#national-security — Public Fediverse posts
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But it’s not a “war” right? 🙄
#US #military hits 3 Iranian #oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted with missiles
#Trump #JDVance #idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-war-oil-tankers-b3650799901c56a6deeca962cbaa4109?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/117218342541410568
The American people have a right to know that the Trump Administration was so reckless in its use of missiles that it now has a shortage of missiles, a shortage which explains how the #IranWar has been hopelessly lost by Donald Trump.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth showed the highest ranking officers in the military of the United States that he does not trust them. Trump's gift to Russia, Hegseth, is "subjecting roughly 50 members of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html
Putin is helped when distrust spreads within the American military.
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IC Brief Morning — 2026-09-05
Iranian state-linked actors' concurrent cyber infrastructure probing and IRGC maritime sabotage recruitment will likely compel a formal US government attribution of at least one Iranian-linked compromise or operational plot by year-end. Russian intelligence-directed sabotage against European defense-sector targets is very likely to produce at least one additional arson or kinetic incident before January, extending the documented disposable-agent pattern. Moderate confidence in both assessments reflects sustained targeting tempo and structural difficulty halting exposed campaigns.
Congressional expansion of counterintelligence mandates over commercial AI or critical infrastructure will likely stall through December, with oversight bandwidth consumed by the Pentagon polygraph investigation, FBI surveillance of a former congressman, and the Round River declassification fight. None of these will resolve within their stated timelines. Passage of CFIUS expansion legislation out of committee would alter this assessment.
Southeast Asian port authorities will likely announce enhanced security measures against IRGC-linked networks by late November, compelled by the public naming of recruited operatives. At least one major US technology firm will likely disclose state-sponsored enterprise compromise by year-end, given concurrent DPRK and Iranian targeting. An Iran ceasefire would shift the attribution timeline, but no comparable mechanism constrains the Russian sabotage pattern.
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Reward: You've received a complimentary Tin Foil Hard Hat. Cosmetic only. Does not block cyberattacks.
#CyberSecurity #Iran #CriticalInfrastructure #APT #NationalSecurity #AchievementUnlocked (3/3)
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Torture and the War on Terror didn’t just fail. It made things worse. Soufan tells how real intelligence got lost.
#books #bookreview #IntelligenceFailures #NationalSecurity
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U.S. sanctions Turkish bank accused of enabling Iran
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference at the Cash Room of the Treasury Department,…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Banks #breakingnews #BreakingNews:Politics #businessnews #DonaldTrump #donald-j-trump #Elections #Governmentandpolitics #Governmentdebt #Iran #nationalsecurity #Politics #ScottBessent #Turkey #UnitedStates #worldeconomy #XiJinping
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Why a prolonged stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz may actually work in Washington’s favor: veteran diplomat James F. Jeffrey breaks down why holding the line—and avoiding both premature withdrawal and open escalation—is the United States' strongest strategic play against Tehran.
Read the full analysis: https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/09/watch-now-prolonged-stalemate-in-strait.html
#StraitOfHormuz #ForeignPolicy #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #USIran #NationalSecurity #EnergySecurity
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Climate Crisis Stretches Nepali Military to Breaking Point
The devastating avalanche that triggered floods along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers near the China–Nepal border on August 26 left a trail of destruction, wiping out a critical border corridor, entire settlements, and traditional bazaars in an instant. The disaster has created an urgent search-and-rescue mission and humanitarian…
#ClimateCrisis #Nepal #NaturalDisasters #HumanitarianCrisis #NationalSecurity
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Trump Taps Telle to Lead Army as Acting Secretary
President Trump has announced that Adam Telle will take the reins as acting Secretary of the Army, effective immediately, praising him as a "Great Patriot, who is respected by all". This move comes as the Army is navigating a period of significant transformation and modernization efforts.
#UsMilitary #LeadershipChange #ActingSecretary #NationalSecurity #Defense
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#Diesel hit a new record price in the #US on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ever as the 6-month-long #war with #Iran continues to disrupt the world’s flow of #fuel.
#Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://apnews.com/article/gas-diesel-prices-us-iran-war-ebd01b9773365ee40550dcfd7d3ebf87?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
IC Brief Morning — 2026-09-04
Three European governments disclosed distinct Russian operations within 48 hours, a convergence that will likely prompt additional NATO disclosures within the next two months. Moderate confidence rests on Germany's formal GRU attribution of the Leipzig drone attack, convergent US intelligence, Denmark's PET exposure of defense-industry sabotage recruitment, and the Munich arrest of two Bulgarian nationals after a firebomb on Rohde & Schwarz. European defense contractors will likely announce enhanced security measures before November. A third-country disclosure before October would confirm an alliance-wide cascade.
The administration will likely frame Iranian cyber operations against US critical infrastructure as part of the broader military confrontation within the next six weeks. Moderate confidence reflects explicit Iranian threats coinciding with Hormuz strikes and a presidential refusal to rule out covert support to dissidents, though CISA's generic advisories suggest institutional resistance to formal linkage. Congressional pressure for CISA funding restoration will likely intensify by December.
HPSCI's counterintelligence-reform hearing and the FBI's disclosed wiretapping of a sitting member's calls create converging oversight pressure. A Democratic member will likely cite both the Subramanyam intercept disclosure and CISA personnel reductions in a formal accountability push by December. Low confidence reflects the conjunction's dependence on minority-party messaging calculus amid competing priorities.
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US Air Force Wrestles with HVAA Protection Paradox
The US Air Force faces a daunting dilemma: with a planned fleet of 187 F-35s, it may be outnumbered by China's 300+ J-20s in a long-range aerial battle, unless it rethinks how to safeguard its high-value airborne assets.
#HvaaProtectionParadox #AirForce #UsMilitary #AerialWarfare #NationalSecurity
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Xi Jinping's China Prepares for Power Transition
With China's Communist Party's national congress just over a year away, all eyes are on Xi Jinping as China watchers refresh their knowledge on the country's enigmatic leader. This pivotal event, held every five years, sets the stage for a major power transition in China.
#China #XiJinping #CommunistParty #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics
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Citing an “unprecedented lowering of standards,” the career #ICE ofcl said that “systemic breakdowns” had allowed applicants to receive job offers before they had passed basic fingerprint‼️, identity or credit checks in a preliminary vetting process. Political appointees had unjustly skirted background investigations & received #NationalSecurity eligibility.
#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #MafiaState #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
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In Small Iranian Town, a #US Attack Turns a #Wedding Into a Tragedy
The bomb that hit the #residential area was American, according to a weapons expert & a visual analysis by NYT. It killed 5 people & wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said.
#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/video/iran-us-attack-wedding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.l0O_.PT7uzyf8tGO2&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Donald Trump is Putin's Puppet. This explains why Trump attacked Iran (high oil prices enrich Russia), why Trump does favors for Putin while Putin is helping Iranians kill Americans, why Hegseth is getting rid of so many generals and admirals, and why Hegseth shut down an Army drone program.
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China's Economic Coercion Erodes Sovereign Decision Space
Ten years on, a resounding endorsement of a landmark arbitral award has been issued by 14 governments, including global powers like Australia, Japan, the UK, and the US, alongside a united statement from the European Union, yet a deafening silence from others raises questions about the complex forces at play.
#Geopolitics #EconomicCoercion #China #NationalSecurity #SovereignDecisionSpace
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IC Brief Morning — 2026-09-03
Concurrent FBI seizure of Hamas's crypto fundraising network and IDF/Shin Bet capture of a senior Gaza City security figure will likely prevent Hamas from rebuilding a public donation platform or mounting a claimed retaliatory operation within 21 days. The Pentagon's removal of decades of Orders Book classified material from SIPRNet will likely suppress further public military non-concurrences over the next three weeks, though at least one HASC or HPSCI member will likely cite the purge in support of the structural intelligence reform HPSCI began examining this week.
