Air Force employee pleads guilty to leaking classified defense information on foreign dating site
OMAHA, Neb. — A 64-year-old civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force has pleaded guilty to conspiring to disclose classified national defense information to an individual he believed was a foreign national…
Department of Defense Opens STARBASE at Joint Base MDL
BROWNS MILLS, NJ – It’s nothing like the Death Star or Starkiller in the Lucasfilm Star Wars movies, but the Department of Defense has announced a new STARBASE program at its Joint…
Carlyle in talks to buy U.S. defense contractor ManTech – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc is in advanced talks to buy U.S. defense contractor ManTech International Corp in a deal valuing it at about $4 billion, Bloomberg News reported…
Bank of America most favored for activism defense in 2021 -Refinitiv data
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Bank of America ranked as the top financial adviser to companies targeted by activist investors in 2021, vaulting past three rivals to claim the top spot, according…
California Man Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Steal Payments from U.S. Department of Defense, Bank Fraud, Lying to Federal Agents, and Other Offenses Related to $23m Phishing Scam
CAMDEN, N.J. – A California man was convicted on six counts related to the theft of over $23 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), money destined for one of…
Ex-New York cop who tackled officer during U.S. Capitol riot claims self defense at trial
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – A retired New York City police officer charged with assault in the U.S. Capitol riot testified on Thursday that he was acting in self-defense when he struck…
Former Defense Contractor Manager Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
WASHINGTON – A former manager for a defense contractor pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. According to court documents and…
U.S. to host Ukraine-focused defense talks in Germany on April 26
WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will host Ukraine-focused defense talks with allies at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on April 26, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “The goal is to…
U.S. State Department says defense alliance expansion would promote European stability
WASHINGTON – The United States would not be concerned that an expansion of a defense alliance would do anything other than promote stability in Europe, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on…
Eight Individuals Facing Federal Indictment for a $3 Million Scheme to Defraud Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Defense Health Agency
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging eight individuals, including the President, Vice-President and Chief Finance and Strategy Officer at a company that provided medical billing and…
Trump adviser Bannon blocked from using key defense in July U.S. trial
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge on Wednesday dealt a setback to Steve Bannon ahead of his upcoming criminal trial, blocking former President Donald Trump’s adviser from telling jurors that…
National Security Agency Employee Facing Federal Indictment for Willful Transmission and Retention of National Defense Information
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Mark Robert Unkenholz, age 60, of Hanover, Maryland, for willful transmission and retention of National Defense Information (NDI). The indictment…
Southern California Businessman Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison for Illegally Brokering Sales of Embargoed Defense Articles From China
CHICAGO — A Southern California businessman has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally brokering the sales of embargoed defense articles from the People’s Republic of China and filing…
Ex-Goldman banker’s wife testifies in husband’s defense at 1MDB trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – The wife of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng on Monday testified in her husband’s defense at a U.S. trial over the looting of hundreds of…
Biden wants $813 billion for defense as Ukraine crisis raises alarm
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s record peacetime national defense budget request of $813 billion boasts a 4.6% pay raise for troops and the largest research and development budget in…
White House Reportedly Drafting Order Invoking Defense Production Act To Further Climate Goals
White House Reportedly Drafting Order Invoking Defense Production Act To Further Climate Goals Ailan Evans on March 24, 2022 The White House is developing an executive order intended to ease shortages of…
U.S., S. Korea defense chiefs agree on need for ‘firm responses’ after launch -Pentagon
WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart agreed that firm responses, including at the United Nations, were necessary after North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile test, the Pentagon…
Analysis-Ukraine crisis could derail drive to limit U.S. defense spending
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON – Many Democrats thought their control of the White House and Congress would provide an opportunity to rein in U.S. military spending, which had leaped…
U.S. Republicans want higher defense spending, citing Ukraine and China
WASHINGTON – A group of 40 U.S. Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives Armed Services Committees urged President Joe Biden to include a 5% increase above inflation for defense…
Lancaster Company Agrees to Pay $820,000 for Improper Billing of Defense Intelligence Agency
PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Reveal Global Consulting, LLC (“Reveal”) has agreed to pay $820,000 to the federal government to resolve allegations that it violated the…
VP Harris’s top press aide leaves for the Defense Department
WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris’s deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh is headed to the Department of Defense, according to an internal email that lists staff changes in her office. Harris first…
Zelenskiy calls on U.S. Congress for more Russia sanctions, defense aid
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the U.S. Congress on Wednesday for further military assistance to help protect the skies over Ukraine and for further sanctions against Russia including the…
Verizon secures contracts worth nearly $1 billion from U.S. defense department
– Telecoms giant Verizon Communications Inc said on Wednesday it had secured new business worth almost $1 billion from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide technical support and network modernization services.…
Ukraine is model for Taiwan defense should China violate its ‘sovereignty’ -U.S. official
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s stiff resistance against the invasion by Russian forces could be a model for Taiwan to defend itself should China choose to violate the island’s “sovereignty” by…
Former Tungsten Heavy Powder & Parts CEO Arrested and Charged with Unlawful Exportation of Defense Articles including to The People’s Republic of China
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kareem A. Salem (619) 546-8904 and John Parmley (619) 546-7957 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – March 4, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Joe Sery, former owner and chief executive officer of…
U.S. Senate talks on omnibus spending bill hit snag over Ukraine defense money -Republican leader McConnell
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate talks on an omnibus spending bill to fund the U.S. government have hit a snag over defense spending related to Ukraine, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on…
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