Same day @DHSgov issues updated terrorism advisory abt the threat from domestic terrorists - @FBI, DHS release "Strategic Intelligence Assessment & Data on Domestic Terrorism" report

846 individuals arrested between FY2015-FY2019
For the most recent period, FY 2019, @FBI @DHSgov assessed "RMVEs [Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists], primarily those advocating for the superiority of the white race, likely would continue to be the most lethal DVE threat to the Homeland"
"Our agencies had high confidence in this assessment based on the demonstrated capability of #RMVEs in 2019 to select weapons & targets to conduct attacks, & the effectiveness of online RMVE messaging calling for increased violence" per @FBI @DHSgov
#RMVEs especially increasingly inspired by "Gamification...where fatality counts in attacks are referred to as 'scores'"

"Both the FBI&DHS assessed #DVEs likely would continue to focus on attacking soft targets & use gamification to encourage higher fatality attacks" per report

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14 May
UPDATE: Ex @USArmy Green Beret who pleaded guilty to spying for #Russia sentenced to +15 years in prison

Peter Debbins of #Gainesville #Virginia was arrested last August, & entered the guilty plea this past November
According to the indictment, #Russia intelligence 1st contacted Debbins in 1996, learning he was ROTC & planned to serve in the US military though his political opinions were "pro-Russian & anti-American"
Then, in October 1997 meeting, #Russia|n intel agents gave Debbins the code name "Ikar Lesnikov" while Debbins signed a document "stating he wanted to 'serve Russia'"
Read 6 tweets
14 May
NEW: @DHSgov issues updated Nat'l Terrorism Advisory due to "threats posed by domestic terrorists, individuals, & groups engaged in grievance-based violence, & those inspired or influenced by foreign terrorists & other malign foreign influences"

re #DVE, foreign #terrorists,
MORE: @DHSgov bulletin "advises that the United States is facing threats that have evolved significantly and become increasingly complex and volatile"
"We are advising the public to be vigilant about ongoing threats to the United States, including those posed by domestic terrorism, grievance-based violence, & those inspired or influenced by foreign terrorists & other malign foreign influences" per @SecMayorkas
Read 7 tweets
14 May
Happening now: @US_CYBERCOM @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA and @DeptofDefense Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Mieke Eoyang testifying before #HASC subcommittee on on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems
"#China is the pacing threat for the department, including in #cyber operations" per @DeptofDefense Deputy Asst Sec Eoyang

"China uses cyber operations to erode US military overmatch and economic vitality, stealing US intellectual property & research"
"#Russia also continues to be a highly-sophisticated & capable adversary, integrating malicious cyber activities, including espionage & influence operations in mutually reinforcing ways" per Eoyang
Read 24 tweets
22 Apr
Happening now: @CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie briefs Pentagon reports on #Afghanistan withdrawal

"I would advise the #Taliban we will be prepared to defend ourselves" he says
"We do plan to continue support to the Afghan military...it will just be more difficult" per @CENTCOM's Gen. McKenzie

"We intend to continue to support them" he adds "It will be a tough fight for the Afghans"
"It is our intention to bring the contractors out, the US contractors will come out" per @CENTCOM's Gen. McKenzie, saying planner looking at other options to support Afghan air force

"We may be able to work some remote, televised way to do that"
Read 20 tweets
22 Apr
Happening now: @CENTCOM Commander Gen Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie & @USAfricaCommand Commander Gen Stephen Townsend testify at SASC
.@CENTCOM's Gen McKenzie tells lawmakers he has all the tools he needs to complete the withdrawal from #Afghanistan
"We will lose the abilities we have now to see completely into #Afghanistan" per @CENTCOM's Gen McKenzie, asked by @SenJackReed about impact of withdrawal on intel collection vs #alQaida #ISIS
Read 42 tweets
22 Apr
US offers help to #Indonesia in search for lost submarine

"Indonesia is a strong friend & strategic partner" per @DeptofDefense spokesperson John Supple "We have reached out to our Indonesian counterparts & asked them how we can be of assistance.”
More: "We were deeply saddened to see the reports about their lost submarine" per Supple "Our thoughts are with the Indonesian sailors and their families"
UPDATE: US sending help to #Indonesia in search for lost submarine

"At the invitation of the Indonesian government, we are sending airborne assets to assist in the search for the missing submarine" per @PentagonPresSec
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