Threats

Today's D Brief: Soviet-era poison for Putin critic; Trump urges vote fraud; Fighting megafires; A missing COVID-test strategy; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: China’s growing power; Russia’s Facebook infowar; Fort Hood shakeup; New Zealand under cyber attack; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

China Rapidly Increasing Nuclear, Naval, and Next-Gen Tech, Pentagon Warns

The PLA is preparing for modern, networked warfare with more artificial intelligence, warships, and even a space station.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump spreads COVID misinformation; New USAF chief wants ‘urgent action’; Key DoJ leader replaced; Asian NATO?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Another civilian dies amid protests; Administration cancels intel briefings; Su-27 crosses B-52’s nose; More troop cuts in Iraq?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Injury toll rises from US-Russian collision; China’s missile tests; More Guard sent to Wisconsin; Space Force’s new uniform; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

N. Korean Hackers Upgraded Their Financial-Theft Tools, Feds Warn

The BeagleBoyz — tied to Pyongyang’s General Reconnaissance Bureau — are thought to have stolen some $2 billion since 2015.

  • Mariam Baksh
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russians rammed US vehicle, injuring troops; Teenager charged with killing protestors; Arson suspected in warship fire; ‘Heat ray’ used at border; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Gunman kills two during protest; Airstrikes in Somalia; US evicts Chinese researchers; CIA backs satellite-thruster firm; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Guardsmen deployed amid new protests; Taliban claim truck bomb; UAE cancels US-Israel meet; Shipbuilding future; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: No evidence of vote-by-mail fraud; COVID at 2-month-low; New Taliban tactics; BIW strike ends; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

How Washington Should Handle Turkey's Summer of Flex

Turkey looks less like a treaty ally and more like a competitor.

  • Daniel DePetris
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump’s unexpected Iraq news; He wants sheriffs at polls; CDC reclaims Covid data; Pompeo’s pad; GOP’s QAnon problem; Postal Service 5-O; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

Pentagon Extends Deadline for Contractors' Ban on Chinese Equipment

Vendors will get additional time to comply, but the department is not seeking mass extensions, Acquisition Chief Ellen Lord told reporters.

  • Mila Jasper
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Iraq PM’s first WH visit; Bannon indicted for border wall fraud; US drops death penalty for ISIS’ Beatles; WH wants to sell F-35s to the UAE; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

The Pandemic is Pushing the Pentagon Toward Classified Telework

The risk-averse agency has cracked small-scale remote handling of secret and top-secret information. The challenge is doing it at scale.

  • Frank Konkel
Exclusive Threats

Exclusive: US Drops Death Penalty for ISIS ‘Beatles’

Atty. Gen. Barr's letter to the UK brings two ISIS fighters accused of beheading American journalists and aid workers closer to a U.S. trial.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Threats

Today’s D Brief: DNC rolls out natsec leaders; Mali coup; China crackdown meets US universities; Berlin terrorist attack; $1 billion for one base’s clean up; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Threats

Stone Knew About Wikileaks; Manafort Dished to Russian Intel, Senate Finds

After the Senate Intelligence Committee’s fifth and final report, Democrats still say collusion. Republicans still say no.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: US Navy escalating China pressure; Rockets threaten Kabul embassies; Close call near Air Force One; Trump’s Postmaster to testify; Mutiny in Mali; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron, Marcus Weisgerber and Ben Watson
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