Intelligence

“Fired” Member of U.S. Privacy Oversight Board Discusses What He Considers at Stake (Justin Hendrix, Just Security)

On Jan. 22, 2025, three Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)—an intelligence watchdog established in 2004 and charged with...

Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning (Martin Matishak, The Record)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, according to...

German government denies foreign election interference was successful (Alexander Martin, The Record)

The German government has denied claims by the chair of the Bundestag’s intelligence committee that the country’s recent federal election was “successfully manipulated” by...

Anne Neuberger on AI: ‘We have to challenge ourselves to be first’ (Dina Temple-Raston, The Record)

The Record caught up with Anne Neuberger, the former White House deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, on the sidelines of...

UK silence over Apple ‘back door’ is unsustainable and unjustifiable, say experts (Alexander Martin, The Record)

The British government’s refusal to either confirm or deny any details about a legal notice targeting Apple’s cryptographic protections for iCloud accounts risks undermining...

As space becomes more crowded, Space Force turns to AI (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

The Space Force will need to use AI in new ways to identify and track objects in space—also called “space domain awareness”—as space becomes...

Former Pentagon chiefs call for hearings on military leaders’ firings (Lolita C. Baldor, Defense News)

Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s recent firings of the chairman of the...

NATO trials naval drones in Baltic Sea demo (Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo, Defense News)

NATO showed off its underwater surveillance capabilities in an unmanned surface vessel demonstration in the Baltic Sea as part of alliance efforts to deter...

Democrats open investigation into DOGE access to national security information (David DiMolfetta, NextGov)

A coalition of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate said Thursday they had opened an investigation into the Department of Government Efficiency and...

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