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China-Russia-Iran axis in cyberspace illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The war in cyberspace: America’s top spy is warning you

By Clifford D. May

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to vote for the presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 28, 2024. Iranians voted Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race's sole reformist candidate vowing to seek "friendly relations" with the West in an effort to boost his campaign. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S. Intel chief: Iran helping finance anti-Israel protests on college campuses

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, speaks during the open portion of a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Intelligence agencies warn of election threats from active Russia, aggressive Iran

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, testifies during the Senate Armed Services hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, May 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Greater instability and military coercion by China coming, intel chief Haines tells lawmakers

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit on Sunday, April 16, 2023. The U.S. Navy sailed the warship through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such transit made public since China carried out large-scale military drills around the self-ruled island last weekend in retaliation for a visit by Taiwan's president to the U.S. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Risk of war with China over Taiwan is real, intel leaders warn

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump sits at his desk after a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, left, and members of his staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 8, 2017, as a lockbag is visible on the desk, the key still inside at left. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., all but warned of Trump's handling of sensitive documents early in the then-president’s term. “Never leave a key in a classified lockbag in the presence of non-cleared people. #Classified101,” tweeted Heinrich, a member of the Intelligence Committee, days after the February 2017 incident. He asked for a review. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The intel review of documents at Trump’s estate, what’s known and what’s expected

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen carry an injured comrade on A stretcher to the hospital after an attack by Russian forces in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Monday, May 9, 2022.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

U.S. intelligence sees stalemate in Ukraine war; Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling to intensify

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this June 17, 2021, file photo Senate Health Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ranking member Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Burr and his brother-in-law are being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for potential insider trading, a case that stems from their abrupt sales of financial holdings during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent federal court filings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Republicans say Biden administration abused intelligence to cancel Polish jet offer

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A man pushes a baby stroller as he waves to Ukrainian soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier passing by in the Vyshgorod region close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Russias two-week-long war in Ukraine has killed thousands of people and forced more than 2 million others to flee the country, shaking the foundations of European security. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

DNI: Ukraine labs not involved with biological weapons, despite Russian charges

By Bill Gertz and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The WHO team is investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has visited two disease control centers in the province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

DNI: China still blocking virus origin probe

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese military personnel walk in formation outside the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing, Saturday, March 5, 2022. China is raising its defense spending in 2022 by 7.1% to $229 billion, up from a 6.8% increase the year before. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

DNI: China engaged in largest nuclear buildup in history, preparing ground to take Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in the cockpit of an airplane simulator as he visits to Aeroflot Aviation School outside Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. intel sees no unusual activity from Russian nuclear forces despite Putin order

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Director Avril Haines of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) testifies during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Avril Haines, William Burns rip WHO report on COVID-19 origins

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden's pick for national intelligence director Avril Haines speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP)

Avril Haines, DNI nominee, pledges to submit unclassified report on killing of Jamal Khashoggi

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on Chinese spy infiltration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

China’s relentless spying on Mr. Swalwell’s neighborhood

By Jed Babbin

Avril Haines. (Image: Pete Souza/White House)

Avril Haines picked by Obama as deputy CIA director for White House post

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times