Naomi spent seven years writing about national security before she started noticing how much of the story was being managed rather than reported. She has reviewed thousands of declassified documents, interviewed former intelligence officers, and developed a working knowledge of the specific ways that state secrecy is used not to protect national interests but to protect institutional ones. She approaches official denials the way a good mechanic approaches a strange noise — as a starting point, not a conclusion.
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IntelligenceThe Justice Department and FBI seized domains powering two Chinese state-sponsored hacking platforms accused of breaching NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate and other federal networks.
U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly could not independently confirm several Iranian assassination warnings shared by Israel, raising questions over intelligence assessments and national security decisions.
US Department of Homeland Security is investigating a cyber breach affecting a sensitive intelligence-sharing system, while UK agencies warn of increasing state-backed cyber espionage risks across allied networks.
Australia's ASIO intelligence agency says it has disrupted a foreign espionage operation aimed at obtaining classified AUKUS submarine and defense strategy data, highlighting growing intelligence threats across allied nations.
Britain's deputy ambassador James Roscoe has abruptly left his Washington post after being questioned in a probe into the leak of classified National Security Council discussions about US use of British military bases during the Iran conflict.
Two men have been sentenced in Britain for spying on pro-democracy activists on behalf of Chinese-linked authorities, marking one of the UK's most significant recent counterintelligence prosecutions.
With Section 702 set to expire Friday, bipartisan alarm is mounting that Bill Pulte's appointment as acting DNI has made renewal politically impossible — raising real questions about intelligence gaps ahead of the FIFA World Cup and the 250th anniversary of American independence.
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance issued an urgent joint warning that advanced AI models could dramatically enhance cyber espionage capabilities within months, urging governments and businesses to 'act now'.
The Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a July 15 confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton, President Trump's nominee to serve as the next Director of National Intelligence.
A secretive U.S. immigration court has started its first public hearing involving classified intelligence, raising questions over national security, evidence handling, and legal rights.
