cyberattacks and to scan systems for compromises and fix them.
Biden orders review of domestic violent extremism threat
Read full article: Biden orders review of domestic violent extremism threatIt's been a stunning day as a number of lawmakers and then the mob of protesters tried to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)WASHINGTON โ President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a mob of insurgents loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. The announcement Friday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki is a stark acknowledgment of the national security threat that officials see as posed by American extremists motivated to violence by radical ideology. The National Security Council will do its own policy review to see how information about the problem can be better shared across the government. โIn particular, far-right, white supremacist extremism, nurtured on online platforms, has become one of the most dangerous threats to our nation,โ Schiff said.
Hack against US is 'grave' threat, cybersecurity agency says
Read full article: Hack against US is 'grave' threat, cybersecurity agency saysThe nation's cybersecurity agency warned of a โgraveโ risk to government and private networks. The hack compromised federal agencies and โcritical infrastructureโ in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in an unusual warning message. CISA officials did not respond to questions and so it was unclear what the agency meant by a โgrave threatโ or by โcritical infrastructureโ possibly targeted in the attack that the agency says appeared to have begun last March. The agency previously said the perpetrators had used network management software from Texas-based SolarWinds t o infiltrate computer networks. Members of Congress said they feared that taxpayersโ personal information could have been exposed because the IRS is part of Treasury, which used SolarWinds software.
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign
Read full article: US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaignThe threat apparently came from the same cyberespionage campaign that has afflicted FireEye, foreign governments and major corporations, and the FBI was investigating. FireEyeโs customers include federal, state and local governments and top global corporations. Cybersecurity experts said last week that they considered Russian state hackers to be the main suspect in the FireEye hack. Federal government agencies have long been attractive targets for foreign hackers. โI suspect that thereโs a number of other (federal) agencies weโre going to hear from this week that have also been hit,โ Williams added.
7 parties agree on Belgian government led by Liberal De Croo
Read full article: 7 parties agree on Belgian government led by Liberal De CrooBelgian Minister of Cooperation Development and Finance, Alexander De Croo speaks during a media conference at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Despite his age, the 44-year-old De Croo is already a veteran in Belgian politics and was vice premier in the outgoing government. He would be the first Dutch-speaking prime minister in nine years. European Council President Charles Michel, a former Belgian prime minister himself, congratulated De Croo and said that โCOVID-19 hit us badly, but I count on you and your government to guide us past this challenge." It made compromise politics, an essential element of Belgian politics, even harder.
Japan confirms its scrapping US missile defense system
Read full article: Japan confirms its scrapping US missile defense systemJapanese Defense Minister Taro Kono speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Japan's National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the countrys capability against threats from North Korea, Kono said Thursday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)TOKYO Japans National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the countrys capability against threats from North Korea, the countrys defense minister said Thursday. Defense Minister Taro Kono said the country will now revise its missile defense program and scale up its entire defense posture. Kono said Japan has signed contract worth nearly half the total cost and paid part of it to the U.S.
White House officials to kick off big Trump impeachment week
Read full article: White House officials to kick off big Trump impeachment weekFormer National Security Council Director for European Affairs Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman returns to the Capitol to review transcripts of his testimony in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON, DC Two top national security aides who listened to President Donald Trumps call with Ukraine are scheduled to testify in the impeachment hearings, launching back-to-back sessions as Americans hear from those closest to the White House. An Army officer at the National Security Council, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, and his counterpart at Vice President Mike Pences office, Jennifer Williams, both had concerns as Trump spoke on July 25 with the newly elected Ukraine president about political investigations into Joe Biden. In the afternoon, the House will hear from former NSC official Timothy Morrison and the former Ukraine special envoy, Kurt Volker. In all, nine witnesses are testifying in a pivotal week as the Houses historic impeachment inquiry accelerates and deepens.
Impeachment inquiry focuses on 2 White House lawyers
Read full article: Impeachment inquiry focuses on 2 White House lawyersBut the subsequent effort to lock down the rough transcript suggests some people in the White House viewed the president's conversation as problematic. Ellis, the other White House lawyer being asked to testify, was with Eisenberg when he made the suggestion to move the document into the more secure server. Ellis is no stranger to White House controversies. Eisenberg and Ellis, both part of the White House legal staff, declined to comment through an NSC spokesman. According to one of the individuals familiar with the White House classified computer systems, Eisenberg couldn't have actually moved it to N.I.C.E.
Bolton summoned; 1st big vote set on impeachment probe
Read full article: Bolton summoned; 1st big vote set on impeachment probeThat includes public hearings in a matter of weeks and the possibility of drafting articles of impeachment against the president. Trump and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill say the entire impeachment inquiry is illegitimate and are unpersuaded by the House resolution formally setting out next steps. Late Wednesday, it was disclosed that Morrison was resigning his White House position. He told investigators that senior White House officials blocked an effort by the State Department to release a November 2018 statement condemning Russia's attack on Ukrainian military vessels. The lawyer told lawmakers that neither of his clients is the whistleblower whose complaint triggered the impeachment inquiry and that he would object to any questions aimed at identifying that person.