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Dec 15 2020
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Russia Suspected In Major Cyberattack On U.S. Government Departments
Russian hackers working for the Kremlin are believed to be behind breaches of U.S. government computer systems at the departments of Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security that may have lasted months before they were discovered, according to U.S. officials and media reports.
The hackers reportedly broke into the email systems at the government departments, but the full extent of the
NPR (Online News)
Jan 02 2023
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Five IRS employees stole COVID relief funds to buy Gucci, trips to Las Vegas, Justice Department says
Five current or former employees in Tennessee and Mississippi with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been charged with scamming the federal government of hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds to bankroll extravagant lifestyles.
The suspects allegedly received money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program,
Fox News (Online News)
Dec 15 2022
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Top Energy Department official no longer employed after luggage theft accusations
The Department of Energy official responsible for nuclear fuel and radioactive waste is no longer employed by the federal agency after two alleged airport baggage theft incidents, according to local reports and court records.
Sam Brinton, the former deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy, was charged in December for grand larceny
CNN (Online News)
Feb 03 2023
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Chinese Spy Balloon Will Likely Float Above U.S. For 'A Few Days': DoD
The suspected surveillance balloon from China is expected to remain in American airspace for "a few days," the Department of Defense said.
On Friday, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder said that while U.S. officials will continue to monitor the balloon, "We assess that it'll probably be over the United States for a few days."
A Chinese orb found
Newsweek
Feb 03 2023
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Pence, Pompeo and Haley demand Biden ‘shoot down’ Chinese spy balloon
A trio of would-be 2024 Republican presidential candidates insisted Friday that the Biden administration should bring down a Chinese spy balloon as it traveled over the central US.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused President Biden of appearing weak in the face of the incursion by
New York Post (News)
Feb 03 2023
Analysis
Why doesn’t US military shoot down the Chinese ‘spy’ balloon?
The US military has said it does not currently plan to shoot down the alleged Chinese spy balloon as it does not pose a threat militarily or to civilians, but that targeting it could create a huge amount of potentially dangerous debris.
At the same time, it said it was monitoring the path of the balloon as it tracked eastwards across the US.
As Secretary of Sate Antony Blinken
The Independent
Feb 03 2023
Analysis
Busting That Chinese Spy Balloon Is Harder Than You Think
The Pentagon has been tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon which flew over sensitive areas in Montana in recent days, apparently the latest of several such incursions. President Biden reportedly proposed that the intruder be shot down, but the Pentagon opposed this action, citing the risk of civilian casualties.
In fact, bringing down this type of balloon may be extremely
Forbes
Feb 03 2023
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Why the US hasn’t shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, according to officials
As the US and its Canadian partners continue to monitor a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon floating above the northern United States, one question stands out among the rest: Why hasn’t it been shot down?
Officials have said that the balloon’s path carries it over a “number of sensitive sites” in the US. The balloon – which is the size of three buses – has been seen over Montana,
CNN (Online News)
Feb 03 2023
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Blinken Trip to China Postponed After Alleged Spy Balloon Spotted Over U.S.
The Biden administration has indefinitely postponed Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing after determining that U.S. sovereignty was violated by what it identified as a Chinese reconnaissance balloon loitering above the continental U.S., the State Department said Friday.
U.S. officials on Thursday said the craft was loitering over Montana having earlier crossed Alaska’s
Wall Street Journal (News)
Feb 04 2023
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More EVs to qualify for tax credit following Treasury changes
More electric vehicles will qualify for a $7,500 tax credit under changes revealed Friday by the federal government, a move that follows pressure from auto industry lobbyists to better define the eligibility requirements.
The Treasury Department said Friday it was modifying how it classifies vehicles subject to certain price caps set under the Inflation Reduction Act, which made
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