December 20, 2015 US military seeks permission to defend drone strikes U.S. military officials are pushing for the ability to publicly defend the practice of American drone strikes from criticism in the United States and across the globe, according to defense officials.
December 20, 2015 Indictments of Chinese hackers signals new frontier in cyber warfare A new era in cyber warfare has arrived.
December 20, 2015 FBI head: Cyber crime posing 'enormous challenge' Law enforcement faces an "enormous challenge" in preventing state-sponsored cyber crimes, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday, days after the Justice Department charged five Chinese military officials with hacking into American companies to steal trade secrets.
December 20, 2015 DOJ to disclose memo justifying drone strikes on Americans, easing Senate vote on author In a bid to clear the way for a controversial Senate nominee, the Obama administration signaled it will publicly reveal a memo explaining its legal justification for using drones to kill American citizens overseas.
December 20, 2015 Pentagon prepares for possible evacuation of US personnel from Libya, amid upheaval The Obama administration is moving military assets into place in preparation for a possible evacuation of Americans from Libya, as a political crisis threatens to touch off a new wave of violence in the unstable country.
December 20, 2015 Lawmakers say Rice’s story has ‘absolutely collapsed’ amid more questions on Benghazi account Leading Republican senators charged Thursday that National Security Adviser Susan Rice’s public account of the Benghazi terror attack has now “absolutely collapsed,” citing inaccuracies in her statements not only on the origin of the attack but the level of security at the U.S. compound.
December 20, 2015 ‘Danged if I know’: Susan Rice seems to scoff at Benghazi probe question National Security Adviser Susan Rice, at a foreign policy lunch on Wednesday, seemed to scoff at a question on whether a select committee investigation on Benghazi would reveal new evidence.
December 20, 2015 Military intelligence official: 'We should have tried' to help Americans during Benghazi attack A top military intelligence official at the time of the Benghazi attacks testified Thursday that U.S. personnel "should have tried" to help Americans under fire on Sept. 11, 2012, in an unprecedented public statement from a leading military officer.
December 20, 2015 NATO official: Russia now an 'adversary' After two decades of trying to build a partnership with Russia, the NATO alliance now feels compelled to start treating Moscow as an adversary, the second-ranking official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Thursday.
December 20, 2015 Russian jets cross into Ukraine airspace, US officials say U.S. officials said Friday that Russian fighter jets flew into Ukrainian airspace a handful of times over the last 24 hours, in what one called a continued provocation of the heightened tensions in the region.