Among other things, the defendants are alleged to have paid and attempted to pay individuals in the U.S. and elsewhere to conduct surveillance and carry out targeted killings, according to the indictment.
When asked to pledge not to interfere in the November midterms, FBI Director Kash Patel told Sen. Peter Welch, D-VT, that he would “not participate in your charade of lies.” Joe pokes fun at the moment, asking: “What's that even mean?”
Fourteen Russian spy satellites moved over a US military base in Saudi Arabia two days before a devastating attack by Iran. The timing and sequencing of the spacecraft gave them access to a large spectrum of data which, US officials and international intelligence sources say, helped Tehran conduct some of its most precise attacks against American assets. CNN's Tamara Qiblawi reports.
“Donald Trump has been lowering hiring standards all over the government, beginning with his Cabinet,” argues MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell as he examines FBI Director Kash Patel’s Senate testimony and why he says it is “sad and dangerous that we have an ignorant clown as an FBI director.”
Former Navy SEAL Jack Carr and Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula join "Katie Pavlich Tonight" to discuss the "on-orbit space control weapons" possessed by the United States. "Katie Pavlich Tonight" offers a conservative take on the day’s events while welcoming all viewpoints. The goal: cutting through left-right bias in pursuit of plain facts and honest analysis.
For the second time in four months, FBI Director Kash Patel was grilled by Democratic senators about his leadership of the bureau. The hourslong, partisan hearing Tuesday was similar to Patel’s previous appearances on Capitol Hill. There were contentious moments as Democrats pressed him on the firings of agents involved in investigations of President Donald Trump and whether the FBI would interfere in the midterm elections. MS NOW legal analyst and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade joins Way Too Early to break it all down.
Perhaps most alarming, though, was his refusal to commit to not sending FBI agents to the polls as midterm elections near and voting concerns grow.
“Donald Trump has been lowering hiring standards all over the government, beginning with his Cabinet,” argues MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell as he examines FBI Director Kash Patel’s Senate testimony and why he says it is “sad and dangerous that we have an ignorant clown as an FBI director.”
U.S. universities vet foreign partners mainly for risks in chips and weapons, and this report argues that American expertise in communications and public-opinion analysis could reach China's propaganda system through academic partnerships, but those partnerships don't get the same scrutiny.
For the first time, The United States has confirmed that it has deployed weapons in space, a significant revelation following years of warnings about the potential militarization of space by countries including Russia. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told the Air and Space Cyber Conference in Maryland on Monday that the U.S. has fielded “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.” LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall brings national security analyst Hal Kempfer into the conversation to discuss.