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[TRENDING NEWS] The U.S. blacklists the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm.

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Author: BY ANA SWANSON - Publish Date: November 3, 2021 at 11:38PM NSO and three other companies were added to a list that blocks foreign companies from buying certain types of sensitive American technology without a license.

[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. Antigovernment Groups Are Influencing the French Far Right

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Author: BY JULIAN E. BARNES - Publish Date: October 14, 2021 at 01:44AM The top French intelligence official, who is visiting Washington this week, said QAnon and other conspiracy theories were spreading to Europe.

[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. Navy Engineer Charged in Attempt to Sell Nuclear Submarine Secrets

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Author: BY JULIAN E. BARNES AND DAVID E. SANGER - Publish Date: October 11, 2021 at 01:50AM Jonathan Toebbe and his wife tried several times to pass information on nuclear propulsion systems to a foreign government, according to a criminal complaint.

[TRENDING NEWS] Intelligence Agencies Pushed to Use More Commercial Satellites

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Author: BY JULIAN E. BARNES - Publish Date: September 28, 2021 at 02:27AM Congress wants the government to turn to the private sector to augment the capabilities of highly classified spy satellites.

[TRENDING NEWS] The C.I.A. recalls its station chief to Vienna amid criticism of his handling of mysterious illnesses.

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Author: BY JULIAN E. BARNES AND LARA JAKES - Publish Date: September 24, 2021 at 11:57PM Frustration is growing about the treatment of an increasing number of intelligence officers and diplomats with symptoms of so-called Havana syndrome.

[TRENDING NEWS] Russia Influences Hackers but Stops Short of Directing Them, Report Says

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Author: BY JULIAN E. BARNES - Publish Date: September 10, 2021 at 12:05AM The arrangement allows the Russian government some plausible deniability for attacks, researchers found.

[TRENDING NEWS] Intelligence Warned of Afghan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s Assurances

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Author: BY MARK MAZZETTI, JULIAN E. BARNES AND ADAM GOLDMAN - Publish Date: August 17, 2021 at 11:47PM Even as the president was telling the public that Kabul was unlikely to fall, intelligence assessments painted a grimmer picture.

[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. Moves to Drop Cases Against Chinese Researchers Accused of Hiding Military Ties

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Author: BY KATIE BENNER - Publish Date: July 25, 2021 at 01:24AM The arrests were part of a Trump-era initiative aimed at curbing Beijing’s efforts to steal intellectual property, corporate secrets, and military intelligence.

[TRENDING NEWS] On top of Bennett’s to-do list is coordinating with the U.S.

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Author: BY RONEN BERGMAN - Publish Date: June 14, 2021 at 03:42AM The new prime minister sent a strong signal that he, too, would oppose a new nuclear deal with Iran, but is otherwise seeking to mend fences with the Biden administration.

[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. Is Said to Have Unexamined Intelligence to Pore Over on Virus Origins

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Author: BY JULIAN E. BARNES AND DAVID E. SANGER - Publish Date: May 28, 2021 at 07:18AM Intelligence officials have told the White House that computer analysis may shed light on the mystery.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Online Sleuths Pantsed Putin

Author: BY ‘SWAY’ - Publish Date: May 24, 2021 at 04:00PM Bellingcat’s founder, Eliot Higgins, on the ethics of open source investigations and what separates his organization from online vigilantes.

[TRENDING NEWS] Village Caught in Czech-Russia Spy Case Just Wants Things to Stop Blowing Up

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Author: BY ANDREW HIGGINS - Publish Date: May 9, 2021 at 02:00PM Was a huge blast at a Czech weapons depot sabotage by Russian spies? The villagers where it happened aren’t sure, but they do know they only want to watch James Bond films, not live inside one.

[TRENDING NEWS] Czechs Blame 2014 Blasts at Ammunition Depots on Elite Russian Spy Unit

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Author: BY ANDREW HIGGINS AND HANA DE GOEIJ - Publish Date: April 18, 2021 at 07:31AM The unit has also been implicated in the 2018 nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England, on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy, and his daughter.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why Spy Agencies Say the Future Is Bleak

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Author: BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Publish Date: April 16, 2021 at 06:43AM Climate change, technology, disease and financial crises will pose big challenges for the world, an intelligence report concludes.

[TRENDING NEWS] Key Findings of the Inspector General’s Report on the Capitol Riot

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Author: BY NICHOLAS FANDOS - Publish Date: April 14, 2021 at 07:12AM Intelligence failures, orders to use less aggressive measures and equipment breakdowns contributed to the Capitol Police’s botched response, a watchdog found.

[TRENDING NEWS] After Capitol Riot, Senate Taps Intelligence Official to Lead Security

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Author: BY LUKE BROADWATER - Publish Date: March 23, 2021 at 07:07AM Lt. Gen. Karen Gibson held top intelligence posts in the military before she joined a post-Jan. 6 security review of the Capitol. She will have an all-female leadership team.

[TRENDING NEWS] After Russian Cyberattack, Looking for Answers and Debating Retaliation

Author: BY DAVID E. SANGER - Publish Date: February 24, 2021 at 07:35AM Key senators and corporate executives warned at a hearing on Tuesday that the “scope and scale” of the hacking of government agencies and companies, the most sophisticated in history, were still unclear.

[TRENDING NEWS] In a Dangerous Game of Cat and Mouse, Iran Eyes New Targets in Africa

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Author: BY DECLAN WALSH, ERIC SCHMITT, SIMON MARKS AND RONEN BERGMAN - Publish Date: February 15, 2021 at 03:00PM Fifteen people arrested in Ethiopia were part of what American and Israeli officials said was a foiled Iranian plot against diplomats from the United Arab Emirates.

[TRENDING NEWS] Does the U.S. Need a Cyberdefense Czar?

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Author: BY KARA SWISHER - Publish Date: February 11, 2021 at 07:58AM Recent attacks on government and infrastructure networks reveal the inadequacy of America’s digital defenses.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Orders Sweeping Assessment of Russian Hacking, Even While Renewing Nuclear Treaty

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Author: BY DAVID E. SANGER AND JULIAN E. BARNES - Publish Date: January 22, 2021 at 07:17AM There will be no “reset” of the American relationship with Moscow, administration officials say. But in an era of constant confrontation in cyberspace, the president seeks to avoid a nuclear arms race.