Somewhere in the shadows of federal bureaucracy, there was an issue about the drinking habits of Augusto Pinochet. The National Security Archive, an advocate for open government, had for years tried to gain access to intelligence files about the Chilean dictator, his human rights abuses and his ties to the United States.
Read moreFive military and U.S. intelligence community veterans took legal aim Tuesday at the government’s system of prepublication review, calling it rife with dysfunction and inequality.
Read morePresident Donald Trump last year ordered former chief of staff John Kelly to give top-secret security clearance to his son-in-law Jared Kushner, a demand that Kelly documented in a memo, according to media reports.
Read moreA top executive at Chinese tech supplier Huawei poked fun at U.S. intelligence on Tuesday as he sought to reassure people attending the world’s biggest mobile industry fair that the company’s technology is secure.
Read moreIn the panel’s first act since Democrats took the majority, the House intelligence committee voted Wednesday to send more than 50 interview transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Read moreWith peace negotiations underway to end America’s longest running war, experts told Congress Thursday that increased U.S. bombing in Afghanistan over the last year has done little to jostle the Taliban.
Read moreDefending his 2018 groundwork with Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump took aim at U.S. intelligence officials Wednesday for telling Congress that the North Korea’s nuclear arsenal will likely stay intact.
Read moreIn an assessment casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s goal of a nuclear-disarmed North Korea, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that the North is unlikely to entirely dismantle its nuclear arsenal.
Read moreAfghan officials confirmed Tuesday that dozens of victims killed the previous day in a brazen Taliban attack on a military base not far from Kabul were members of the country’s intelligence agency — a severe blow to the government which has already lost control of nearly half of Afghanistan to insurgents.
Read moreA major Danish newspaper and its chief editor were fined $22,900 on Friday for publishing a book based on interviews with Denmark’s former domestic intelligence agency chief that the spy service had claimed could contain secrets.
Read moreChina’s former deputy intelligence chief was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for corruption.
Read moreBritain’s Secret Intelligence Service director used a rare public speech Monday to outline threats facing Britain and the need for more diversity in secret agent ranks.
Read morePresident Donald Trump asserted without evidence Sunday that newly released documents relating to the wiretapping of his onetime campaign adviser Carter Page “confirm with little doubt” that intelligence agencies misled the court that approved the warrant.
Read moreIndicted the night before on charges of lying to the FBI about his contacts with journalists, longtime former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer James Wolfe heard the charges against him Friday afternoon from a federal judge.
Read moreThe ability of those with bad intentions to swap a person’s face or voice in a recording for another is a threat the intelligence community must tackle before the November mid-term elections, Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., told members of the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday.
Read moreEuropean intelligence chiefs warned Monday that Russia is actively seeking to undermine their democracies by disinformation, cyberattacks and more traditional means of espionage.
Read moreThree Russian businessmen this week filed a lawsuit against Trump dossier author Christopher Steele and a London-based corporate intelligence company, claiming the infamous document falsely accused them of being complicit in the alleged Russian effort to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Read moreDespite a crushing backlog of 710,000 unprocessed federal security clearances, a plan to break the logjam is still two years from being acted on, a Senate panel was told Wednesday.
Read moreThough he called it likely that Russia will interfere in the 2018 midterm elections, America’s director of national intelligence refused Tuesday to tell Congress whether President Trump has ordered him to stop such activity.
Read moreThree of the nation’s top intelligence officials told senators Tuesday that they’ve already seen Russian activity aimed at meddling in the upcoming midterm elections and combating these and future efforts is a top priority of the Trump administration.
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