Tehran’s Trump Trap
Iran is seeking to gain leverage while hoping that Washington will misread its own weakness and fear as goodwill and restraint.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ending the Ransomware Scourge Requires Punishing Its Enablers
Washington and its allies took a bite out of cybercrime on Tuesday in a series of coordinated steps against ransomware actors and their internet infrastructure.
Policy Briefs
Unpacking Iran’s counterintelligence apparatus
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently issued “seeking information” posters for two operatives of the Islamic Republic’s intelligence services implicated in the 2007 abduction...
Op-eds
‘Not Accurate’: Jordan Denies Reports of Ordering Deportation of Notorious Terrorist Ahlam Tamimi
Parliament Speaker Denies Deportation Claims: Jordanian Parliament Speaker Ahmed al-Safadi denied February 2 reports that Jordan had demanded Hamas immediately transfer convicted...
Flash Briefs
Russian Malign Influence Campaigns Expand Onto Bluesky
The Russian influence operation known as Doppelganger has expanded onto the social media platform Bluesky to spread anti-Ukraine and antisemitic messages, according to a report released by Alliance4Europe...
Policy Briefs
Trump Vows to Deport Hamas-Supporting Students, Combat Antisemitism in America With Executive Order
Trump Signs Executive Order Combatting Antisemitism: President Donald Trump issued an executive order on January 29 to combat antisemitism, pledging to deport individuals who publicly...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Coast Guard Issues Landmark Cybersecurity Rule to Protect Maritime Infrastructure
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a final rule on January 17 establishing minimum cybersecurity requirements for U.S.-flagged vessels and other regulated facilities. The landmark rule aims to strengthen the...
Policy Briefs
Russia Exploits LA Fires to Sow Discord and Promote False Claims
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, leveled the false claim that U.S. prison inmates were being used as forced labor to fight the Los Angeles wildfires. Her comments were part...
Policy Briefs
How the Left Views Langley
REVIEW: 'The CIA: An Imperial History’ by Hugh Wilford
Op-eds
Chinese-Linked Hackers Accused of Infiltrating U.S. Treasury Department
China is accelerating its efforts to compromise U.S. government systems through cyberattacks. In a letter to Congress on December 30, the Treasury Department revealed that hackers linked to Beijing had...
Policy Briefs
‘Sought to Divide the American People’: U.S. Sanctions Iranian and Russian Entities Pushing Disinformation
Russia and Iran Conducted Targeted Disinformation Campaigns: The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on two entities from Iran and Russia on December 31 for their attempts to influence...
Flash Briefs
An Afghanistan war veteran and an active duty servicemember conduct separate domestic attacks on New Year’s Day
On January 1, 2025, two US citizens conducted separate attacks in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured after a terrorist who had declared membership...
Op-eds
New North Korea Sanctions Will Produce Mixed Results
The Biden administration issued three sets of sanctions last week on individuals and entities providing military or financial support to North Korea. However, the sanctions will probably produce mixed...
Policy Briefs
Israel SitRep: December 23, 2024
Today’s Issue: | IDF Plans to Stay in Syrian Mount Hermon Through Winter, Racing to Complete Preparations | Two Jerusalem Men Indicted for Providing Information to Hezbollah; Nazareth Man Indicted in...
Israel at War Situation Report
The Islamic State and Iran remain determined to attack the US
Despite the recent successes of federal law enforcement agencies, the number of attempted attacks underscores these adversaries’ determination. Since the October 8 arrest of an Afghan man...
Op-eds
‘Student Intifada’: FBI Arrests George Mason Student Plotting Mass Casualty Attack on NYC Israeli Consulate
Egyptian National Charged by FBI: The FBI arrested an Egyptian student at George Mason University in Virginia for plotting an attack on the office of the Consulate General of...
Flash Briefs
Meta Dismantles Iranian and Hezbollah Influence Operations Targeting Israel
Meta’s Threat Disruption Center two weeks ago exposed influence operations backed by Iran and Hezbollah that targeted Israel, taking down several accounts on the company’s Instagram and Facebook platforms....
Policy Briefs
How to Prevent Classified U.S. Intelligence from Ending up on Social Media
Once again, highly classified U.S. intelligence reports are circulating on social media. Last month, Telegram’s pro-Iran propaganda channel Middle East Spectator published two classified...
Op-eds
U.S. and Israel Expose Iran’s Tenacious Malign Influence
The FBI, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Israel National Cyber Directorate published a joint cybersecurity advisory on October 30 detailing new tradecraft and operations by Emennet Pasargad,...
Policy Briefs
IRGC Official Among Plotters Indicted for Attempted Murder of U.S.-Based Iranian Dissident
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed charges against four Iranians on October 22 in connection with a 2022 plot to assassinate Iranian dissident journalist Masih Alinejad...