U.S. Intelligence Community

Secret Service Deputy Director Resigns Amid Drone Controversy

Deputy Director Matt Quinn announced his resignation from the Secret Service in an internal agency email Friday amid questions about his conflicts of interest over the agency’s counter-drone technology. Quinn served 23 years as a Secret Service agent before retiring in 2021. He then worked at drone manufacturer Fortem Technologies, which sells the DroneHunter product,

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Video Cameras Are Everywhere—And Now They Are Being Hacked For War

As U.S. and Israeli forces bombed Iran early this year, a poultry farmer in northern Israel decided to check on his chickens. When he opened the app on his phone to view the webcam outside his coop, he was alarmed to see its language had been switched to Arabic. He contacted Israel’s National Cyber Directorate,

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FBI Secretly Investigated Trump As Russian Asset Over His ‘Views’ On Arming Ukraine

After more than nine years of secrecy, declassified files show that the FBI investigated Trump as an agent of Russia over a manufactured Ukraine controversy and a quote from his son. Four months into President Donald Trump’s first stint in office, the FBI launched a counterintelligence investigation of him as a suspected asset of the

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This Mogul Built A huge Chinese Media Empire In L.A. Now, The FBI Has Searched His Home In A Probe

James Su is far from a household name in Southern California, but in parts of the San Gabriel Valley, he was a true media mogul. He founded EDI Media in the early 1990s, riding a wave of Asian immigration to create one of the largest Chinese media platforms in the U.S. with radio programs, a

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Surveillance State Has Arrived, And Masked Heroes Are Already Fighting Back

Solar-powered black boxes have been installed in communities across the U.S. under the guise of “public safety.” Yet, in true American fashion, resistance is rising against what can only be described as the arrival of a full-fledged surveillance state. Flock Safety cameras, the most prominent brand in this AI surveillance space, are automated license plate

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The U.S. Wants To Break China’s Drone Dominance. Here’s Where It Will Struggle.

With drones revolutionizing the battlefield in Ukraine, Iran, and beyond, the U.S. is striving to dominate this latest evolution in military technology the way it has with previous wartime innovations. There is just one problem: China got there first. Teardowns of drones recovered in Ukraine hint at the extent of China’s stranglehold on production. A

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Chinese SIM Farms Are Radicalizing Americans And Destabilizing Society, Intel Experts Say

‘There’s a chatbot that can pretend to be 27 personalities and is designed to groom you.’ Swarms of sophisticated chatbots enabled by China are embedded in platforms like Reddit and Discord to radicalize America’s youth, foment political division, and encourage violence, according to intelligence experts. The ability to create millions of online personas to invade

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The New Frontier For Drone Warfare Is Deep Underwater

Yesterday, Steve Baker gave us the inside story on the purpose of the plethora of drones flying in droves over New Jersey and other locations. It’s true that drones have revolutionized modern warfare in the sky. Now, defense companies and navies are betting they can do the same underwater. The New Frontier For Drone Warfare IsThe

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Key US Air Force Base Shut Down Over Drone Activity As Aerospace CEO Unveils Chilling Theory On Wave Of Mysterious Drones

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton was shut down for four hours late Friday night and early Saturday morning because small unmanned aerial systems were spotted in the vicinity, WJW reported. “My belief is that they’re trying to smell something on the ground — gas leaks, radioactive material, whatever.” Robert Purtiman — a spokesman for

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