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Threats

Today's D Brief: Drama in DC; COVID deaths hit new high; Russia backed hack, IC says; Green Berets to Sweden; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • January 6, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: SecDefs avow military neutrality; Trump pushes to alter election results; Iran’s enriching; NDAA veto overriden; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • January 4, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Vaccines, compared; NSA/CYBERCOM split?; More Trump deference to Russia; Welcome, ‘guardians’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 21, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: 300,000 US COVID deaths; The race to contain SolarWind hack; Electors affirm Biden; Sticky bomb kills Kabul leader; And a bit more.

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

Today's D Brief: GOPers vs. the election; Post-Trump NATO; China’s gray-zone war on Taiwan; COVID deaths top WWII’s; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • December 11, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump's lame-duck budget maneuvers; Daily COVID deaths pass 3K; Airstrikes in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 10, 2020
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Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin’s rollout; Biden’s COVID plan; Iran rebuilding nuclear plant, underground; Sweden warms to NATO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 9, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin’s nomination; Space base renamings; Vax deployment worries; RIP, Yeager; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 8, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Somalia drawdown; Rocky transition at DOD spy agencies; China-deterrence program; Mystery brain weapon clue; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 7, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: New NDAA veto threat; OMB’s unusual budget moves; ISIS-Defeat chief was fired; No significant election fraud, AG Barr says; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 2, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Navy to scrap burned ship; Robot battle buddies; Defeat-ISIS chief leaves; Mapping China’s talent net; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 1, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Iranian nuke scientist killed; CIA agent KIA in Somalia; NATO & China; New COVID record; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 30, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: COVID deaths draw WH call for nationwide “behavior change”; Biden, NATO chief talk; Afghan talks ‘deadlocked’; B-1 test-rigged for hypersonics; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 25, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Transition begins at last; Biden’s first natsec picks; NDAA veto threat; Army’s airborne artillery; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 24, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Biden natsec team; IS attacks Kabul; Army reorganizes commands; More COVID records; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 23, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: US COVID deaths hit 250,000; DoD’s shifting tech priorities; UK to boost defense budget; Green Beret spied for Russia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
  • November 19, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Miller tries again; Faster Afghanistan drawdown?; ICBM downed in test; COVID & boot camp; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 17, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Miller’s memo; COVID packing ICUs; Helicopter victims, ID’d; Army’s next missiles; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • November 16, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: ‘The most secure’ election; Syria ‘shell games’; China’s new joint ops doctrine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 13, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Deadly helo crash; What’s with the Pentagon churn?; 400K COVID deaths predicted; Navy’s ghost ship; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 12, 2020
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