Moderate confidence in the Hamas assessment reflects the FBI's multi-year penetration of the rotating-wallet system and the intelligence harvest of thousands of donor identities, which raises the cost of any replacement channel. Hamas-affiliated channels promoting new donation addresses within the next week would be the earliest indicator this assessment underestimates recovery speed.
Congressional oversight of the Pauken MSS sentencing and the FBI's relaxed hiring standards will likely remain siloed over the next 21 days, with jurisdictional divides between Judiciary and Intelligence committees preventing officials from publicly linking active adversary recruitment with weakened vetting. DOJ's active Hamas counter-financing pipeline will likely produce additional seizures within 30 days, outpacing any follow-on charges in the separate Pauken MSS network.
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Wyden Presses NSA on Commercial VPN Security Risks
Senator Ron Wyden is raising a red flag about the security risks of commercial VPNs, warning that they may not be as protective as users think against sophisticated online threats. He's pressing the NSA for clearer guidance on the potential dangers of relying on standard consumer VPNs for online security.
#CommercialVpnSecurity #NationalSecurity #Nsa #VpnSecurityRisks #EmergingThreats
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US Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Escalating Gulf Conflict
Tensions in the Gulf are escalating fast, with President Donald Trump asserting that the US now controls the Strait of Hormuz after a series of strikes and counterattacks with Iran. The US Central Command has confirmed a wave of strikes on September 1, targeting key Iranian military sites and assets.
#Geopolitics #NationalSecurity #EmergingThreats #Iran #UsMilitaryOperations
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Pentagon Nears Rollout of New Cyber Strategy
Get ready for a game-changer in cybersecurity: the Pentagon is set to unveil its new cyber strategy, promising to make the US the most capable, lethal, and agile cyber force on the planet. The highly anticipated plan, crafted by Katie Sutton's office, will outline a bold vision for integrating cyber capabilities, outsmarting…
#UsDepartmentOfDefense #CyberStrategy #NationalSecurity #EmergingThreats #MilitaryCyberOperations
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Tensions Rise as Indo-Pacific Exercises Test Alliances
Tensions are escalating in the Indo-Pacific as a series of high-stakes exercises test the strength of alliances, with China's special envoy issuing a stern warning to Palau over its handling of Taiwan. The region is bracing for impact as military drills like Freedom Edge 26 ramp up in September.
#Indopacific #FreedomEdge #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #UsjapansouthKoreaRelations
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US Arms Deliveries to Allies Hit by Bottleneck
The US has given Taiwan a confusing runaround, offering four conflicting explanations in May for the delay of a $14 billion package of Patriot PAC-3 interceptors and NASAMS systems. The mixed messages have left Taiwan wondering what's really behind the hold-up.
#UsArmsDeliveries #SupplyChain #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #Taiwan
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USAF Targets Software Superiority Through Collaborative Innovation
The Department of the Air Force has redefined what it means to be ahead of the game: it's no longer just about having the best weapon systems, but also about having software superiority to outmaneuver and outsmart adversaries across air, land, cyber, and information domains.
#Usaf #SoftwareSuperiority #CollaborativeInnovation #NationalSecurity #EmergingThreats
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"Russia has been secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles which experts say would likely have been intended for anti-ship and land attacks":
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-907296?utm_source=activetrail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September22026
The only reason why Pres. Trump will not mind Russia helping Iran kill America soldiers, sailors, and Marines is because Trump is #PutinsPuppet. Trump's loyalty is to Putin, not to the America soldiers, sailors, and Marines who Russia helps to kill during this endless illegal war.
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"Sen. Thom Tillis renewed his call for Pres. Donald Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday." Tillis said of Hegseth: “I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country":
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/02/congress/tillis-hegseth-trump-01062001
#WorstCabinetEver #NationalSecurity #politics #military