Former Navy SEAL Named to Top Navy Intelligence Post
The Department of the Navy has appointed a new Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Intelligence and Security (DUSN I&S). Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao appointed John Cremins to the role, in which he will serve as the principal civilian advisor to the Under Secretary of the Navy for policy, oversight, and […]
Trump Declassifies CIA Intelligence on Alleged Maduro Election-Rigging Efforts
President Donald Trump on Thursday publicly released a previously classified CIA assessment that he said proves that the Venezuelan regime conspired to manipulate election results through electronic voting technology, using the document to renew his criticism of election security both in Venezuela and the United States. “There was a specific plot to greatly favor the […]
Trump Plans to Nominate US Attorney Jay Clayton to Be National Intelligence Director
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence. Trump announced the nomination on social media amid pressure from Congress to name a permanent replacement for […]
Who Could Replace Tulsi Gabbard as Next Director of National Intelligence?
Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has opened a major vacancy inside the Trump administration’s national security team. Gabbard resigned last week, saying in a resignation letter that she was stepping down to care for her husband, Abraham Williams, after he was diagnosed with “an extremely rare form of bone cancer” and […]
Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as Director of National Intelligence, Citing Her Husband's Health
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to leave office as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet member to depart during Trump’s second term, all of them women. In her resignation letter, which she posted on social media, Gabbard said […]
Gabbard, Dogged by Syria Visit and Echoing Russian Disinfo, Approved to Take Helm of Intelligence Agencies
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, an Army Reserve officer who has faced allegations of parroting Russian propaganda, is now in charge of the U.S. intelligence community. The Senate voted 52-48 on Wednesday to confirm Gabbard to the job of director of national intelligence, giving her the responsibility of delivering President Donald Trump’s daily intelligence briefing and […]
Republicans Push Back Against Democrats' Claims that Trump Intelligence Pick Gabbard Is Compromised
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Republican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence services, is “compromised” by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings, as a congresswoman, with Syria’s president, a close ally of the Kremlin and Iran. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois […]
What to Know About Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Pick to Be Director of National Intelligence
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence, a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. Gabbard is a veteran who served for more than two decades but doesn’t have the typical intelligence […]
Soldier's Child Porn Charges Come as Feds Pursue Cases in Which Artificial Intelligence Was Used to Make Images
A U.S. soldier in Alaska is facing federal charges after prosecutors say that he used artificial intelligence to create sexual images of children whom he knew — including those around his own daughter’s age. Spc. Seth Herrera, 34, who is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, was arrested last week on three charges […]
Army Advocates Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Soldiers as Other Services Are Hesitant
The Army wants its leaders to tout the use of generative artificial intelligence to the rank and file as a means to make work easier for soldiers, according to a new memo, even as other services have been hesitant to approve those tools for regular use. The service, not typically known for embracing the bleeding […]