by Renzo Downey | Mar 14, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that he will oppose the nominations of Mike Pompeo to Secretary of State and Gina Haspel to CIA Director, saying he could not vote for nominees that still support the Iraq War or have ties to enhanced interrogation. The...
by Eric Miller | Mar 12, 2018 | National Security, Politics
ARLINGTON, VA – Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort pled not guilty on Thursday to charges of tax and bank fraud as part of the Russia investigation. The charges were the latest brought by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller in the wide-ranging probe of possible...
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Mar 8, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security, Technology
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has failed to hire needed cybersecurity professionals even though it was given approval to do so by Congress in 2014, according to a report released March 8 by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO, which is the...
by Eric Miller | Mar 7, 2018 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Guantanamo Bay’s first and most notorious prison camp for terrorist suspects will be destroyed, the Department of Justice announced. Critics complained Tuesday the move is a government attempt to “erase the history” of...
by Catherine Kim | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Tuesday he is skeptical that North Korea is willing to negotiate denuclearization, which South Korea announced earlier Tuesday. “Hope springs eternal, but we need to learn a lot more relative to these...
by Mila Jasper | Mar 2, 2018 | Featured, National Security
China is uniquely positioned to apply pressure on Kim Jong-Un that could reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula. Yet China has been lukewarm in its efforts to subdue a nuclearized North Korea, frustrating the U.S. This problem may come down to a fundamental...
by Catherine Kim | Mar 2, 2018 | Featured, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –– The Pakistani nephew of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khlaid Sheik Mohammed should be released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center because he cannot receive a fair trial and is unable to effectively participate in a trial because of the effects...
by Catherine Kim | Mar 2, 2018 | Featured, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –– According to new investigation guidance provided by the government, defense lawyers for men accused in the 9/11 terrorist attacks said Thursday they are now allowed to visit alleged black sites overseas and interview certain CIA agents. Since...
by Libby Berry | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Politics
When Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded Kuwait in August of 1990, hundreds of Americans were taken hostage by the Iraqi dictator. As the United States joined forces with 38 other nations, including many from the Middle East, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner II moved to protect...
by Catherine Kim | Feb 26, 2018 | National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA –– The judge for the pre-trial hearings for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed on Monday ordered Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to explain why the Pentagon fired the two top military commissions officials – the person responsible for...
by Mila Jasper | Feb 22, 2018 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense James Mattis has asserted on Capitol Hill that the Pentagon needs to invest in low-yield nuclear weapons to counter a Russian strategy of “escalate to de-escalate” — firing low-yield nuclear weapons with the...
by Mila Jasper | Feb 22, 2018 | National Security
WASHINGTON — China may prove the key to defusing the North Korea crisis, according to experts, but it might not be ready to take action if that action would either destabilize the region or give the U.S. more power in the region. Experts say China is playing a...
