(29.11.2016) Der Bundesnachrichtendienst will 150 Millionen Euro ausgeben, um die Verschlüsselung von Instant-Messengern zu knacken. Das geht aus geheimen Haushaltsunterlagen hervor, die wir veröffentlichen. Der Geheimdienst will auch offensive IT-Operationen durchführen – also Rechner hacken.

Mr. Trump talked during the campaign about building safe zones, presenting them as a way to stem the tide of refugees into Europe. But this was the first time he had repeated the proposal since he began receiving intelligence briefings.

(14.12.2016) Panetta, a former Democratic Congressman who served as CIA director and defense secretary in President Barack Obama‘s first term, told the Arab Strategy Forum, a conference sponsored by the government of Dubai, that Trump‘s aversion „can‘t last.“

(14.12.2016) Hayden, a retired Air Force general, headed the U.S. National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005 and later served as CIA director in former President George W. Bush‘s administration from 2006 to 2009.

(13.12.2016) even President Obama is worried, telling “The Daily Show” yesterday that the president-elect will be “flying blind” without information from U.S. intelligence agencies.

But according to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, who’ll soon become White House chief of staff, we have it all wrong. Here’s what Priebus told Fox News this morning:

“[Trump is] doing his intelligence briefings every day and we do the presidential briefing – I think this week we’ll have three presidential briefings in the five days.

(13.12.2016) To U.S. intelligence agencies, the President’s Daily Brief is a gold mine of classified information from around the world, polished through the night for presentation each morning to the commander-in-chief. To Donald Trump, it’s a mind-numbing repetition of the obvious that he’ll often skip.

(11.12.2016) Trump also was asked about reports that he’s getting just one presidential intelligence briefing a week. Trump said he doesn’t need to be told the same thing every day, saying, “I get it when I need it.”

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President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his selection of Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, USA (Ret.) as Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary of the National Security Council and Dr. Monica Crowley as Senior Director of Strategic Communications for the National Security Council.

“The United States is an exceptional country and these are two exceptional individuals who have agreed to fulfill the President-elect’s pledge of putting America first once again,” said Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, USA (Ret.), National Security Advisor-designate. “I am honored to have General Kellogg and Dr. Crowley on the National Security Council team.”

Vote for who’s the worst. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

(6.12.2016) This legislation is really about something else entirely: Israel. What it does is to endorse an expansive definition of anti-Semitism that was adopted by the State Department in 2010 as a benchmark for diplomats. The problem with the definition is that it unfairly conflates anti-Israel speech with anti-Semitic speech, in a way that, if enforced, would violate the free speech rights of students and professors.

It’s a good thing ambassador-designate David Friedman will have diplomatic immunity; otherwise he might get arrested for incitement.

(7.12.2016) In this installment of “22 Minutes,” 1010 WINS anchor Brigitte Quinn talks with George Takei, best known for his role in the original Star Trek series, about his musical Allegiance.

Allegiance is about the internment of a Japanese-American family during World War II and was inspired by Takei’s true-life experiences.

(24.11.2016) And so, the other day, I took notice when Takei sent me an e-mail. He was responding in alarm and anger to continuing reports that the incoming Trump administration may yet fasten onto the idea that they will bar all Muslims from the US, or bar entry to the US by Muslims from violence-prone nations, or just angry Muslims, or perhaps even make all Muslims in America register, or even deport all such people more generally. Or something.

(15.11.2016) To implement Trump‘s call for „extreme vetting“ of some Muslim immigrants, Kobach said the immigration policy group could recommend the reinstatement of a national registry of immigrants and visitors who enter the United States on visas from countries where extremist organizations are active.

Kobach helped design the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, while serving in Republican President George W. Bush‘s Department of Justice after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States by al Qaeda militants.