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Foreign Funding and Influence in America’s K-12 Education System

Open-Source Intel Makes U.S. Troops an Easier Target for Iran

Iran is reading American service members’ social media feeds to deadly effect. The fact is that not all intelligence must be gleaned from secret, closed sources for it to be effective, and Tehran...

Suspicious Firms Still Seek Professionals With Military and Government Experience

Suspicious consulting sites continue to target Western security experts despite U.S. efforts to curb suspected Chinese virtual espionage. On June 30, China specialist Bill Hayton publicly asked on X...

Meet the 13 Palestinians Tasked With Governing Gaza After Hamas

FBI Web Domain Seizures Highlight China’s Virtual Espionage Strategy

Jobseekers in the national security space must take a closer look at prospective employment opportunities. A June 10 Department of Justice press release announced that the FBI had seized 13 web domains...

Chinese Virtual Espionage Operation Targeted Congressional Staffer

Would you discuss U.S. policy insights or trade issues for $10,000? A staffer with the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) received such an offer via email and reported...

Qatar Influence Operations: Unmasking a Suspected Network

Time to Lift the Veil on Foreign Funding in K-12 Schools

State lawmakers in Georgia just won a major battle in the long war to reveal foreign influence in America’s K-12 public schools. A new bill, which recently passed both chambers of the state legislature,...

6 Things To Know About Handala — Tehran’s Hackers Making Front Page News

U.S. law enforcement confirmed on March 27 that Iranian hackers operating under the name Handala compromised the FBI director’s personal email. The group claims to be an independent, pro-Palestinian...

Iran’s Pro-Regime Hackers Cannot Back Up Their Claims of Successful Cyber Attacks

As the United States and Israel continue to pummel the clerical regime in Iran, its hackers are threatening to join the fray. The Cyber Isnaad Front, a regime proxy, warned at the outset of the operation...

Qatar Is Pushing for ‘Social Justice’ Lessons and Arabic Classes in US K-12 Schools

Federal legislation is needed to expose this influence operation

The Fine Print of the Famine Declaration in Gaza

The experts have officially declared there is a famine in Gaza. But what exactly counts as a famine? And who judges if the standard has been met? As world leaders stream into New York City this month to...

FDD Uncovers Likely Chinese Intelligence Operation That Began More Than 3 Years Ago

From Playground to Classroom

The Spread of Antisemitism in K-12 Schools

Behind Khamenei’s post-war shake up: Salvaging the remains of the ‘Axis of Resistance’

In the post-war era, the power players are no longer focused solely on succession; they are now deeply invested in survival in the post-Islamic Republic era as well.

Israel cannot settle for a temporary military win, it must topple the Islamic regime

For Israel, this is not a conventional conflict, it is a confrontation with a country that is determined to destroy the Jewish State.

FDD Uncovers Likely Chinese Intelligence Operation Targeting Recently Laid-Off U.S. Government Employees

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Calibrating US policy to constrain Iranian oil exports

Shortly after President Donald Trump started his second term, his new Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, promised, “We are committed to bringing the Iranians to going back to the...

Ali Khamenei’s revealing glimpse into the Islamic Republic’s fears

When Iran’s supreme leader speaks, the world expects a predictable mix of praise for his Palestinian allies, blustery predictions of Israel’s demise, and bitter denunciations of...

Why inflation haunts Iran

With a month-on-month increase of 3.3% and an annual rate of 37.1%, inflation reflects the struggles of millions of Iranians.