Category: The feds

How Does Biden’s Cyber Order Apply to the DOD and Intelligence Agencies?

In January, President Joe Biden signed a memo clarifying how new cybersecurity rules affect the Defense Department and intelligence community. By their very nature, agencies within the Defense Department and the intelligence community handle much more sensitive information than civilian agencies. So, it was not surprising when President Joe Bien issued a national security memorandum Jan. 19 […]

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Esper concerned over federal agents dressed like military troops in U.S. cities

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has raised concerns within the administration about federal agents patrolling the streets of U.S. cities in camouflage uniforms similar to those worn by troops in war zones, his spokesperson said Tuesday… More about this in the link below… https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/esper-federal-agents-military-protests-376381

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The military has suspended all travel, deployments, exercises for the entire force

Weeks after putting a hold on permanent change-of-station moves and non-essential travel both abroad and in the United States for the next two to three months, the Pentagon has issued a stop-movement order that will affect all personnel and Defense Department civilians. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/03/25/the-military-has-suspended-all-travel-deployments-exercises-for-the-entire-force/

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Watch “Defense Sec. Mark Esper on mobilizing the U.S. military to fight COVID-19” on YouTube

The U.S. military is gearing up to fight the novel coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly across the U.S. Plans include deployment of hospital ships as overflow for hospitals, allocation of critical medical supplies and research in military labs on development of treatment and a vaccine. Judy Woodruff speaks with Defense Secretary Mark Esper about these […]

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Coronavirus: Fake news unit will tackle Russian conspiracy theories – Business Insider

The UK government has created a special unit designed to combat Russian disinformation about the novel coronavirus after the US accused Moscow of spreading a series of conspiracy theories seeking to blame the West for the virus. Read more about the disinformation campaign… https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid-anti-fake-news-unit-russia-conspiracy-theories-uk-2020-3

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Raytheon engineer arrested for taking US missile defense secrets to China

When Wei Sun, a 48-year-old engineer at Raytheon Missile Systems, left for an overseas trip last year, he told the company he planned to bring his company-issued HP EliteBook 840 laptop along. Sun, a Chinese-born American citizen, had been working at Raytheon, the fourth-largest US defense contractor, for a decade. He held a secret-level security […]

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Navy Says Releasing UFO Videos Would ‘Gravely Damage’ National Security What “TOP SECRET” video is the government hiding?

In response to a FOIA request, a Navy spokesperson says releasing additional materials related to the Navy’s 2004 encounter with a UFO, including a “TOP SECRET” video, would “cause exceptionally grave damage to the National Security of the United States.” The videos concern the infamous Nimitz encounters, where Navy fighter pilots spotted a strange, Tic Tac-shaped UFO off the coast of San […]

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