by Paige Leskin | Jan 14, 2015 | National Security
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Members of an organization supporting whistleblowers Wednesday criticized the federal government for prosecuting former CIA employee Jeffrey Sterling on charges of disclosing classification information, calling it “vindictive” and a...
by Tal Axelrod | Jan 13, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Four powerful Republican senators Tuesday pushed for legislation that would impose a two-year moratorium on the transfer of high-level Guantanamo detainees, citing volatility of the Middle East and the recent terror attacks in Paris as signs that now is...
by Daniel Hersh | Jan 13, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday pressed experts on how to effectively sanction North Korea in response to the hack on Sony Pictures. “Now this brutal regime has added a new weapon to its arsenal: cyberattacks,” said Rep. Ed Royce,...
by Daniel Hersh | Jan 12, 2015 | National Security
ARLINGTON, Va. – On the same day that the Islamic State hacked a Defense Department Twitter account, DoD officials said Monday the Pentagon is going to the cloud. A panel held by the announced that the Department of Defense was beginning the process of moving its data...
by Tyler Pager | Jan 12, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called for new legislation Monday to impose tougher regulations on privacy hacks and identity theft in an effort to create national standards and improve consumer confidence following major security breaches in the...
by Haley Hinkle | Jan 12, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Two Brookings Institution fellows highlighted strategies Monday for stopping terrorist attacks on U.S. soil carried out by foreign-trained fighters. The think tank experts, however, said that some would-be terrorists are bound to slip through the cracks...
by Medha Imam | Jan 7, 2015 | Business, National Security
WASHINGTON – The House passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to reinstate the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act by a vote of 416 to 5. The legislation stalled in the Senate in the last Congress, causing the 2002 law to expire. A joint undertaking by the private and public...
by Tal Axelrod | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Canadian Mubin Shaikh, a former jihadist, knows all too well the allure of radical Islamic ideologies. “There was an ISIS in 1995. It was the Taliban. In the 2000s it was al-Qaida,” he said. “And yes I would have joined.” He didn’t follow through. But the...
by Paige Leskin | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration needs tougher security procedures and screenings for airport workers following the December discovery of an airport gun smuggling ring, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday. Along with Brooklyn District...
by Tal Axelrod | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Two authors described the perils of homegrown terrorism in the west in a talk to the liberal-leaning New America Foundation Wednesday. The think tank discussion featured Mubin Shaikh and Anne Speckhard and was moderated by New America Foundation Director...
