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…
Ukrainian Defense Minister says Russians taking heavy losses, resorting to looting businesses for fuel, supplies
Kyiv, Ukraine – Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Hanna Maliar said on Saturday that Russia’s invasion isn’t going as well as Vladimir Putin had planned. Maliar said Russian forces are running…
Former State Attorney Pleads Guilty To Bribery And Extortion As Part Of Conspiracy With Defense Attorney, As Well As Wire Fraud And Filing False Tax Returns
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jeffrey Siegmeister (53, Live Oak) has pleaded guilty to four felonies pursuant to a plea agreement. Specifically, he pleaded guilty to…
EU imposes sanctions on Russian ministers of defense, economy
– The European Union said on Wednesday it had imposed sanctions on a number of senior Russian officials, including Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, after Moscow recognized the…
Former Defense Contractor Executive Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
WASHINGTON – An Ashland, Oregon, employee of a defense contractor pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to tax evasion.…
NY attorney general fires back at Trump’s defense of financial statements
By Karen Freifeld – New York’s attorney general on Wednesday pounced on former President Donald Trump’s defense of company’s financial statements, saying the five-page statement Trump issued a day earlier contradicted a…
Pentagon seeks to boost competition in shrinking defense contractor base
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released a report on Tuesday detailing recommendations to boost competition in its defense industrial base because rapid consolidation has created a national security risk. The number of…
Two ex-police officers to testify in own defense about George Floyd arrest
By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. -Two former Minneapolis police officers, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, told a U.S. judge on Monday they planned to testify in their own defense against…
US senators at impasse on bill to boost Ukraine sanctions, defense
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – Democratic and Republican U.S. senators who have been negotiating for weeks on a bipartisan bill to punish Russia for its troop build up near Ukraine said they…
Exclusive-U.S. to help UAE replenish missile defense interceptors after Houthi attacks
By Phil Stewart SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – The United States will help the United Arab Emirates replenish interceptors it uses to knock down incoming missiles following a spate of unprecedented attacks by…
Avenatti does not plan to testify in his defense in Stormy Daniels U.S. fraud case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – U.S. lawyer Michael Avenatti said on Monday he does not intend to take the stand to defend himself at trial on charges he defrauded his former…
U.S. senators writing bill with ‘substantial’ Ukraine defense aid increases – sources
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have been meeting to hammer out legislation that would dramatically increase the amount of U.S. military aid for Ukraine, as it…
Accused Michigan school shooter will pursue insanity defense: court filing
By Rami Ayyub – The Michigan teenager charged with first-degree murder in the deadliest U.S. school shooting of 2021 will assert an insanity defense, his lawyers wrote in a court notice filed…
Defense company Leonardo has made no decision on DRS business sale
MILAN – Defence and aerospace group Leonardo said on Wednesday it had not taken a formal decision about a sale of a business line at its DRS division. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday…
Federal Jury Convicts Baltimore Defense Attorney for Money Laundering Conspiracy
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal jury has convicted attorney Kenneth Wendell Ravenell, age 61, of Monkton, Maryland, of conspiracy to commit money laundering conspiracy charge. The conviction was announced by First Assistant…
Former Defense Contractor Arrested for Attempted Espionage
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams and Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division announced that John Murray Rowe, Jr., 63, of Lead, South…
Give the gift of self defense this Christmas as crime sweeps through Democrat run American cities
Are you trying to find that special someone the right gift for the holidays? Here’s an idea. Give them the gift of safety and peace of mind as crime runs rampant and…
House Passes Defense Bill, Moves To Lift Debt Ceiling After Bipartisan Agreement
The House late Tuesday passed a conferenced version of the National Defense Authorization Act and a bill that could clear a path for the Senate to skirt a filibuster and enable Democrats…
Female Draft, Presidential War Power Repeals Set To Be Scrapped From Defense Bill
A compromised version of the National Defense Authorization Act is reportedly set to scrap provisions that would require women to register for the draft and strip military force authorizations for the Iraq…
Former State Department Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for Embezzling more than $150,000 from Department of Defense
Charleston, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Roudy Pierre-Louis, 49, a citizen of Haiti and former State Department employee, was sentenced to more than a…
Bipartisan Group Fights To Keep Military Justice Reform In Defense Bill
Andrew Trunsky on November 30, 2021 A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to ensure that an overhaul to how the military handles cases…
Senate Republicans Block Annual Defense Bill Over Lack Of Debate, Amendment Votes
Senate Republicans blocked the passage of the annual defense bill after they and their Democratic colleagues failed to agree on rules governing amendment votes to the legislation. The bill needed 60 votes…
Defense Department Announces New Investigation Division For UFOs
The Department of Defense announced the creation of a new division to investigate UFOs in a statement on Wednesday. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks directed the Under Secretary of Defense for…
Tomi Lahren: Kyle Rittenhouse is not on trial, self defense is
As the murder trial against Illinois teen Kyle Rittenhouse winds down and is put into the hands of the jury, Fox News host Tomi Lahren today said it’s not just Rittenhouse who…
Foreign Hackers Stole Information From Defense Contractors, Researchers Say
Foreign hackers are suspected of breaching several organizations, including defense contractors, and accessing sensitive information, according to a report by cybersecurity researchers. Hackers stole documents from at least nine entities in the…
Former Defense Logistics Agency Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Assaulting A Subordinate Employee
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on November 1, 2021, Jared B. Heisey, age 30, of Etters, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before United States…
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