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Threats

Today's D Brief: More Gulf states warm to Israel; USAF recruiting dips; Mystery drones buzzed THAAD site; DFCs for wildfire missions; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 15, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Afghan talks begin; Wildfires rage; Anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria, Iraq; Fighter jet battle; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 14, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Feds charge two Russians in U.S. election plots; Trump’s electoral disinformation; Afghan peace talks to start Saturday; Western states, afire; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 11, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump knew COVID was deadly; DHS whistleblower: I was ordered to downplay threats; DoD’s international AI plan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 10, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: More troops to leave Iraq; Army chief rebuts Trump; India, China exchange border fire; New ICBM moves ahead; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 9, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: US Army chief, live; New Pacific bases?; Russia in Africa; Wildfire rescues; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 8, 2020
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Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump called U.S. war dead “losers”; A spike in Russian provocations; Vaccine test sites chosen; More election-fraud disinfo; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 4, 2020
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
  • September 3, 2020
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
  • September 2, 2020
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
  • September 1, 2020
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
  • August 31, 2020
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
  • August 28, 2020
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
  • August 27, 2020
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
  • August 26, 2020
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
  • August 25, 2020
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
  • August 24, 2020
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
  • August 21, 2020
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
  • August 20, 2020
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
  • August 19, 2020
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
  • August 18, 2020
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