![Treasury Official Points Finger at Turkey for Venezuelan Gold Trade]()
by Lucas Robinson | Oct 24, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The United States should publicize Turkey’s involvement in the Venezuelan gold industry, a Treasury Department official said Wednesday. Marshall Billingslea, assistant secretary for terrorist financing at Treasury, said at a Brookings...
by Adam Barnes | Oct 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia, accused of murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey earlier this month, has led efforts to “snuff out” freedom of expression since the 2010 Arab Spring protests against government oppression in a number of Middle...
![Defense Department Grapples with Ethics of Virtual Reality]()
by Haiya Kofler | Oct 4, 2018 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Defense Department is considering whether it is unethical to not use robots in combat soon because they could keep troops out of the line of fire, a top official at the Army Training and Doctrine Command said Thursday. “Is it immoral not to rely on...
by Daniel Grimes & Patty Nieberg | Oct 3, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Artificial Intelligence cannot eliminate human involvement in technology because people will have to create ways to fight back against efforts to threaten national cybersecurity, experts said at The Atlantic Festival on Wednesday. “Humans will...
by Bryan Wood & Patty Nieberg | Oct 2, 2018 | National Security
LUMBERTON, N.C. — Two years ago, when John Givens was driven from his home by Hurricane Matthew, he went to a shelter and was given plenty of food and clothes to carry him through the crisis. This week, Givens is once again in a shelter due to flooding from...
by Patty Nieberg | Oct 2, 2018 | National Security
WASHINGTON – America’s declining commercial nuclear industry may be a threat to national security and reduce U.S. authority to influence nuclear safety and anti-proliferation globally, an international security expert said Tueday. “The time for discussion is over. The...
