The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been working with the Department of Homeland Security to analyze federal assets that potentially could have been involved in the reported cyber incidents. Seen here, scientists from Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois. Argonne generates advanced reactor and fuel cycle technologies that enable generation of nuclear power. (Argonne National Laboratory)
As it became clear that the Department of Energy was part of the ongoing SolarWinds hack, it prompted concern among industry and government security experts that the nationâs critical infrastructure, including the electric grid, nuclear systems and power plants might have been compromised.
A Chinese spy scandal is rocking Capitol Hill.
The sordid tale is the stuff of thrillers: U.S. Representative and House Intelligence Committee member Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Chinese national, honey trap spy Fang Fang who entered the U.S. on a student visa in 2011 to attend California State University East Bay. Fang immediately became a political activist and served as president of the schoolâs Chinese Student Association.
Swalwell may have been over his head with Fang, who, according to
Axios, the FBI had captured on surveillance tapes having trysts with âat leastâ two Midwestern cityâs mayors over a three-year period. Fang was a proficient Swalwell fundraiser, aided him in his successful 2014 re-election and helped place an intern on his congressional staff. A senior U.S. intelligence officer told
Column: Chinese spy scandal may inclue a possible sex-for-secrets swap
A Chinese spy scandal is rocking Capitol Hill.
The sordid tale is the stuff of thrillers: a possible sex-for-secrets swap that involved U.S. Representative and House Intelligence Committee member Eric Swalwell (D-Calif) and Chinese national, honey trap spy Fang Fang who entered the U.S. on a student visa in 2011 to attend California State University East Bay. Fang immediately became a political activist, and served as president of the school’s Chinese Student Association and Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs.
Swalwell may have been over his head with Fang, a skilled seductress who, according to Axios, the FBI had captured on surveillance tapes having trysts with “at least” two Midwestern city’s mayors over a three-year period. Fang was a proficient Swalwell fundraiser, aided him in his successful 2014 re-election, and helped place an intern on his congressional staff. A senior U.S. intellig
Muhammad Rahim has been confined to the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison for the last 12 years without charge. But now his lawyer and a rights body fear the Afghan is facing a potentially serious health risk.
A medical examination carried out by Guantanamo’s Joint Task Force (JTF) in 2017 and on subsequent unknown dates have uncovered several “nodules” in his lung, liver, kidney and rib, raising fears of cancer.
Since a biopsy is yet to be done and, as per a medical provider at the detention centre, Rahim needs an MRI test as well, it remains unknown whether the lumps are malignant.
Heinrich On Massive Cyberattack On U.S. Government
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the extensive cyberattack that breached the networks of U.S. federal agencies and private companies:
“The scale and complexity of this cyberattack should have us all alarmed.
“We need a whole-of-government approach with engagement between the private and public sectors to provide a full accounting of what happened and deter future cyberattacks.
“Given the gravity of this breach, it’s concerning that President Trump is paying so little attention to it. In fact, he’s threatening to veto the National Defense Authorization Act that provides critical provisions to help defend against cyber threats.