Deb Riechmann

Report: Russian hackers target secrets taken by NSA worker

Hackers allegedly working for the Kremlin stole details about how the U.S. infiltrates foreign networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor took the classified material home and put it on a personal computer, according to a news report published Thursday.

Declassified documents say US knew Sputnik was soon to orbit

News bulletin in 1957: Sputnik stuns the world. CIA in 2017: Not really.

Defense tries to cast doubt on case against Benghazi suspect

Government witnesses in the trial of Ahmed Abu Khattala testified Tuesday in graphic detail about the bloody attacks on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, while defense attorneys worked to raise doubt that the defendant masterminded the 2012 strikes that killed four Americans.

Red Cross visits US citizen accused of fighting with ISIS

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday that it has visited with an American citizen the Pentagon has accused of fighting with the Islamic State in Syria.

Bodyguard gives harrowing account of Benghazi attack

The alleged mastermind of the 2012 attacks on a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, despises America and when his hatred “boiled over,” he organized the strike that killed four Americans, including ambassador Chris Stevens, a government prosecutor told the jury on Monday.

Report: North Korea's missile program farther along than believed

Intelligence officials believe North Korea will have a reliable, intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon as early as next year, according to a report published Tuesday amid a warning from a top Republican lawmaker who says he has grown increasingly alarmed about Pyongyang’s weapons program.

US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn't have to go first

CIA director: Moscow loves to 'stick it to America'

CIA Director Mike Pompeo says that Russia has no plans to leave Syria and will continue to try to meddle in U.S. affairs to “stick it to America.”

CIA chief: Intel leaks on the rise, cites leaker 'worship'

CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he thinks disclosure of America's secret intelligence is on the rise, fueled partly by the "worship" of leakers like Edward Snowden.

US officials underscore Russia threat to 2016 elections

U.S. officials sought Wednesday to underscore for lawmakers the threat Russia posed to the 2016 vote for the White House, outlining efforts to hack into election systems in 21 states and to fill the internet with misinformation during a divisive campaign season.