National Security Tag

South Korea’s Ruling Party Wants Faster Transfer of Military Control from U.S.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 19, 2021 41 Comments

CHANGE! "We need not only the importance of the ROK-U.S. alliance, but also an attitude of self-defense that our country will protect itself."...

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NSA Sullivan: Biden Hasn’t Spoken to World Leaders, Taliban has ‘a Fair Amount of’ Our Weapons

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 17, 2021 55 Comments

By the way, Sullivan refused to answer a question about getting all Americans back safe and sound....

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Hacker Group Behind Weekend Cyberattack Demands $70 Million

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 05, 2021 22 Comments

Grocery store chain Swedish Coop took the brunt. It closed over 800 stores since the cash registers went offline....

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Biden Admin’s Strategy to Combat Domestic Terrorism Calls White Supremacy, Militia Groups as Biggest Threats

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 15, 2021 76 Comments

"Today's domestic terrorists espouse a range of violent ideological motivations, including racial or ethnic bigotry and hatred as well as anti-government or anti-authority sentiment."...

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Report Warns of Shortage of Military Working Dogs

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 04, 2021 20 Comments

A recently published report from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Post Graduate School warns that a domestic shortage of military working dogs is threatening national security.

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Demands Eric Swalwell be Cut From Intel Committee

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 22, 2020 32 Comments

Despite being allegedly compromised by a spy from China, Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is still serving on the House Intelligence Committee for some reason. Do you think Russia-crazed Congress members like Adam Schiff or even Nancy Pelosi would allow this to go on if Swalwell was a Republican? What happened to all the concern about threats to our democracy?

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Pompeo: Russia Behind Widespread Hack Of U.S. Government

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 19, 2020 39 Comments

There was a massive cyberattack on a wide array of U.S. networks recently, including systems used by the National Nuclear Security Administration and Energy Department that safeguard the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons.

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Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Suspected of Hacking U.S. Treasury, Commerce, Other Departments

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 14, 2020 55 Comments

Officials suspect a hacking group that works for the SVR, the Russian foreign intelligence service, breached many U.S. federal departments, including Treasury and Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

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DNI Ratcliffe: China Conducting Human Tests to Develop ‘Soldiers With Biologically Enhanced Capabilities’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 07, 2020 8 Comments

One of my guilty pleasures, movie-wise, is a 1992 film called "Universal Soldier." The movie's plot, such as it is, involves two rival soldiers who were killed in Vietnam and brought back to life in an experiment to create superhuman warriors. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliff wrote that China subjected members of China’s People’s Liberation Army to human experimentation to create “biologically enhanced” super soldiers.

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China’s TikTok Vows Legal and PR Campaign Against Trump Ban

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 12, 2020 13 Comments

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is planning to mount a legal and public relations offensive against U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on China-owned social media app. "ByteDance, the Chinese owner of short video hit TikTok, is preparing to escalate its legal and public relations battle against US President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban the app in the United States" Hong Kong based South China Morning Post revealed Monday.

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North Korea Detonates Its Liaison Office With South Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 17, 2020 9 Comments

The situation on the Korean Peninsula took a troubling turn, as North Korea blew up its liaison office with South Korea in a powerful detonation.

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Finally, Trump Cuts 70 Obama Holdovers from the National Security Council

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 11, 2020 48 Comments

Last week, to the great dismay of Democrats and the media, Trump sent Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman packing. This was the beginning of a trend because Trump just gave walking papers to 70 Obama holdovers in the National Security Council.

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Trump Picks Envoy for Hostage Affairs Robert O’Brien as New National Security Adviser

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 18, 2019 7 Comments

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday morning that he picked Robert C. O'Brien as his new national security adviser. He currently serves as the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. The move comes a few days after Trump dismissed John Bolton as his national security adviser. Trump said the two of them had too many disagreements on foreign policy.

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House Defense Budget Proposal Sets Up Possible Stalemate With Senate, Trump

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 11, 2019 9 Comments

The House Committee on Armed Services revealed an outline of its defense budget proposal on Monday. The contents of the plan set up a possible stalemate with the Senate and President Donald Trump. The proposal trims $17 billion from the $750 billion Trump requested for defense. The Senate defense bill sits right at $750 billion. I have a feeling the portion that does not allow any Pentagon funding towards a border wall will cause the most problems with Trump.

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WHO Declares Large Ebola Outbreaks as the New Normal

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 10, 2019 11 Comments

We have followed the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for over six months. Officials have reported nearly 3,000 cases of the hemorrhagic disease. However, the actual number of infected Congolese may be a third higher than figures show, experts have warned.

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Private Group Begins Construction of Border Wall in El Paso

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 28, 2019 11 Comments

The private organization We Build the Wall began construction on a border wall in El Paso over the weekend. The group has raised over $20 million on GoFundMe. Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told Fox & Friends the group aimed to build the wall near Mount Cristo Rey to fill a "ridiculously large gap" in that section. He claimed that "drug and human smugglers have been taking advantage of it."

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Pentagon Authorizes $1 Billion to Begin Border Wall Construction

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 26, 2019 18 Comments

President Donald Trump's week continues to get better! The Pentagon notified Congress on Monday that it has authorized $1 billion to begin border wall construction. The amount will cover 57 miles.

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CNN reports . . . and what Trump actually said about the migrant caravan

Posted by New Neo on November 03, 2018 26 Comments

Late Thursday afternoon Trump gave a speech and then answered questions from the press about policy regarding the caravan of illegal immigrants headed towards the U.S. I listened to it at the time, and here's the text of his remarks. After hearing the speech, I wasn't surprised by the spin given by this CNN headline about it: "Trump says he will restrict asylum, claims troops will shoot at rock throwers." Oh did he, now?

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