Daily Intel Brief
Border Patrol releases a suspected terrorist into the U.S., Biden states that the U.S. would respond militarily in Taiwan, and Ukraine claims that Putin survived an assassination attempt...
Counterterrorism
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn't rearrest a suspected terrorist who was released into the United States by Border Patrol agents until two weeks after he was flagged by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. The suspected terrorist, Isnardo Garcia-Amado, 35…
Two teenagers have been arrested in the U.K. on suspicion of terrorism offenses, as part of an ongoing investigation being led by the Metropolitan Police’s (Met) Counter Terrorism Command. An 18-year-old man was arrested at an address in Essex on May 18 on suspicion…
Military & Defense
President Joe Biden said Monday the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, declaring the commitment to protect the island is “even stronger” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of…
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Ankara would soon launch new military operations along its southern borders to create 30-km deep safe zones to combat terrorist threats from these regions. "The main target of these operations will be areas which are…
Cybersecurity
The Pro-Russia Hacker Group Killnet recently targeted European institutions, while Anonymous hackers are already claiming to have leaked the group’s personal information in a database dump. The Anonymous hacktivists collective announced declaring cyberwar…
US president Biden and South Korea's new president Yoon Suk Yeol have pledged further co-operation in many technologies, including joint efforts to combat North Korea. While the US agreed to deploy physical weapons and hold military drills if necessary to defend the South…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Russian President Vladimir Putin survived an assassination attempt launched not long after he invaded Ukraine, Ukraine's top military intelligence official said. Kyrylo Budanov told the Ukrainian newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda that in March, "there was an attempt to…
A Russian individual who attempted to infiltrate Ukraine’s military forces has been arrested by authorities, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. A Russian agent, whose identity was not revealed, had been detained in the Zhytomyr region after he attempted to enlist in a combat…
Transnational Organized Crime
A Jordanian army spokesman said on Monday that “undisciplined” Syrian soldiers are enabling drug smuggling, in the first official comments from Jordan's government linking the regime in Damascus to the growing narcotics trade in the region. “The Jordanian armed…
Three years ago, Sherri got a phone call warning that her bank records had been found in a car loaded with illegal drugs. "I went into a state of shock," she said. The caller said he was a Drug Enforcement Administration agent and demanded she send cash to avoid trouble…