Intelligence
Russian bounty allegations shine spotlight on what Trump admin knew and when
According to reports, senior White House officials were aware as early as the beginning of 2019 of classified intelligence indicating that Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for killing US troops. The World spoke with Mark Galeotti, a senior associate fellow at the British-based Royal United Services Institute, to get his take.
The NSA’s bulk collection program may soon end, but they may not care
The NSA’s ability to collect mass amounts of phone data might be coming to end as a bill on the topic moves through Congress. A former CIA head says it’s a necessary check against abuse, but one journalist thinks the agency has moved beyond the program altogether.
Argentina’s president declares war on ‘the power behind the power’ — her country’s spies
The Secretaría de Inteligencia allegedly got its start helping Nazis move to Argentina. It’s now a powerful spy agency that the president of Argentina is blaming for the recent murder of a prosecutor, and is trying to disband.
The Army is getting serious about cyberwarfare
Modern war isn’t always fought on a physical battlefield, and the US Army is making new moves to try and keep hackers and cyber attacks away from its computers. Yet some of these vital battles are being fought by young men and women who are new to the field themselves.