The publication of the Nicholas Wade article of May 2021 was consistent with the Bulletin’s philosophy and mission. But the article was not released in a political vacuum. Understanding its political impact requires a brief recounting of the turmoil of 2020, which included a new, lethal, and poorly understood disease and a hotly contested presidential election.
Trojan Shield: FBI s California sting nets more than 500 arrests and seizure of drugs, guns and crypto
FBI arrests more than 500 along with guns and drugs
The FBI revealed details in a stunning law enforcement sting that spanned the globe and led to more than 500 people being arrested and the seizure of some 32 tons of drugs, 250 firearms, and nearly $150 million in cash and cryptocurrency, as agents quickly closed in on criminal rings that they had been monitoring for years. Jana Katsuyama reports
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The FBI revealed details on Tuesday in a stunning law enforcement sting that spanned the globe and led to more than 500 people being arrested and the seizure of some 32 tons of drugs, 250 firearms, and nearly $150 million in cash and cryptocurrency, as agents quickly closed in on criminal rings that they had been monitoring for years.
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A new report suggests that Chinese telecommunication firm Huawei has successfully secured contracts to provide cloud infrastructure in emerging economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America a strategy that could allow Beijing to harvest important and sensitive information for “coercive leverage.”
The move comes as many developed economies such as the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and France are banning or restricting Huawei from their 5G networks.
The report, “Huawei’s Global Cloud Strategy Economic and Strategic Implications,” published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington think tank, identified 70 deals in 41 countries between Huawei and foreign governments or state-owned enterprises for cloud infrastructure and e-government services, a bundling that can cut administrative costs. The contracts were executed from 2006 until April 2021.
Today s pipeline directive is likely just the next in a series of actions to shore up national cybersecurity across the private sector, especially those deemed critical infrastructure. I know there are a number of discussions on the Hill. of a broader data breach notification, Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger said today.
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Brad D. Williams on May 27, 2021 at 2:19 PM
If you need another example of how disinformation can actually hurt people and turn an emergency into a crisis, go back to the wildfires that consumed portions of California, Oregon and Washington last September.
The fires, historic in scale, burned some 5 million acres and thousands of homes and structures. Drought-like conditions throughout the Northwest allowed them to rage, and the resulting smoke cast a pall over the entire region. Officials and emergency responders had enough on their hands without having to convince people the threat was real.
But in Oregon, the situation was made worse by a stream of disinformation â rumors, really â on social media. As the fires spread, so did false claims that they had been deliberately set by antifa, a loosely organized group of far-left activists that clashes with right-wing organizations and has been labeled by conservatives as the source of all violence and disruption.