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Jenna McLaughlin
@JennaMC_Laugh
@NPR cybersecurity correspondent. 🎤🤖 Was: @YahooNews, @CNN, @ForeignPolicy etc. Email: jmclaughlin@npr.org
Apr 14, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Per charging documents (citing interviews with at least one other member of the server), Teixeira allegedly began posting classified information to the Discord server in December of 2022.
assets.bwbx.io/documents/user… Also appears that the FBI obtained records about Teixeira via Discord including his name, billing information, and address. Image
May 1, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: How one survivor's discovery of a bank statement for $16 million dollars and a handwritten letter in Cyrillic launched a years-long investigation into who she came to believe was the son of one of the CIA's most valuable Russian spies:

news.yahoo.com/how-a-brutal-a… I first met Lisa the day after my birthday in the winter of 2020. I'm speechless finally bringing her story to you, today.

In her own words: "How many others can there be?....Even if there's one, it's too much."
Oct 27, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
White House claiming victory for "ending the pandemic," which is blatantly untrue.

Also "understanding our planet." What does that even mean? Here's my March piece on the OSTP and its challenge finding a role at the White House in the coronavirus pandemic: news.yahoo.com/president-trum…
Sep 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Fiona Hill, Trump's former top Russia expert on the NSC, tells @jimsciutto that Trump's reelection would boost the Kremlin's hopes to continue to sow chaos, but in his first term, Russia has not really succeeded with "concrete policy goals" like loosening of sanctions. On threats to the election: "Vladimir Putin is not going to steal your vote from the mail, the biggest risk is that it's not delivered on time."
Sep 16, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
"It would seem that despite Trump’s record in bullying, berating, and investigating the United States Intelligence Community, when it comes to Iran, the CIA’s leaders have been among the enablers of his more hawkish tendencies," writes @douglaslondon5:

mei.edu/publications/t… Very interesting argument about how CIA has supported and propped up Pompeo and Trump's hawkish drive vs Iran, perhaps sometimes ignoring reality—and perhaps helping Pompeo politically in the future. Image
Sep 16, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Lt. Gen Ashley of DIA, on the effort to track the pandemic inside the intel community:

"We did it early on. We looked at everything we knew, who we told, when we knew it, what leader knew it. I am confident we did what we were supposed to do." He says the National Center for Medical Intelligence is tasked with understanding "the capacity of a foreign military to deal with a pandemic...I'm very proud of the NCMI team, they did their job and they got the word out."
Aug 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This tracks. Image 🧐🧐 Image
Aug 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1) Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers says the Chinese consulate in Houston "has long been on the radar screen of the FBI as a source of significant IP theft coming from it, including recruitment into the talent program, spotting and assessing folks." 2) He also says the Houston Consulate has been at the forefront of covert foreign influence, which he hays he hopes "one day to talk more about."

Houston "was not chosen at random out of consulates out there," he said.

(During CSIS event.)
Aug 6, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Earlier, @MarkWarner at @AspenSecurity said he is pushing the admin and the IC to publish more intel on ongoing election interference. "The American public needs to be informed about some of the Russian disinformation campaigns that are taking place right now." "The first document that was put out was not sufficient," he said, referring to this statement from DNI: dni.gov/index.php/ncsc…

Per Warner, the admin has reassured him there's more to come, "this is the first step of what will be a number of disclosures."
Aug 4, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Bolton, during @AspenSecurity online, says he doesn't think his testimony would've ultimately mattered to impacting the conclusion of the impeachment inquiry. Says he believes it "took a book" to tell his whole story. "For the first time in my adult life I'm not going to vote for the Republican nominee," says Bolton. Advises that allies treat Trump like "an anomaly" rather than assuming he has some grand "Trump doctrine" or strategy that others successors might continue.
Jul 22, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Patrick Hovakimian, currently Chief of Staff to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen at DOJ, being asked questions about how he'd handle another Ukraine whistleblower as ODNI GC.

He says, "generally speaking, all whistleblower complaints should be forwarded to Congress." Answering questions from Sen. Feinstein, he also says he read SSCI's torture report executive summary and found it "illuminating and terrifying at the same time."

"Torture is wrong. If confirmed, I will enforce the law."
Jul 17, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I get “intense” a lot. Actually this specifically reminds me of a male editor who shall go unnamed who upon meeting me for coffee to try and hire me said I was extremely arrogant and thought I knew everything/was stuck up when I simply answered his q’s and tried to have an enjoyable chat.
Jun 17, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee of IGs has put out a report on top concerns facing federal agencies related to COVID19 and there's some interesting stuff, including lots of cybersecurity challenges related to remote work, which is, shall we say, not surprising. Here's the report: oversight.gov/sites/default/…
Jun 16, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Sen. Wyden's office has provided the Washington Post with an internal CIA review that concluded that lax cybersecurity standards in part led to Vault 7 leak: washingtonpost.com/national-secur… The digital age has not been an easy adjustment for the nation's intelligence agencies:

news.yahoo.com/shattered-insi…
May 6, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A bit of wonkery for you today:

After nearly two years, Bill Evanina has finally been confirmed to lead counterintel efforts at ODNI, a job he's long been doing in an acting capacity. After a 2 year hold placed on the nomination by Sen. Grassley, Sen. Wyden came out today in opposition based on the fact that ODNI never produced uniform guidance to its agencies on whistleblower protection, particularly in circumstances of retaliation.
May 5, 2020 • 27 tweets • 4 min read
Rep. Ratcliffe's confirmation hearing to be the Director of National Intelligence is now underway. intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-… Sen. Cornyn reading parts of a letter on behalf of the former AG John Ashcroft who has worked with Ratcliffe.

"National security is the singular portfolio most allergic to the infection and devaluation that results from inaccuracy and distortion," he wrote.
Apr 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Thrilled for a small reprieve and a huge honor in being selected as a finalist for the @LivingstonAward for my reporting on the challenges the intel community faces in the digital age.

wallacehouse.umich.edu/announcing-the… These awards are meant to honor journalists under 35, but the honor and accolades *must* extend to the team I worked with on these projects, including @zachsdorfman, my partner in crime, and @SeanDNaylor, my hyper-talented colleague.
Feb 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I’m told the DNI workforce was told to expect Ambassador Grenell to arrive to greet them today or tomorrow.

As the second acting DNI since the summer, and with the General Counsel and the exec director leaving, the Trump admin is winnowing down the office’s influence. Flashback: this was always the plan.

theintercept.com/2016/11/18/don…
Feb 16, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
It has begun! Image Lembas bread!!! Image
Feb 5, 2020 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
National security advisor O’Brien, after joking he hopes his speech isn’t torn up, lists for a room of ambassadors+ press what he sees as President Trump’s “foreign policy successes.”

“Trump years are like dog years, we move pretty quickly.” He describes the Middle East peace plan as “serious, detailed, and realistic” and argues “it’s a fantastic opportunity for Palestinians to come to the table,” saying “we were able to unite the Israelis, which was no easy task.”
Jan 2, 2020 • 7 tweets • 8 min read
I was blessed to be too busy spending time with friends on the last day of the year to do an earnest tweet thread and I also forgot and also @HowellONeill outdid whatever I would have come up with, but I'll say this: 2019, with its flaws, was a great year for me. @HowellONeill I arrived @YahooNews and solidified a kickass reporting team with @zachsdorfman as well as the legendary @SeanDNaylor. I was privileged and honored to continue working with @weinbergersa, as anyone who has worked with her understands. I got co-bylines with most of the Yahoo team.