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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently provided fresh insights into upcoming regulatory changes to key Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) exemptions and discussed new areas...

Justice Department Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City

Federal prosecutors have charged Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, of Miami, Florida, a former U.S. Department of State employee who served on the National Security Council from 1994 to 1995 and ultimately as U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia from 2000 to 2002, with committing multiple federal crimes by secretly acting for decades as an agent of the government of the Republic of Cuba.

Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 31, of Colorado Springs, pleaded guilty recently to six counts of attempting to transmit classified National Defense Information (NDI) to an agent of the Russian Federation (Russia).

Binance's 'willful failures allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers through its platform,' Janet Yellen says

Former NSA Employee Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage

Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will deliver a featured keynote address at the third annual Vanderbilt University Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, scheduled for April 17–18, 2024. The 2024 summit will bring together internationally recognized leaders in the military and intelligence communities.

A U.S. Navy service member pleaded guilty this month to federal felony offenses and admitted he transmitted sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in exchange for bribery payments.

Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, a former U.S. Army Sergeant whose last duty post was Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in western Washington was arrested this month on an indictment charging him with two federal felonies: attempt to deliver national defense information and retention of national defense information.

Former Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Pass National Defense Information to People’s Republic of China