May 18, 2016 US intelligence: Foreign hackers spying on campaigns The United States sees evidence that hackers, possibly working for foreign governments, are snooping on the presidential candidates, the nation's intelligence chief said Wednesday. Government officials are working with the campaigns to tighten security as the race for the White House intensifies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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£ÌÒÊÓÆµ, that he spoke with the FBI at length on the plane when extradited from Romania to Virginia last month.
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.
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.
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.
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.