Category Archives: National Security

Liberty’s challenge to UK state surveillance powers reveals shocking failures

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A legal challenge to the UK’s controversial mass surveillance regime has revealed shocking failures by the main state intelligence agency, which has broad powers to hack computers and phones and intercept digital communications, in handling people’s information. The challenge, by rights group Liberty, led last month to an initial finding that MI5 had systematically breached …

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Lawfare: US Cyber Command Questionable Strategy

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via Max Smeets, PhD. a cybersecurity post-doc fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), comes this outstanding (PDF Download) dissection of the issue-ridden US Cyber Command strategic focus. Today’s Mus… Continue reading Lawfare: US Cyber Command Questionable Strategy→

PRC PLA Navy Targeting Undersea Communications Cables?

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Opinion piece of merit, via James Stavridis, ADM USN (RET) and former Supreme Commander of NATO; in which, the good Admiral details behaviors, focus and actions of the PRC’s People’s Liberation Army Navy in relation to the world’s undersea communicati… Continue reading PRC PLA Navy Targeting Undersea Communications Cables?→

Requiescat In Pacem: Fleming Begaye, Sr., US Marine, Navajo Code Talker

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Fleming Begaye Sr., World War II United States Marine Navajo Code Talker has died on the Navajo Nation Reservation at Chinle, Arizona. There are now seven remaining elite World War II United States Marines – Navajo… Continue reading Requiescat In Pacem: Fleming Begaye, Sr., US Marine, Navajo Code Talker→

Inside the secretive concert where spies mingle with Rock ‘n’ Roll royalty

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How much would you pay to watch former U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper do a Blues Brothers routine alongside Dan Aykroyd? The going rate for is roughly $1,000, but the real challenge is securing the ticket that gets you in the door. The show, known as “Spookstock,” is an annual invite-only concert organized by a nonprofit organization that brings together current and former U.S. intelligence agents, corporate executives and special forces soldiers to watch performances by members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The event’s proceeds are donated to the families of Americans killed in action. The event has built up a mystique around the Washington, D.C.-area thanks to scarce invites that often are given out via word-of-mouth, an A-list lineup, and its underlying cause. The Spookstock Foundation’s founders say it has donated $2.7 million to the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation and the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF), […]

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Huawei Takes US to Court over Ban, Cyberespionage Accusations

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Chinese telecom company Huawei didn’t take lightly the ban on its equipment and services enforced by US officials as part of Donald Trump’s National Defense Authorization Act, which also prohibits government agencies from collaborating with… Continue reading Huawei Takes US to Court over Ban, Cyberespionage Accusations→

U.S. Senators Concerned by Government Employees’ Use of Foreign VPNs

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Two U.S. Senators expressed their concern that federal government employees could be undermining the United States’ national security by using VPNs made by foreign companies. In a letter dated 7 February 2019, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and… Continue reading U.S. Senators Concerned by Government Employees’ Use of Foreign VPNs→

Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Bill—Here’s Everything You Need To Know

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Australia’s House of Representatives has finally passed the “Telecommunications Assistance and Access Bill 2018,” also known as the Anti-Encryption Bill, on Thursday that would now allow law enforcement to force Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Signal, and … Continue reading Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Bill—Here’s Everything You Need To Know→