NEW: "We've seen no major changes to the force posture by the #Russia|ns" around #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec

"We have not seen any decreases. They continue to have a sizable force posture..." he says
#GITMO / #GuantanamoBay - "We continue to be committed to closing that facility" per @PentagonPresSec

"We continue to look & have looked for ways...to transfer, relocate detainees"

Says 13 of the remaining detainees are eligible for transfer, 14 up for review board
US-#Ukraine-#Russia: "We have & we will continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine as appropriate going forward" per @PentagonPresSec

Nothing specific on what that assistance will look like going foward
"It is clear that #Ukrainian troops are in a hot war every day...in the #Donbas region" per @PentagonPresSec

Calls on #Russia to adhere to the #Minsk Agreement

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11 Jan
Waring from @SenatorDurbin to open Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "The Domestic Terrorism Threat One Year After January 6"

"Whether boosters of of the 'Big Lie' know it or not, they are playing with fire..."
"...By supporting the false narrative that the 2020 election was somehow stolen or rigged, they have rationalized the worst assault on our Capitol since the War of 1812" per @SenatorDurbin "And, in turn, they are normalizing the use of violence to achieve political goals..."
"Congress, this is how democracies die"per @SenatorDurbin
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11 Jan
ICYMI: @INDOPACOM on latest #DPRK missile launch:

"We are aware of the ballistic missile launch & are consulting closely with our allies & partners" per statement "We have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies"
More: "The missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the #DPRK’s illicit weapons program" per @INDOPACOM "The US commitment to the defense of the Republic of #Korea & #Japan remains ironclad"
US @StateDept on #NorthKorea missile launch

"The United States condemns the #DPRK’s ballistic missile launch. This launch is in violation of multiple @UN Security Council Resolutions & poses a threat to the DPRK’s neighbors and the international community"
Read 6 tweets
10 Jan
Happening now-@CISAgov update on #Log4j shell: "This really is the most serious vulnerability I've seen in my career" per Director @CISAJen

Likely present in hundreds of millions of products worldwide, & exploiting vulnerability "trivial" she adds
"We have seen widespread exploitation" by criminal actors & seen some reports of more significant activity, per @CISAJen

But @CISAgov cannot independently confirm some reported use/exploitation by foreign adversaries
.@CISAgov continues to push for remediation and strengthening security protocols as it leads US response, per @CISAJen

CISA's webpage with guidance has already gotten 330,000 page views since it was stood up almost a month ago

Another tool downloaded @ 4,000 times
Read 11 tweets
16 Dec 21
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...
...@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
More: Rowe was fired as a US defense contractor, "After committing a number of security violations and revealing a fervent interest in #Russia|n affairs" per @TheJusticeDept
Read 4 tweets
16 Dec 21
"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 21
"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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