Sentences with phrase «national intelligence and security»

To Federal and foreign government intelligence or counterterrorism agencies or components when DHS becomes aware of an indication of a threat or potential threat to national or international security, or when such use is to conduct national intelligence and security investigations or assist in anti-terrorism efforts.

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The reporters had arrived to cover the initial blast in the Shashdarak area close to buildings of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) intelligence service and near to the U.S. embassy.

Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.

The Senate Judiciary Committee obtained a copy of former National Security Adviser Susan Rice's email documenting a meeting she had with former President Barack Obama and top intelligence officials eight months before raising concerns about the email, Business Insider has learned.

The task force included the FBI, the Treasury and Justice Departments, the CIA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Security Agency (NSA).

Additionally, as this story was publishing, the AP reported, citing unnamed sources, that the Office of Personnel Management suffered a second, separate data breach of security clearance data that has exposed the sensitive background information of as many as 2.9 million military and intelligence personnel, including members of the National Security Agency, CIA, military special opesecurity clearance data that has exposed the sensitive background information of as many as 2.9 million military and intelligence personnel, including members of the National Security Agency, CIA, military special opeSecurity Agency, CIA, military special operations.

In recent weeks, Mueller's team has interviewed a number of senior officials, including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as well as Comey, officials said.

The Internet service providers serving these organizations were also targeted, according to a joint statement by the U.S.'s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security, and the National Cyber Security Centre division of the U.K.'s GCHQ intelligence agency.

The Justice Department, meanwhile, had said it would be «extraordinarily reckless» for the House Intelligence Committee to approve the memo's release without giving the department enough time to review it and advise lawmakers about national - security implications.

The White House, U.S. intelligence agencies and many Republican senators want to renew the law, which they consider vital to national security, without changes and make it permanent.

She said Trump decided to declassify the memo after consulting his national security team and members of law enforcement and the intelligence community.

The federal government has raised the National Terrorism Public Alert level from medium to high based on advice from security and intelligence agencies, but says it was not based on knowledge of a specific attack plan.

Mueller's team of FBI agents and prosecutors has already interviewed people who could provide firsthand knowledge of possible obstruction of justice, including Comey, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers.

Cook wrote that the government should drop the legal request and instead «form a commission or other panel of experts on intelligence, technology, and civil liberties, to discuss the implications for law enforcement, national security, privacy, and personal freedom.»

The ministry is responsible for counter-intelligence, foreign intelligence and national security.

The requests come in the form of so - called National Security Letters, or NSLs, and requests under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed the media and «illegally leaked» intelligence information for bringing down his national security adviser Michael Flynn, one day after the White House said Trump had asked Flynn to resign because he misled Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russia.

Senate confirmation is not required for the White House national security post, and Bolton, a former ambassador to the United Nations, will inherit a staff of several hundred specialists from the Pentagon, State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies.

Williams served as a cryptologic officer for naval intelligence in Guam, and in 1983 was transferred to the National Security Agency in Maryland.

In the same hearing, Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers added their organizations to the list of many other American and international intelligence agencies over the past week that have said there's no evidence to back the president's wiretapping allegation against former President Barack Obama.

Williams served as a cryptology officer for naval intelligence in Guam, and in 1983 was transferred to the National Security Agency in Maryland.

Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Trump's initial tweet about FISA was «irresponsible, untrue, and frankly it endangers our national security.»

As of late, he has come under fire for his firing of FBI director James Comey, his alleged sharing of guarded intelligence about ISIS with the Russian foreign minister, and allegations that Trump obstructed justice by asking Comey not to look into his former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, who Trump has since fired for misrepresenting talks he had with Russian ambassador Sergei Kisylak.

«Of course, there is a range of preferences within the regime on the speed and depth of reform,» said Fulton Armstrong, a former senior CIA analyst who handled Cuba issues on both the National Security Council staff and the National Intelligence Council.

And according to a top - secret National Security Agency document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month, hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officiaAnd according to a top - secret National Security Agency document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month, hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officiaand published earlier this month, hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officiaand used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officials.

The US intelligence community «is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations,» Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and the Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement shortly after the first batch of Podesta's emails were fintelligence community «is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations,» Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and the Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement shortly after the first batch of Podesta's emails were fIntelligence James Clapper and the Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement shortly after the first batch of Podesta's emails were first leaked.

