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Secret tip line aides U.S. in sanctioning Iranian officials

Secret tip line aides U.S. in sanctioning Iranian officials

by Joe Snell | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — An encrypted line set up by the U.S. State Department is helping Iranians expose human rights violations by regime officials. The secret tip line is created amid escalating tensions between the two countries after the U.S. departure from the Iran Nuclear...
The tension will not escalate in South China Sea in 2020, experts say

The tension will not escalate in South China Sea in 2020, experts say

by Bing Xiao | Jan 31, 2020 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Although U.S. warships continue to test China’s control over the South China Sea, including a voyage last week that China called a “deliberate provocation,” the United States has little economic leverage in the area, policy experts and regional...
Two dead in U.S. Air Force Aircraft Crash in a Taliban-held Province of Afghanistan

Two dead in U.S. Air Force Aircraft Crash in a Taliban-held Province of Afghanistan

by Aishwarya Airy | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON | U.S. forces recovered the remains of two Airmen from the site where a U.S. aircraft crashed on Monday, according to U.S. Forces spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett in a statement issued on Tuesday. Leggett added that the remains, found near the crash site, were...
Democratic leaders hold fire on Trump’s Mideast peace plan

Democratic leaders hold fire on Trump’s Mideast peace plan

by Joe Snell | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and pro-Israel Democratic leaders sounded a cautiously optimistic note Tuesday after President Donald Trump finally unveiled his long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Pelosi said that “there appears to be...
Intel: What’s behind Israel’s latest decision to allow travel to Saudi Arabia

Intel: What’s behind Israel’s latest decision to allow travel to Saudi Arabia

by Joe Snell | Jan 27, 2020 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Israeli citizens are now allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time in the country’s history, according to a statement Sunday by the country’s Interior Minister Aryeh Dery. The rule applies to business meetings, including searching for new...
A first: Psychologists behind CIA’s “torture program” testify in front of a military commission at Guantanamo

A first: Psychologists behind CIA’s “torture program” testify in front of a military commission at Guantanamo

by Aishwarya Airy | Jan 25, 2020 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Testimony this week by the psychologist at the heart of the CIA program that tortured prisoners suspected of involvement in terrorist attacks on the United States has shaken the understanding that FBI agents were “the good guys” in the interrogation...
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