The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mountaineer on February 14, 2024, 06:42:17 pm
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R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts
🚨#BREAKING: U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner from Ohio said all members of Congress have access to info on "a serious national security threat." He's requested Biden "declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the Administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond to this threat"
Democratic source familiar with the threat has said to NBC News: that this is a serious issue that could lead to a destabilizing situation and a national security threat
As they Described it as a "potential foreign threat" but would not say where the threat is coming from
12:22 PM · Feb 14, 2024
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Chuck Callesto
@ChuckCallesto
JUST IN: ⚠️ Fox News is reporting the Threat may be related to Space.
1:50 PM · Feb 14, 2024
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OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
U.S. Defense Officials have Confirmed that the “National Security Threat” has to do with a New Space-Based Capability by the Russian Military.
1:54 PM · Feb 14, 2024
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House Intelligence Committee chair warns of a serious national security threat
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Updated 1:32 PM EST, February 14, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday he had information about a serious national security threat and urged the administration to declassify the information so the U.S. and its allies can openly discuss how to respond.
Rep. Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican, gave no details about the nature of the threat in his statement. The White House also declined to provide details.
Turner earlier Wednesday sent an email to members of Congress saying his committee had “identified an urgent matter with regard to a destabilizing foreign military capability” that should be known to all congressional policy makers. He encouraged them to come to a SCIF, a secure area, to review the intelligence. He again provided no details.
Turner’s announcement appeared to catch the Biden administration off-guard. ...
https://apnews.com/article/congress-national-security-6a4497fc2d74ebbe2ab3483ba43e09b3
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House Intel Chairman announces ‘serious national security threat,’ sources say it is related to Russia
By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis, Annie Grayer and Kevin Liptak, CNN
Updated 1:28 PM EST, Wed February 14, 2024
House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner has made information concerning a “serious national security threat” available to all members of Congress to review, the committee said on Wednesday.
While Turner and the White House remained vague on what the threat entailed, two sources and a US official tell CNN the threat is related to Russia. Multiple sources familiar with the intelligence characterized it as “very sensitive.”
One of the sources who has seen the intelligence confirmed that “it is, in fact, a highly concerning and destabilizing” Russian capability “that we were recently made aware of.” ...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/politics/house-intel-chairman-serious-national-security-threat/index.html
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A cynical view:
Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Wow. Amazing. A day after the Senate passed a massively unpopular 95 billion dollar foreign aid package with billions for Ukraine, and a week after Putin gave one of the most widely viewed interviews of all time to Tucker Carlson, there is now a "serious national security threat" related to Russia.
Let me guess: it will just so happen that we need 95 billion dollars in foreign aid to neutralize this threat
1:12 PM · Feb 14, 2024
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Russia fired a first time to be used hypersonic missile at Ukraine. That may be what this is about.
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A cynical view:
Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Wow. Amazing. A day after the Senate passed a massively unpopular 95 billion dollar foreign aid package with billions for Ukraine, and a week after Putin gave one of the most widely viewed interviews of all time to Tucker Carlson, there is now a "serious national security threat" related to Russia.
Let me guess: it will just so happen that we need 95 billion dollars in foreign aid to neutralize this threat
1:12 PM · Feb 14, 2024
As long as Joe is CIC, this war is going to continue to cost us $$; Joe and others and IMHO Zelenskky have funneled $$ into their own pockets. I couldn't find current statistics, but giving them billions off and on, I wonder if we've hit the trillion dollar mark in aid to Ukraine?
Enough is enough. This is NOT our war nor the responsibility of the U.S. to keep funding it! 9999hair out0000
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Russia fired a first time to be used hypersonic missile at Ukraine. That may be what this is about.
If anyone watched the Carlson interview of Putin, I don't think that this is a war that Ukraine/Nato and or the West is going to win. Joe is 'stupid' in Putin's eyes and he is. He knows how weak the U.S. is and so does Zelenskyy. From my perception, Russia's economy isn't hurting, ours is -- we keep printing $$ which is absurd.
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Enough is enough. This is NOT our war nor the responsibility of the U.S. to keep funding it! 9999hair out0000
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Russia has a say in whether it's our war or not.
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Russia has a say in whether it's our war or not.
How is that??
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How is that??
