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Threats May 14, 2016

Pentagon report says China weaponizing man-made islands in South China Sea

A new Pentagon reported released Friday said that China has reclaimed more than 3,200 acres of land in the South China Sea and the country’s focus has shifted to developing and weaponinzing the man-made islands.

Threats May 13, 2016

Security clearance background checks to include social media

Investigators can now probe Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites as a part of background checks for security clearances -- something that lawmakers said Friday was a classic case of the government playing catch-up with technology.

Geopolitics May 10, 2016

US sends warship near Chinese-claimed island in South China Sea

The Pentagon announced Tuesday that it had sent a warship near a disputed reef in the South China Sea, representing a new warning to China over Beijing's territorial claims in the region.

Threats May 10, 2016

US won't seek death penalty against Benghazi suspect

The Justice Department will not seek the death penalty against Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected Libyan militant charged in the Benghazi attacks that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, federal officials announced Tuesday.

Threats May 7, 2016

Romanian hacker who claims he breached Clinton server says he spoke with FBI at length

EXCLUSIVE: The Romanian hacker who says he easily breached Hillary Clinton’s personal email server also claimed, in a series of interviews with Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ, that he spoke with the FBI at length on the plane when extradited from Romania to Virginia last month.

Threats May 3, 2016

The next national security crisis: We must make plans now to defeat growing cyber threat

It is no secret that our government’s computer systems are under constant attack from hackers in Russia, China and North Korea.

National Security May 2, 2016

‘Highly provocative’: Iran rocket launch near US ship latest challenge for Washington

Despite the Obama administration touting its Iran nuclear deal as a triumph of diplomacy that finally thaws a four-decade freeze, Tehran appears to be doing all it can to keep the flames of confrontation burning.

Threats May 2, 2016

First of 17 detainees to be released from Gitmo next week

The first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next week, as the Obama administration continues to reduce the population at the controversial detention center, a senior U.S. official said Monday.

Geopolitics May 2, 2016

US officials secretly communicated with Assad regime for years, report says

U.S. and Arab officials say the White House secretly looked to communicate with parts of the Syria regime in an effort to quell the violence and to get President Bashar Al-Assad to step down, according to a published report.

Democrats May 2, 2016

Hillary staffer stammers through defense of Clinton's Trump/ISIS recruiters claim

Hillary Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri struggled Sunday to defend her boss’ claim that videos of Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric were being used as recruitment tools for the Islamic State.

Domestic Policies May 2, 2016

Feds can't say whereabouts of those whose visas were revoked over terror threat

The Obama administration cannot be sure of the whereabouts of thousands of foreigners in the U.S. who had their visas revoked over terror concerns and other reasons, a State Department official acknowledged Thursday.