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15 Dec, 7 tweets, 8 min read
US renews alarm over potential deal to bring #Russia's #Wagner mercenaries to #Mali

"The reported deal -costing $10 million per month- diverts money that could be used to support the Malian Armed Forces & public services" per @StateDept
MORE: "Countries that experience #Wagner group deployments within their borders soon find themselves poorer, weaker, & less secure" per @StateDept re #Mali

"The cases of #Libya, #CAR, #Ukraine, & #Syria are examples of the detrimental impact of Wagner Group deployments..."
"We urge the transitional government in #Mali not to divert scarce budgetary resources away from the Malian Armed Forces’ fight against terrorism" per @StateDept
.@StateDept further warns a deal btw #Mali & #Russia's #Wagner group "could put at risk the contributions of more than 20,000 int'l peacekeepers & troops who serve Mali at no cost to the people or government"
Full statement from @StateDept
This warning about bringing #Russia's #Wagner group to #Mali comes just days after the European Union hit #Wagner with sanctions "for serious human rights abuses in #Ukraine, #Syria, #Libya, the Central African Republic, #Sudan and #Mozambique"
reuters.com/world/europe/e…
The Pentagon started warning about the possible deal btw #Mali & #Russia's #Wagner group in October

"Any role for Russian mercenaries in Mali will likely exacerbate an already fragile & unstable situation" a @DeptofDefense spox told @VOANews at the time
voanews.com/a/pentagon-war…

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16 Dec
just in: Ex-defense contractor arrested, charged w/trying to pass info to #Russia

Per @TheJusticeDept, 63yo John Murray Rowe attempted to pass along SECRET info on electronic countermeasure systems used by fighter jets... ImageImage
...@TheJusticeDept also says Rowe told an undercover @FBI agent, “If I can’t get a job here then I’ll go work for the other team” & separately asked abt getting security clearance from the #Russia|n gvt
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16 Dec
"Terrorist groups remained a persistent & pervasive threat worldwide" per new @StateDept report

"Although #ISIS lost all the territory it had seized in #Iraq & #Syria, the organization & its branches continued to mount a worldwide terrorism campaign..."
"#ISIS affiliates outside #Iraq & #Syria caused more fatalities during 2020 than in any previous year" per new @StateDept CT report

"Deaths attributable to ISIS-affiliated attacks in West #Africa alone almost doubled from around 2,700 in 2017 to nearly 5,000 in 2020"
#alQaida's "networks continued to exploit undergoverned spaces, conflict zones, and security gaps in the #MiddleEast to acquire terrorist resources & conduct terrorist attacks" per new @StateDept CT report
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15 Dec
"We continue to make progress but we still have a ways to go" on countering domestic terrorism, John Cohen, in @DHSgov's Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), tells @gwupoe & @NCITE_COE
"In some respects, the threat is more volatile than it was in June" per @DHSgov's Cohen, citing the consumption of online content placed by foreign intelligence services as well as terrorist and extremist groups
Narratives being placed online by these foreign intelligence services, other threat actors are "rapidly finding their way into the mainstream media ecosystem" per @DHSgov's Cohen
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15 Dec
Happening now: @TheJusticeDept, #Australia sign agreement to deepen cooperation through the #CLOUDAct - which allows law enforcement agencies to force tech companies to turn over electronic communications for use in criminal investigations
#Australia|n Minister for Home Affairs @karenandrewsmp says the new agreement will allow both countries "to share important digital information and data" including child sexual abuse, #ransomware & attacks on critical infrastructure
The first agreement under the CLOUD Act was signed by the US & #Britain back in 2019

From my @VOANews colleague @masoodfarivar:
voanews.com/a/usa_us-uk-si…
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15 Dec
NEW: #Log4j vulnerability "extremely concerning" per @CISAgov Exec Asst Director for Cybersecurity Eric Goldstein

Log4j library "widely used in a variety of devices & products, both consumer & enterprise, across sectors & across functions" he says
#Log4j vulnerability "extremely easy to exploit & new ways to exploit it are being reported continuously over the last several days" per @CISAgov's Goldstein "Exploiting this vulnerability gives an adversary potentially deep access into a target"
"We have seen a wide range of threat activity" due to #Log4j, per @CISAgov's Goldstein "It has largely been low level activity such as crypto miners. But we do expect that adversaries of all sorts will utilize this vulnerability to achieve their strategic goals"
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14 Dec
Recent bipartisan trip to #Ukraine "very concerning" per Florida Rep @michaelgwaltz
US special operators in Ukraine told him Ukraine's military "has come along way" but also "have a long way to go" per @michaelgwaltz

"There was certainly a sense of appreciation & frustration" he adds, re Ukrainian officials wanting/needing additional aid from the US
"Promising tough action...after an invasion will do very little in terms of #Putin's calculus" per @michaelgwaltz

"Sanctions need to be going into place now...raise the costs now" for #Russia, he says
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