Tag: National Security

US Should Brace for ‘Aggressive’ Sabotage From Chinese Hackers, Top Cybersecurity Official Says

Chinese state hackers will “almost certainly” conduct aggressive cyberattacks to disrupt critical U.S. infrastructure, such as pipelines and railways, if a conflict breaks out with the United States, a senior U.S. cybersecurity official has warned. At an event at the Aspen Institute in Washington, Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said…


Republican Investigating DHS Secretary for Alleged Dereliction of Duty

Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and immigration officials say the Biden administration must be held accountable for the debacle on the U.S. southern border, and accountability starts with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “In all candor, the Biden Administration is the first administration of either political party to actively take steps to diminish the security…


Blinken to Visit China, Seek Renewed Communications as Regime Expands Military

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to China this week to meet with Chinese communist leadership, the State Department has acknowledged. Blinken will meet with senior Chinese officials during a series of meetings in Beijing on June 18 and 19. He will seek to reestablish regular communications between the two powers, a State Department…


Proposed $874 Billion Defense Budget Cleared for House Hearings Beginning Next Week

After nearly five months of hearings, the House Armed Forces Committee’s six subcommittees on June 13 quickly and unanimously adopted their components of the proposed $874.2 billion fiscal year 2024 (FY24) national defense budget. The next stop for the draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), filed as House Bill 2670, is its first hearing before…


US Sanctions Companies Training Chinese Pilots, Helping China in Weapons Development

The U.S. Department of Commerce on June 12 added dozens of entities—both Chinese and foreign—to its Entity List (pdf), citing concerns regarding national security and foreign policy risks. A group of companies, including Frontier Services Group Ltd, a security and aviation company and Test Flying Academy of South Africa were sanctioned for “providing training to…


US Sanctions Companies That Train Chinese Pilots, Help China in Weapons Development

The U.S. Department of Commerce on June 12 added dozens of China-based and other firms to its Entity List (pdf), citing concerns regarding national security and foreign policy risks. A group of companies, including Frontier Services Group Ltd., a security and aviation company, and Test Flying Academy of South Africa, were sanctioned for “providing training…


Federal Agencies Routinely Spy on Phone Calls, Texts, Emails of American Citizens, Experts Say

Despite the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, which prohibits warrantless government searches, U.S. agencies are proving to be ever more intrusive in their routine surveillance of Americans’ speech and activities. Often working in collaboration with private companies and banks, agencies like the FBI have been misusing laws against foreign terrorism to vacuum up and sift through the…


Proposed House Budget Demands US Navy Float More Boats Than It’s Asking For

It’s not likely this has happened often, if ever, in the annals of haggles over U.S. military budgets: Congress is demanding the Navy float more boats than it wants to. But that’s the case with the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee approving a proposed spending plan that calls for construction of…


House Homeland Security Committee’s Hearing on ‘Secretary Mayorkas’ Dereliction of Duty on the Border Crisis’

The House Committee on Homeland Security holds a hearing on “Open Borders, Closed Case: Secretary Mayorkas’ Dereliction of Duty on the Border Crisis” at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 14. Chad Wolf, former acting cecretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Rodney Scott, visiting fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation; former Border Patrol Chief, U.S. Customs and…


LIVE 10 AM ET: House Homeland Security Committee’s Hearing on ‘Secretary Mayorkas’ Dereliction of Duty on the Border Crisis’

The House Committee on Homeland Security holds a hearing on “Open Borders, Closed Case: Secretary Mayorkas’ Dereliction of Duty on the Border Crisis” at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 14. Chad Wolf, former acting cecretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Rodney Scott, visiting fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation; former Border Patrol Chief, U.S. Customs and…