"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"
"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"
"We remain committed to a diplomatic approach to the #DPRK & call on them to engage in dialogue. Our commitment to the defense of the Republic of #Korea and #Japan remains ironclad”
More criticism for #NorthKorea from @StateDept following its most recent ballistic missile launch
"Obviously takes us in the wrong direction" per @UnderSecStateP Victoria Nuland
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"The United States has been saying since this administration came in that we are open to dialogue with #NorthKorea, that we are open to talking about COVID and humanitarian support, & instead they're firing off missiles" per @UnderSecStateP
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
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
"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
"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