Author: Michael

The National Security Agency on Friday announced Tim Kosiba as its deputy director, nine months after the Trump administration axed his predecessor — reportedly at the behest of a far-right activist.
Kosiba, a veteran of the NSA with a 33-year career in federal government, according to a press release, was previously deputy commander of the cyberespionage agency’s largest field office, which is located in Georgia. He was also the deputy director of the agency’s Commercial Solutions Center, among other cyber roles in the FBI and Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth swore in 35 new recruits yesterday in Los Angeles of all services and the California National Guard.
AFP was on scene as part of the Pentagon Press Corps.
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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranThe Iranian government has faced mass protests and military strikes by its adversaries before, but the convergence of internal unrest and the possibility of outside intervention is a more challenging dynamic. Since late December, when the accelerating decline of the national currency prompted demonstrations by merchants in Tehran, a wave of anti-regime unrest has spread around the country. U.S.

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Insider trading on the stock market—that is, buying or selling of a public company’s stocks by someone with access to privileged or secret information—is illegal. But that’s not true of the rash of new, online prediction marketplaces. Polymarket, Kalshi, and a number of lesser-known sites allow users to essentially bet on news and events using cryptocurrency, and these markets are largely unregulated.

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