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A declassified report on a congressional investigation into Edward Snowden says the former National Security Agency contractor has remained in contact with Russian intelligence services since he arrived in Moscow three years ago. Snowden in 2013 revealed U.S. government efforts to hack into the data pipelines used by U.S. companies to serve customers overseas.
As President Obama pointed his finger directly at the Russians over election year hacking of Democratic Party aides, intelligence officials are now presenting a united front about Russian involvement in the 2016 race for President, as Mr. Obama defended the conclusions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. "The intelligence that I've seen gives me great confidence in their assessment that the Russians carried out this hack," the President said, blaming Russia for getting emails both from the Democratic National Committee and top Hillary Clinton aide John Podesta.
President Barack Obama suggested strongly on Friday that Russia's Vladimir Putin knew about the email hackings that roiled the U.S. presidential race, and he urged his successor, Republican Donald Trump, to back a bipartisan investigation into the matter. "Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin," Obama said in his year-end news conference.
President Barack Obama on Friday quietly signed and bequeathed to President-elect Donald Trump a massive infrastructure bill designed to control floods, fund dams and deliver more water to farmers in California's Central Valley. While attempting to mollify critics' concerns over potential harm to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Obama signed the $12 billion bill in a distinctly low-key act.
House intel committee chair: if top spies won't come to us, we'll vist them Chairman Devin Nunes said panel members will visit the CIA, FBI, and NSA next month. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hXOHpp This Aug. 14, 2008, file photo shows a man crossing the CIA logo in the lobby of CIA headquarters in Langley, Va.
US President-elect Donald Trump has rejected the CIA's reported conclusion that Russia intervened to help him win the election, saying the idea is "ridiculous." In an interview with Fox News yesterday, Trump said: "I think it's just another excuse.
Revered by his troops as a "warrior monk" with a knack for hard-edged quips, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis led troops in Afghanistan in 2001, won laurels for leadership in one of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq War and most recently headed US Central Command, perhaps the military's most complicated and challenging post.
An updated draft of a must-pass intelligence policy bill released Tuesday includes a mandate for the FBI to report on efforts to integrate cyber expertise into its investigations. The report, due to congressional intelligence committees in six months, should include clear benchmarks about efforts to recruit and retain agents with skills in encryption, cryptography and big data analytics, according to the draft Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 released by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif.
President-elect Donald Trump has received two classified intelligence briefings since his surprise election victory earlier this month, a frequency that is notably lower - at least so far - than that of his predecessors, current and former U.S. officials said. A team of intelligence analysts has been prepared to deliver daily briefings on global developments and security threats to Trump in the two weeks since he won.
The GOP chairman of a top committee in Congress is asking the nation's intelligence chief and defense secretary to appear and answer questions about reports that they recommended the ouster of the director of the National Security Agency. House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes of California said late Saturday that he sent a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter and National Intelligence Director James Clapper asking them to appear before his committee to "discuss the veracity of press reports" they recommended the removal of Adm.
A powerful California congressman of Portuguese descent has pushed for years for the installation of a costly U.S. intelligence facility in the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic. On Thursday, Rep. Devin Nunes of Visalia, the Republican chair of the House intelligence committee, kept at his campaign, confronting two senior Pentagon officials and the top U.S. intelligence chief over why they favored a site in England.
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is rich with lobbyists and includes a climate change-denier and an ex-federal prosecutor involved in the mass firings of U.S. attorneys. Some of the individuals listed in an organizational chart of Trump's top transition personnel, obtained by The Associated Press: Retired Lt.
In this June 9, 2016, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., right, and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, left, talk in Washington. Russia's violation of a key nuclear arms control treaty has become more egregious, Nunes and Thornberry said in a letter released Oct. 19, that urged the Obama administration to confront and impose penalties against Moscow.
If you want a straightforward answer on the terror threat Americans face this holiday weekend, don't ask a politician in a campaign year. The Republican and Democratic heads on the House Intelligence Committee on Sunday gave opposing, at times muddled answers as to what exactly the U.S. is up against.
The rat-a-tat of gunfire blasted out in near-darkness , amid loud music coming from the club's sound system - at first seeming like it was part of the show. Then, as clubgoers began dropping from a hail of bullets, the panicked crowds rushed to escape the bloodbath.
California lawmakers on Sunday called for increased pressure against terror groups and stricter gun laws after a self proclaimed Islamic State loyalist used an assault rifle and pistol to kill 50 people at a Florida nightclub. Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire into the crowded Pulse club about 2 a.m. Sunday.