by Apoorva Mittal | Jul 9, 2019 | National Security
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 (UPI) — Most of the people who carried out mass attacks in public spaces last year had made threatening communications, and 75 percent of those communications had aroused concern in others, the Secret Service’s National Threat...
by Apoorva Mittal | Jul 1, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The United States should more strictly regulate sales of U.S. surveillance technology to China when it is used to spy on Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities, Rep. Mike Gallagher and human rights experts warned. “Human rights are an...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | Jun 5, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Nearly a month after a cyberattack made many online systems in Baltimore inoperable, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., whose district includes much of Baltimore, said Tuesday that many jurisdictions need investments in cybersecurity. “One of the biggest...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 24, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The head of the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday called on Congress to set standards for social media platforms to reduce election interference, but officials of Twitter, Facebook and Google defended their efforts in combating disinformation and...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 21, 2019 | National Security
The Senate Intelligence Committee has taken steps to make it easier for members of the intelligence community to report possibly illegal actions in their agencies without reprisals, a move aimed at reducing the impetus to go public with classified information....
by Alexis Shanes | May 17, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s efforts to protect journalists around the globe are falling short, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff said Thursday, and the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi last year is among the...