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A new report finds that DOD uses 'security cooperation' programs for 'secret wars,' recommends that Congress rein them in.

President Joe Biden's strategy for North Korea isn’t getting traction in Pyongyang. But it’s unclear any other approach would prove more successful.

A u.s. official tells nbc news, quote, we have information that indicates russia has already pre-positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern ukraine. the operatives are trained in urban warfare and in using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against russias own proxy forces. u.s. officials also accuse russia of ramping up disinformation campaigns in order to lay groundwork for a possible invasion, one that would paint ukraine as the aggressor, not russia. ...

Group of operatives in eastern ukraine. this group could conduct acts of sabotage against russias own proxy forces. white house press secretary jen psaki says the operatives are trained in urban warfare and explosives. the u.s. has a valid severe financial and technological sanctions if russia invades. back here at home more than a month after a search warrant was issued after alec baldwin has turned over his cell phone for the investigation of the fatal shooting on the "rust" movie set in new m...

Sabotage, might be planning out operations against russias own proxy forces. >> we do have information that indicates that russia is already working actively to create a pretext for a potential invasion. in fact we have information that they have positioned a group of operatives to conduct what we call a false flag operation. >> russia also appears to be preparing its own people with invasion with state and social media seeing a massive spike in stories emphasizing the deterioration of human rig...

>> what we know according to u.s. officials is these operatives who russia has allegedly prepositioned in eastern ukraine are trained in urban warfare. and using explosives. they are potentially preparing to carry out attacks of sabotage against russias own proxy forces. and what u.s. officials are telling us is that would preface any invasion using the russian forces stationed at ukraines borders right now because it would give the kremlin an excuse to say that it was only acting in self-defens...

Russia is making moves to justify an invasion. mike pompeo will be here in a minute. first, to benjamin hall with the very latest from the state department. >> yeah, russias military is set up and ready for an invasion. two things that vladimir putin still needs. he needs to persuade the russian people that its warrantand justified and he needs a pretext to do so. and intelligence says hes doing both things to move ahead. according to numerous officials, russian intelligence operatives are in ea...

Insignia on them, that they had nothing to do with them. but what we do know about the wagner group that they are closely enmeshed with russian militias -- russian intelligence, and the u.s. government has called them a proxy for the russian military. so there is a strong relationship there. and theyve been known, as you say, to pop up in syria, across africa now to advance the kremlins strategic objectives in these countries, but whilst maintaining this dip plausible deniability so, if things g...

Terror, murder, mayhem will not be tolerated any longer. >> reporter: vowing stiff, new sanctions and pledging not to let iran obtain a nuclear weapon. >> we will never let that happen. our missiles are big, powerful, accurate, lethal and fast. >> reporter: but its his comment that iran seems to be standing down that is drawing scrutiny with some democratic lawmakers stressing iran could still attack through its proxy forces. >> i wouldnt rest easy that somehow the threat is contained and thats ...

Mazloum abdi spoke via skype to the russian defense minister telling him "i appreciate specifically president putins efforts in protecting our people and stopping the military operations. there really is a sense of chaos. no one knows what comes next. as for the suggestion of sending u.s. tanks and troops to guard the oil fields and the kurds to go to the oilfield as well, no one is sure what to make of it but some people feeling it might be too little, too late and that the u.s. may have alread...