Daily Intel Brief
Biden says the U.S. will use force to stop Iranian nuclear weapon, a former CIA programmer was convicted of the biggest theft of classified info ever, and Iran may try to assassinate U.S. officials...
Counterterrorism
Emily Claire Hari was sentenced to 14 years in prison for domestic terrorism crimes. Formerly known as Micheal B. Hari, Emily was sentenced for threats of violence, attempted arson, unlawful possession of a machine-gun, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon…
End-to-end encryption on messaging apps is a "disaster" for counter-terrorism officials as it stops them finding extreme-right activity online, a new report warns. Extreme right-wing terrorists' "conspiracy theorist, anti-government outlook" means they are "often aware of…
Military & Defense
The United States would use force to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon if all else fails, President Joe Biden warned on Wednesday. The president was asked in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 News whether he would use the military to stop Iran from becoming…
The United States successfully tested two Lockheed Martin Corp hypersonic missiles recently, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, amid growing concerns Russia and China have had more success developing their own hypersonic weapons…
Cybersecurity
At CyberWeek in Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaby Portnoy, the new director general of the country’s Cyber Directorate announced the Cyber-Dome project — a new big data, AI, overall approach to proactive cyberdefense. This project is expected to be a collaborative effort between…
The region is facing a greater risk of attacks from home-grown extremists who are inspired by “cyber jihad” linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), said Singapore’s Internal Security Department (ISD) on Wednesday (13 July). In its “Singapore Terrorism Threat…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
A former CIA software engineer was convicted on Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of causing the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history. Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the…
The U.S. government believes that Iran may try to assassinate current or former senior American officials to avenge the death more than two years ago of its top military and intelligence commander, according to an intelligence report obtained by Yahoo News…
Transnational Organized Crime
The fisherman knows the Pacific Ocean well, having traveled the high seas to catch snapper, sole, grouper and other fish since he was 12 years old. But for a few years now, his expeditions — as well as those of other veteran Mexican fishermen from Baja California…
Two financial asset managers have been charged with money laundering as part of a $1.2 billion international scheme to launder funds corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA)…