by Christophe Haubursin | Feb 6, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Pushing for support on her bill to move prosecution of military sexual assaults out of the chain of command, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand spoke Thursday alongside veterans who were sexually assaulted while on active duty. The Senate is expected to take up the...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Feb 6, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — As the White House negotiates a U.S. presence in Afghanistan after the last combat troops withdraw this year, a group of bipartisan senators pushed Thursday for congressional approval for any military action in the war-torn nation after 2014. Sens. Jeff...
by Vesko Cholakov | Feb 6, 2014 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON — Financial regulators are struggling in the face of a changing environment – sophisticated cyber threats and inadequate safeguards prescribed by the Dodd-Frank Act, witnesses said at a Senate hearing Thursday. “The banking industry has existing...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 6, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – With Afghanistan farmers cultivating opium at a record pace, U.S. officials expressed concern that the country’s drug trade will continue to grow unchecked as the U.S. scales back troop presence in the country. Counternarcotics experts from the State,...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 5, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The al-Qaida threat in Iraq has grown more menacing, according to the House Foreign Affairs Committee which met Wednesday to discuss the severity of terrorism in the region. In 2013, there were 9,000 deaths related to the conflict in Iraq, the highest...
by Christophe Haubursin | Feb 4, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – An Army National Guard program that gave freelance recruiters a bonus for each recruit they referred is under investigation after the reported abuse of $29 million in taxpayer dollars, according to information disclosed at a Senate hearing Tuesday. The...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Feb 4, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Three weeks after President Barack Obama called for the private sector to maintain the vast data collections used by the National Security Agency for surveillance, members of the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday worried about the ability of third parties...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 4, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that cyber-attacks are a constant threat that won’t go away, and asked leaders of Target and Neiman Marcus to help find solutions to better guard consumers’ online information. “I think...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 3, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – District of Columbia Circuit Judge Richard Leon said Monday he will decide within two weeks whether to dismiss claims that the National Security Agency’s PRISIM program violated the First and Fifth Amendments. Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 3, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Days before the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics, tensions have risen between Moscow and insurgents in the North Caucasus, a region filled with instability, a panel of experts said Monday, heightening fears of a terrorist incident at the...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 31, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON–Sen. Barbara Boxer upbraided the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday over delays in increasing security against terrorist threats, refusing to hand over documents that Boxer and Republican David Vitter of Louisiana had requested and a lack of...
