Biden to intelligence community: ‘Redouble efforts’ on COVID-19 origins

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Biden to intelligence community: ‘Redouble efforts’ on COVID-19 origins

President Biden told the intelligence community Wednesday to “redouble” efforts to determine how the coronavirus originated, saying data collected so far falls short of offering the U.S. and its partners…

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COVID-19 News

Reports about North Korea shooting a South Korean official may have exposed intelligence gathering techniques

North Korean soldiers shot and killed a South Korean fisheries department employee in the waters south of the North Korean-controlled Yeonpyeong Islands on September 22. In a letter to President…

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COVID-19 News

National Intelligence chief gave little notice for briefing on Russian assessment

According to an email obtained by POLITICO, a Ratcliffe aide reached out to several Capitol Hill staffers at 6:36 p.m. Tuesday, four hours after Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham…

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COVID-19 News

Trump’s intelligence chief suspends in-person election security briefings

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) told Congress that it would no longer deliver in-person election security briefings, a move that’s angered lawmakers as Election Day approaches.…

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COVID-19 News

Democrats see payoff from pressure campaign on intelligence community

The statement, which also indicated that Iran and China prefer a Trump loss in November, was hailed by Democrats as vindication of their strategy to lean on the administration for…

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COVID-19 News

Intelligence disputes fuel rare public acrimony among Gang of Eight

The infighting has intensified so rapidly that Rubio even suggested this week that his committee’s annual hearing on global threats might not go on as planned, citing “heavy politicization.” The…

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Global COVID-19

Robert O’Brien: U.S. intelligence botched early Donald Trump coronavirus briefings

U.S. intelligence agencies missed reporting on the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak in late January that would soon lead to a deadly global pandemic, according to White House National Security…

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Coronavirus New Jersey

Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing: 5/28/2020

Below is Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing for 5/28/2020: QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I’m not doing this because it’s necessarily popular.” – Governor Murphy on the NJ Turnpike Authority’s approval…

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Coronavirus New Jersey

Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing: 5/27/2020

Below is Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing for 5/27/2020: QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I really admire Dr. Fauci. I just bought his bobblehead – seriously, I just bought it online.”…

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Coronavirus Texas

WADA looks to artificial intelligence to catch dopers

DÜSSELDORF – With sports around the world shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, the World Anti-Doping Agency is looking to artificial intelligence as a new way to detect athletes who…

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