China ‘seizes US Vessel’ In S China Sea
The US has issued a formal request to China to deliver an unmanned underwater drone that was seized in international waters, US officials say. The Chinese navy seized the US underwater research...
Tag: Central Intelligence Agency
Clinton Blames Russia and FBI Boss For Loss
Former US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has for the first time attributed her election defeat to Russian hacking. She told party donors that President Putin had a "personal beef"...
Obama Vows Action Against Russia Over Election Hacks
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. "We need to take action and we will," he told US radio station...
Obama Threatens action Against Russia Over US Election Hacks
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. “We need to take action and we will,” he told US radio...
Obama Vows Action Against Russia Over Election Hacks
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. “We need to take action and we will,” he told US radio...
Obama Vows Action Against Russia On Hacks
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. "We need to take action and we will," he told US radio station...
White House Suggests Putin Behind US Hack
The White House has suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in a hacking operation aimed at interfering with the US election. Ben Rhodes, adviser to President Barack Obama,...
Trump Rewrites US Foreign Policy On the Fly
Donald Trump is not even President yet, but he's already turning US foreign policy on two of the biggest challenges to American power -- China and Russia -- on its head. In just five weeks as...
President Without Briefings Would Be ‘flying Blind’
President Barack Obama says any president who shuns daily intelligence briefings would be "flying blind" on national security matters, a stiff push-back against Donald Trump's suggestion that that he...
Clinton Campaign Backs Intelligence Briefing For Electoral College Electors
Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta on Monday backed Electoral College electors who are asking to receive an intelligence briefing on foreign interventions into the 2016 election ahead...
Republicans Ryan and McConnell Back Russia Vote Hack Probe
Senior Republicans in Congress have said they will support further investigation of findings that Russian hackers meddled in the US election. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch...
Bipartisan Group of Senators Calls For Probe of Russian Role In 2016 US Elections
A bipartisan quartet of high-profile senators said Sunday that "recent reports of Russian interference in our election should alarm every American," as President-elect Donald Trump sharpened his...
Trump Engages CIA In War of Words Over Russian Election Hacking
In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the American...
Trump Mocks Hacking ‘conspiracy Theory’
Donald Trump has poured fresh scorn on US intelligence claims of Russian hackers meddling in the US election. He tweeted: “Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to...
Trump Hints ‘One China’ Policy Could End
President-elect Donald Trump has questioned whether the US should continue its “One China” policy, sparking fury from Chinese state media. Under the policy, the US has formal ties with China...
Donald Trump Hints US ‘One China’ Policy Could End
President-elect Donald Trump has questioned whether the US should continue its "One China" policy. US policy since 1979 has respected China's stance on Taiwan, which it sees as a breakaway province....
Donald Trump Rejects CIA Russia Hacking Report
President-elect Donald Trump has rejected as “ridiculous” a CIA assessment that Russian hackers tried to sway the election in his favour. He told Fox News the Democrats were putting out the...
Oilman Tipped As Trump’s Secretary of State
Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson has met President-elect Donald Trump amid growing speculation that he is being considered for US secretary of state. NBC News quotes sources close to Mr Trump as saying...
President-Elect Slams US Intelligence Over Russia Hack
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team slammed the CIA Friday, following reports the agency has concluded that Russia intervened in the election to help him win. In a stunning response to...
Russia Intervened To Help Trump Win White House
The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the U. S. electoral system, the...