Tag: Russia

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said that the U.S. can't afford its nuclear stockpiles and could project the same level of deterrence with a smaller number of them. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Security

House Armed Services chairman foreshadows change to nuclear posture and modernization delay if Biden wins

Abraham Mahshie · November 3, 2020 8:21 pm

Election 2020: DHS confident US voters will decide outcome, not foreign adversaries

Jerry Dunleavy · November 3, 2020 5:59 pm

In this Aug. 1, 2018 file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, addresses a gathering during a campaign event for Eddie Edwards, who is running for the U.S. Congress, in Portsmouth, N.H.

Rudy Giuliani speaks on Russian propaganda network days after White House coronavirus adviser apologizes for interview

Mica Soellner · November 3, 2020 3:49 pm

Roger Stone and Julian Assange.

Newly unredacted Mueller report explains why Roger Stone and WikiLeaks were not charged with computer hacking conspiracy or campaign finance violations

Jerry Dunleavy · November 3, 2020 1:06 am

In this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002 file photo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Weissmann talks with the media outside the federal courthouse in Houston. Weissmann, one of the most prominent prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller is leaving the team soon, a likely indication that the investigation is close to wrapping up.

Mueller pit bull Andrew Weissmann misled about Barr’s letter on the Mueller report in new book

Jerry Dunleavy · November 2, 2020 9:50 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why Russia is threatening military intervention against Azerbaijan and Turkey

Tom Rogan · November 2, 2020 5:59 pm

FILE - A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. The U.S. governmentâs efforts to determine which highly classified materials Snowden took from the National Security Agency have been frustrated by Snowdenâs sophisticated efforts to cover his digital trail by deleting or bypassing electronic logs, government officials tell the AP. Such logs would have showed what information Snowden viewed or downloaded. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)

Edward Snowden to seek Russian citizenship

Mike Brest · November 2, 2020 1:42 pm

Scott Atlas apologizes for appearing on Kremlin-backed media outlet

Tyler Van Dyke · November 1, 2020 7:32 pm

Special counsel John Durham.

Lindsey Graham says John Durham report coming after election and will be ‘shocked’ if no indictments

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin · November 1, 2020 4:23 pm

Mouse cursor hovering over an Iranian flag.

DHS and FBI warn Iranian hackers are targeting state election websites and pushing disinformation

Jerry Dunleavy · October 31, 2020 6:49 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., walks through the Hall of Columns at the Capitol as House Democratic chairs gather for a meeting with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

Adam Schiff calls for watchdog investigations based on discredited New York Times story

Jerry Dunleavy · October 30, 2020 7:59 pm

In this May 21, 2014, photo, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and China's President Xi Jinping, right, smile during signing ceremony in Shanghai, China. China signed a long-awaited, 30-year deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth some $400 billion in a financial and diplomatic boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin. The Obama administration is playing down an increasingly warm relationship between its main global rivals, China and Russia, that it may have inadvertently encouraged.

Russia greatest election challenge, China biggest national security threat, says top counterintelligence figure

Jerry Dunleavy · October 30, 2020 4:29 pm