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Hacking concerns as Metro considers buying rail cars from China
The four U.S. senators who represent Maryland and Virginia are raising concerns that spies could potentially infiltrate Metro if the transit agency decides to buy rail cars from China.
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Teen’s diabetic alert dog shot and killed, family says
Journey, a 4-year-old golden retriever was trained to detect high or low levels of blood sugar in Tina Westmoreland’s 15-year-old daughter Hannah, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 2012.
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Trump calls report on FBI probe of him ‘most insulting’
The New York Times reports that law enforcement officials became so concerned by President Donald Trump’s behavior in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey that they began investigating whether he had been working for Russia against U.S. interests.
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The Hunt: Where are extremists most active in Europe?
In this week’s episode of The Hunt, Nikita Malik, director of the Henry Jackson Society’s Center on Radicalization and Terrorism, tells WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green that there are a couple of places with significant threats.
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EXCLUSIVE: Russian, Chinese espionage pose difficult challenge for FBI
Caught in a seemingly unending stream of ongoing spy scandals with the Kremlin — and a swell of Chinese espionage cases — the FBI appears to be facing its stiffest counterintelligence challenges in decades.
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The Hunt: Is a new wave of terror about to start in Europe?
Is a new wave of terror about to start in Europe? In this week’s episode of “The Hunt” with WTOP’s J.J. Green talks to Nikita Malik, Director of the Centre on Radicalization and Terrorism at the London-based Henry Jackson Society.
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‘See something, say something’ seems to work
Statistics going back over 40 years show that regular people who notice something out of the ordinary do indeed help thwart terror attacks on public transportation, or at least minimize casualties.
3 weeks ago -
The Hunt: What should we expect from terrorists in 2019?
On this week’s edition of “The Hunt” with WTOP National Security correspondent JJ Green, the former CIA chief of staff says domestic terrorism will likely increase.
4 weeks ago -
Supreme Court upholds block on Trump’s asylum ban
The administration’s policy, signed on November 9, would temporarily bar migrants who illegally cross into the US through the southern border from seeking asylum outside of official ports of entry.
1 month ago -
How the Trump-Mattis alliance crumbled
It was about 7:30 Thursday morning when Defense Secretary Jim Mattis decided he needed to see his Commander in Chief.
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Shaken, saddened, scared: Washington erupts over Mattis resignation
Shaken, disappointed, saddened and scared — those were just some of the reactions in a bipartisan outpouring of shock and concern as lawmakers reacted Thursday to the news that Defense Secretary James Mattis had resigned over President Donald Trump’s policy decisions.
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The Hunt: Assessing the US fight against terrorism in 2018
The U.S. agencies fighting terrorism seem to have gained the upper hand again in 2018 as the number of attacks decreased, And in this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, one expert gives much of the credit to technology.
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Upper Marlboro man files lawsuit after being accused of smuggling drugs
According to the complaint, the search revealed no evidence that 58-year-old Ikechukwu “Ike” Owunna carried illegal drugs, and what he packed matched his plans for travel and his means.
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Maria Butina, accused Russian agent, pleads guilty in federal court
Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina, 30, agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and cooperate with federal, state and local authorities in any ongoing investigations.
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The Hunt: What would it take to defeat terrorism?
In this edition of The Hunt with WTOP National Security Director J.J. Green, Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky, professor of international policy and practice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, said “respect” plays a key role.
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