In 2021, #ODNI published a declassified summary of foreign threats to the #2020election, which found that #Putin had formally authorized several #influence operations that worked to denigrate Joe #Biden’s candidacy, but that there were no successful compromises of election infrastructure.

#Trump #DOJ #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #Conspiracy #Fraud #Obstruction #ElectionInterferance

The briefing came the day after a congressional meeting, where Shelby Pierson, the head of #ElectionSecurity for the #ODNI, told members of the House #Intelligence Cmte that #Russia preferred #Trump in the #2020election.

…That meeting led to Trump firing his acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, & replacing him w/Richard Grenell, a loyalist.

The #SpecialCounsel’s office has inquired about a WH briefing on Feb 14, 2020, at which federal ofcls assured #Trump of the #security & integrity of the US #election system….

In the briefing, ofcls from multiple agencies — including the #FBI, #ODNI & #CISA — laid out why it’s extraordinarily difficult for hacking or #fraud to change the results of a US election.…

#JackSmith #DOJ #Law #legal #ChrisKrebs
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/special-counsel-examines-2020-meeting-trump-praised-us-election-system-rcna96300

#ODNI released a report on potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of the #COVID19 pandemic. https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Report-on-Potential-Links-Between-the-Wuhan-Institute-of-Virology-and-the-Origins-of-COVID-19-20230623.pdf

#Verpasstodon

"Albtraumszenario": US-Dienste kaufen massenhaft Handydaten für Überwachung

US-Behörden kaufen von der Wirtschaft Überwachungsdaten. Ein offizieller Bericht gibt nun einen Eindruck vom gesamten Ausmaß der Praxis.

https://www.heise.de/news/Albtraumszenario-US-Dienste-kaufen-massenhaft-Handydaten-fuer-Ueberwachung-9185517.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Datenschutz #Mobilfunk #ODNI #USA #Überwachung

My latest at WIRED: A newly declassified report reveals the federal government is stockpiling troves of personal information about Americans, much of it capable of facilitating "blackmail, stalking, harassment, and public shaming." #fbi #cia #odni #doj #nsa #privacy #surveillance

https://www.wired.com/story/odni-commercially-available-information-report/

The GOP-controlled House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill on March 10 that would require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tally was 419-0.

The bill, which unanimously passed the Democrat-controlled Senate on March 1, goes to President Joe Biden for his signature.
#covid #COVID19 #ODNI #dni #biden #joebiden

Also from the #ODNI Annual Threat Assessment #climatechange #intelligenceanalysis

"More intense and frequent impacts from climate change also threaten to degrade high-income economies, hamper global trade, and strain financial systems. Droughts in 2022 decreased shipping capacity and energy generation in China, Europe, and the United States, and insured losses from
catastrophes have increased 250 percent during the past 30 years."

https://www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2023-Unclassified-Report.pdf?utm_source=pocket_saves

#ODNI News Release No. 2-23.
Statement on the Intelligence Community Assessment on AHIs #HavanaSyndrome https://www.odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2023/item/2361-dni-statement-on-the-intelligence-community-assessment-on-ahis

Unclassified Summary of Assessment on #COVID19 #Origins. Date: August 27, 2021. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (#ODNI) today released an unclassified summary of the #IntelligenceCommunity #assessment on COVID-19 origins.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/law_related_education_network/how_courts_work/discovery/ #FOIA #China #PublicHealth

"The FBI’s Most Controversial Surveillance Tool Is Under Threat: A review of the FBI’s access to foreign intelligence reveals troubling misuse of powerful surveillance tech." https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-section-702/ #Congress #privacy #FISA #ODNI

The Pentagon office that handles reports about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs, which is the new three-letter acronym for what used to be known as UFOs) is handling a lot more of those reports now - but it's not because aliens are on the rise. At least I hope not. https://cosmiclog.com/2023/01/13/ufo-update-says-pentagons-case-count-is-rising-rapidly/ #UFO #UAP #Space #ODNI #AARO

New #Report from the #ODNI on the #UAP / #UFO issue - this is the one that was supposed to be due October 31st of last year 👀

Reading through it now.

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/reports-publications/reports-publications-2023/item/2354-2022-annual-report-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena

#Intel #Aviation #UFOMastodon #UAPMastodon #Natsec

If the #ODNI could release the mandated #UAP report already that’d be dope 👀 it’s two months late now.

The ODNI was bound by the US Congress to release another public UAP report by October 31 of 2022.

There are now less than 48 hours left in 2022.

Where the f is the report that ODNI owes the American people?

#uap #UAPreport #ODNI #ufo #ufos

People have said to me “well Ukraine had lots of time to join NATO” but Ukraine was never offered NATO membership after #Trump became president he said it would upset the Russians too much if Ukraine became part of NATO! Then Trump and #Putin went to #Finland after the invasion of #Crimea in 2018 for a meeting and that is where Trump said he didn’t even trust his own intelligence but that’s when it brought awareness to people that #Ukraine should have been in #NATO #FBI #CIA #NSA #ODNI

Three cool reports from the NSA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence:

Securing Software Supply chains for Customers, Developers, and Suppliers [Links below]

Worth adding to your Christmas reading list. And passing on to the developers, etc... in your life.

#Security #developer #Code #Infosec #ODNI #NSA #Devsecops #Secops #devops

Customers - https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/17/2003116445/-1/-1/0/ESF_SECURING_THE_SOFTWARE_SUPPLY_CHAIN_CUSTOMER.PDF

Developers - https://media.defense.gov/2022/Sep/01/2003068942/-1/-1/0/ESF_SECURING_THE_SOFTWARE_SUPPLY_CHAIN_DEVELOPERS.PDF

Suppliers - https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/31/2003105368/-1/-1/0/SECURING_THE_SOFTWARE_SUPPLY_CHAIN_SUPPLIERS.PDF

Former #CIA Director John Brennan and Current Director of the #ODNI Avril Hanes

“CYBER OPERATIONS ENABLING EXPANSIVE DIGITAL AUTHORITARIANISM

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

China and other authoritarian governments are using cyber espionage, attacks, and influence operations to extend the coercive reach of their ideological enforcement and political control efforts beyond their borders. In some cases, they are impinging on Western democracies' sovereignty and interests to enhance their domestic stability.

1. We assess that China and Russia are improving their ability to analyze and manipulate large quantities of personal information, allowing them to more effectively influence or coerce targets in the United States and allied countries.

2. We assess that Beijing will be able to exploit Chinese companies' expansion of telecommunications infrastructures and digital services and their growing use in peoples' daily lives to exert its digital authoritarianism.

3. Growing concern in Europe and other democracies about Chinese and Russian cyber actions and personal privacy creates an opportunity to propose alternatives to blunt digital authoritarianism.” - #ODNI

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/reports-publications/reports-publications-2022/item/2334-cyber-operations-enabling-expansive-digital-authoritarianism

#NatSec #NationalSecurity #CyberSecurity #Authoritarianism #Politics #China #Russia #Cyber #Infosec #InformationSecurity #Security