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New York Times: Former FBI agent calls Trump a national security threat in new book
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Peter Strzok, the fired former FBI agent who played a senior role in the early Russia-Trump campaign investigation, called President Donald Trump a national security threat in his new book, the New York Times report...
Court overseeing national security surveillance finds FBI routinely doesn’t observe rules
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The top federal court that oversees national security surveillance found the FBI routinely failed to observe rules meant to protect the privacy of Americans while searching through emails that were gathered without ...
‘Dangerous’ and ‘unfit’: Trump’s former national security advisers say he has ‘no moral compass’ in new Woodward book
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Washington President Donald Trump's former top Cabinet officials are among his harshest critics in journalist Bob Woodard's new book "Rage," providing some of the most brutal assessments of the commander in chief to ...
Former Trump national security adviser says withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Germany is a mistake
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President Donald Trump's former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Sunday said the withdrawal of US troops from places like Afghanistan and Germany are "mistakes" from a long-term national security perspecti...
Retired top general who advised Trump is among nearly 500 national security experts endorsing Biden
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Washington A former senior military adviser to President Donald Trump has endorsed Joe Biden for president. Retired Gen. Paul Selva, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is one of nearly 500 national...
Flynn lawyer says she asked Trump not to pardon his former national security adviser
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A lawyer for former national security adviser Michael Flynn acknowledged at a court hearing on Tuesday that she recently spoke with President Donald Trump about the politically charged case. The lawyer, Sidney Powel...
No charges will be filed against a White police officer who fatally shot a Black security guard at a suburban Chicago bar in 2018
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Almost two years after an Illinois police officer fatally shot a Black man working as a security guard, the state's attorney's office announced no criminal charges will be filed against the officer. "After an extens...
White supremacists remain deadliest US terror threat, Homeland Security report says
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White supremacist extremists will remain the deadliest domestic terror threat to the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security's first annual homeland threat assessment, which details a range o...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beashear is quarantining with his family after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19
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The governor of Kentucky and his family are quarantining after being in close quarters with someone who later tested positive for Covid-19. Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, announced in a video on Twitter Sunday that...
Top US general pushes back at national security adviser’s troop withdrawal announcement
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America's most senior general publicly pushed back Sunday at an announcement by President Donald Trump's national security adviser that the US will aggressively reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan by the end ...
30% of UK terror plots disrupted by MI5 were far right, says security chief
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London The new head of MI5, the UK's domestic security service, has warned that nearly 30% of the major terror plots it has disrupted at a late stage since 2017 have been from far right extremists. Ken McCallum said...
Two Energy Secretary security detail members test positive for coronavirus
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Two members of Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette's security detail tested positive for coronavirus, the department announced late Thursday night. Brouillette has tested negative for the virus and is not showing any s...
White House National Security Adviser takes shot at top general in open rift on Afghanistan
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In an ongoing open rift among the most senior officials in the Trump administration, White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien seemingly took a shot Friday at the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ge...
Trump’s national security adviser calls Putin response to arms control talks a ‘non-starter’
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White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien on Friday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to extend New START, a key arms control treaty, for one year without any additional agreements, cal...
Homeland Security agencies prepare for civil unrest amid heightened tensions nationwide
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Two of the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies are preparing for the possibility of more civil unrest amid a contentious election, according to officials, part of a concerted effort by...
Sisters charged for allegedly stabbing store security guard 27 times after he told them to wear a mask
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Two sisters are being held on attempted first-degree murder charges in Illinois for allegedly stabbing a store security guard after being told they needed to wear a mask and use hand sanitizer. The sisters entered a...