Feb 08 States consider restricting land ownership for foreign nationals after Chinese balloon sparks national security debate By Matthew Brown, Sam Metz, Associated Press As U.S.-China relations cool amid trade disputes and espionage fears stoked by the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the Atlantic Coast, lawmakers in Congress and at least 11 statehouses are weighing legislation to further limit foreign ownership of farmland. Continue reading
Feb 07 Analysis: How spy balloons work, and what information they can gather By Iain Boyd, The Conversation A Chinese high-altitude balloon violated U.S. airspace, a serious enough breach to nix a high-level diplomatic meeting in Beijing. The balloon itself, however, was not much of a threat. Continue reading
Oct 11 UK cyber-intelligence chief says China's growing power is a top security issue By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Jeremy Fleming, director of GCHQ, said that despite war raging in Europe since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Beijing’s growing power is the "national security issue that will define our future.”… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 6:39 What we know about newly unsealed documents used in the search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home By John Yang An affidavit supporting the August search of the former President Trump's Florida estate was made public on Friday. The U.S. Justice Department released a heavily redacted copy of the 32-page document. Among other things, it says 15 boxes of material… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 5:44 Judge orders release of redacted affidavit used for FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home By John Yang, Matt Loffman A federal judge ordered the Department of Justice to release a redacted document that justified the FBI's search of Donald Trump's home in Florida. National security attorney Mark Zaid joined John Yang to discuss what may or may not be… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 6:31 Whistleblower alleges Twitter executives deceived regulators about lax security procedures By Stephanie Sy A whistleblower says Twitter has “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its cyber security defense. The complaint says the company is an easy target for hackers and could put users’ information at risk. Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post's Silicon Valley correspondent who… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 9:28 FBI retrieved top secret documents from Trump's Florida home A federal judge on Friday unsealed and made public the search warrant for former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. A review of the warrant reveals that the FBI collected more than 20 boxes of items, including some material classified as top… Continue watching
Jul 13 Democrats stress national security as computer chips bill stalls By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Biden administration and Democrats are warning of dire consequences if Congress fails to act on computer chips legislation. They say Congress needs to pass a bill by the end of July that's designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the… Continue reading
Apr 02 Biden says nuclear attack sub he commissioned will bolster U.S. security By Will Weissert, Associated Press In April 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the United States, the Delaware was commissioned while underwater, a first for a Navy vessel. Since then it has been in training. Continue reading
Sep 15 WATCH: Biden announces Indo-Pacific alliance with UK, Australia By Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared together virtually to detail the new alliance, which will be called AUKUS (pronounced AWK-us). Continue reading