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Troops in DC to help with ‘monument security,’ ‘area beautification’
Pentagon officials had few details to offer Wednesday about the National Guard’s role in the unprecedented deployment.
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How an Alaskan military base is preparing for Trump-Putin meeting
Optics may be ironic, but security concerns can be addressed, officials say.
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Trump’s national defense strategy is focused on the homeland. So far, that has included troops in the streets.
While calling out the National Guard makes a political statement, they’re not the best means of fighting crime, CSIS’s Mark Cancian says.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 189: The U.S. military vs. drug cartels
A seasoned special operations reporter shares what some troops think about the Trump administration's plans to use the military against Latin American drug cartels.
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How Trump’s DC takeover could supercharge surveillance
The emergency declaration, combined with new tech, will give government broad new abilities to watch and monitor citizens.
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Documents detail China's AI-powered propaganda push
A trove of documents from a Chinese firm reveal influence operations that run at unprecedented speed and precision, Vanderbilt University researchers say.
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Trump federalizes DC police, declares emergency as crime hits 30-year low
The DC National Guard will be deployed, and the president said he might send in other military forces to help.
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Inside Israel's June 13 attack on Iran
How the Mossad secretly recruited Iranian dissidents to attack their country from within.
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Small defense firms are tempting targets for nation-state hackers: NSA
Some 80% of contractors are relatively small, said the NSA’s head of defense-industry security, who has helped hundreds of them spot thousands of vulnerabilities in their systems.
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