«The US intelligence community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations,» the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement intelligence community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations,» the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Intelligence said in a statement at the time.

«The most troubling implication for Australian interests is that a future naval or air base in Vanuatu would give China a foothold for operations to coerce Australia, outflank the US and its base on US territory at Guam, and collect intelligence in a regional security crisis,» Rory Medcalf, the head of the National Security College at the Australian National University, wrote in a Lowy Institutesecurity crisis,» Rory Medcalf, the head of the National Security College at the Australian National University, wrote in a Lowy InstituteSecurity College at the Australian National University, wrote in a Lowy Institute report.

In August and September, Johnson and other security officials, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, became «increasingly convinced» that Russia had perpetrated the election process by hacking the DNC and other political figures.

WASHINGTON Incoming White House national security adviser John Bolton's history of clashes with U.S. intelligence agencies suggests how he might handle North Korea and Iran, two of the thorniest challenges he and U.S. President Donald Trump face.

(May 2, 2018) Speaking to CBS News» Elaine Quijano, former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency Chief Michael Hayden said that the private sector now surpasses the government as the biggest threat to Americans» privacy.

The National Security Agency is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the world, many of them belonging to Americans, according to senior intelligence officials and top - secret documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Next month, the Treasury Department is expected to release a plan to further restrict Chinese investment in American companies, including industries such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence that are sensitive for national security reasons.

«From our optics, if you define cyber as data collection, storage, security, analysis, threat intelligence, operations and dissemination, then the $ 1 trillion market forecast from Cybersecurity Ventures barely scratches the surface» says Jeremy King, President at Benchmark Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm focused on cyber, national, and corporate security.

The release on websites this week of what appears to be top - secret computer code that the National Security Agency has used to break into the networks of foreign governments and other espionage targets has caused deep concern inside American intelligence agencies, raising the question of whether America's own elite operatives have been hacked and their methods revealed.

Police and intelligence agencies have failed so far to identify the individual or individuals who carried out the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, the UK's national security adviser has disclosed.

So the FBI and Department of Justice put together an application to a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court — a court that approves surveillance warrants pertaining to national security and foreign intelligence — to start waIntelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court — a court that approves surveillance warrants pertaining to national security and foreign intelligence — to start waintelligence — to start watching Page.

«I think the real depressing result here is the increased perception that both the law enforcement and intelligence agencies and their overseers are nothing more than partisan political playthings for the party in power,» Steve Vladeck, an expert on national security law at the University of Texas Austin, tells me.

Michael Hayden, former head of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, had something to say about the Jade Helm military...

Therefore, we are faced with an extremely curious situation where a direct consultant to and spokesperson for the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Advisor and the President of the United States is also one of the most high profile cheerleaders in the world for gold.

Source: US Treasury Official Calls for Global Crypto Regulation The undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence called on the international community for stronger cryptocurrency regulations to help protect the financial system and national security in a speech yesterday.

«Earlier this week, Minister [Ralph] Goodale tabled legislation to create a new National Security and Intelligence Review Agency and introduce changes to Bill C - 51, which will strengthen security and better protect Canadians» rightsSecurity and Intelligence Review Agency and introduce changes to Bill C - 51, which will strengthen security and better protect Canadians» rightssecurity and better protect Canadians» rights.»

By publicly revealing specific content from the Pompeo / McMaster planning session, Rickards indicated that he is an official spokesperson for the Central Intelligence Agency and the national security complex.

The Senate Select Committee asked for a new oversight panel to draft omnibus legislation to recast the National Security Act of 1947 and frame explicit intelligence charters.

Nearly 50 Democrats joined with Republicans to approve legislation that forbids Syrian and Iraqi refugees from being resettled until the director of the FBI, the director of Homeland Security, and the director of national intelligence confirm that each applicant poses no threat, reportsThe New York Times.

For in the national frame of reference «intelligence» and command of the most efficient communications technology are deemed a prime essential of national security and power.

This act created the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council.

The documents reveal how the National Security Agency leaked intelligence information, directed covert operations within Nicaragua to influence U.S. public opinion, and developed other elaborate programs for the diplomacy office to help the Reagan administration persuade Congress to renew contra aid.

The statement said the National Security Council on the basis of briefings by the intelligence agencies and partners has determined that there is a credible terrorist's threat to all countries in the sub-region.

Ministry of Defence (MoD) and intelligence contracts would be excluded, as would any other which involves national security.