Russia has been attacking the U.S., in one way or the other for years:
Timeline: Ten Years of Russian Cyber Attacks on Other Nations
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hacking-in-america/timeline-ten-years-russian-cyber-attacks-other-nations-n697111
U.S. rallied multinational response to 2012 cyberattack on American banks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-rallied-multi-nation-response-to-2012-cyberattack-on-american-banks/2014/04/11/7c1fbb12-b45c-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html
FSB Officers Protected, Directed, Facilitated and Paid Criminal Hackers
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-charges-russian-fsb-officers-and-their-criminal-conspirators-hacking-yahoo-and-millions
New details emerge about 2014 Russian hack of the State Department: It was ‘hand to hand combat’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-details-emerge-about-2014-russian-hack-of-the-state-department-it-was-hand-to-hand-combat/2017/04/03/d89168e0-124c-11e7-833c-503e1f6394c9_story.html
In a first, U.S. blames Russia for cyber attacks on energy grid
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1GR2GN/
Russian warplanes allegedly force US destroyer away from territorial waters in Black Sea
https://theaviationist.com/2015/05/30/su-24-over-uss-ross-black-sea/
How a 4-Hour Battle Between Russian Mercenaries and U.S. Commandos Unfolded in Syria
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html
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OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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The National Security Threat reportedly involves the Russian Military attempting the Deployment of Nuclear Weapons into Space for use against Satellites.
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Russia has been hacking and using hypersonic missiles in Ukraine for a while. Russia has been actively working against US interests and working with America's enemies for the past 20 years.
Why is Russia a sudden threat? What changed between yesterday and today? Could it have anything to do with a post-dated, out-of-state $95billion check for Ukraine that requires House approval?
Protect America's borders before Ukraine's, Tawain's, and Israel's. If Biden really wants the money, he'll have to relent as long as the GOP holds the line.
The US Government works for US voters and taxpayers - not the United Nations, not NATO, not SEATO, or any other multinational entity,
Take care of America first.
Biden needs to be held to account for his Open Border, America Last, and Americans Last policies.
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Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
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WALTZ says he supports Turner making this warning public, and that Turner has sent multiple letters to the administration about this national security threat.
WALTZ says Sullivan talk w/members scheduled tomorrow should be about "what the hell we are doing about it"
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White House dodges on 'serious national security threat' after House Intelligence Committee sounds alarm
National security adviser Jake Sullivan says he will meet with Gang of Eight about the threat on Thursday
By Anders Hagstrom Fox News
Published February 14, 2024 1:57pm EST
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan dodged questions about a "serious national security threat" that President Biden's administration notified Congress about on Wednesday.
The House Intelligence Committee told all members of Congress that its leaders had been informed of the situation on Wednesday, and Chairman Mike Turner called on Biden to declassify information about the threat for the American public.
Reporters pressed Sullivan to provide details about the threat, but he did not budge.
"What can you say about the threat and what the administration plans to do?" a reporter asked.
more
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-dodges-serious-national-security-threat-house-intelligence-committee-sounds-alarm
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https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1757835571852976628
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I have a feeling this is all about Ukraine aid
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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NEW: Hakeem Jeffries statement on national security threat:
“The most urgent national security threat facing the American people right now is the possibility that Congress abandons Ukraine and allows Vladimir Putin’s Russia to win.”
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R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts
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🚨#BREAKING: The National security threat involves Russia wanting to put nuclear weapons in space officials say
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R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts
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🚨#BREAKING: The National security threat involves Russia wanting to put nuclear weapons in space officials say
:pondering: Isn't that why the US Space Force has that robotic space plane, the Boeing X-37 up there doing extended orbiting? I'm sure that it is only conducting research, globull warming/climate change research....(https://i.imgur.com/Z9GVHXM.jpg?3)
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DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
It somehow gets more pathetic… House Intel Chairman RINO Mike Turner is trying to scare Americans about Russian space weapons so he can pass a $60B Ukraine money laundering bill. But get this - he just visited with Zelensky 4 days ago!
How do you say “scam” in Ukrainian?
2:12 PM · Feb 14, 2024
US Rep. Mike Turner
@RepMikeTurner
I led a bipartisan CODEL to Kyiv, where we met with President @ZelenskyyUa, @USAmbKyiv Blank, and senior Ukrainian officials.
@RepFrenchHill, @RepJasonCrow, @RepSpanberger, Rep. @ZachNunn, and I reiterated America’s commitment to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
4:00 PM · Feb 9, 2024
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Russia has been attacking the U.S., in one way or the other for years:
Timeline: Ten Years of Russian Cyber Attacks on Other Nations
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hacking-in-america/timeline-ten-years-russian-cyber-attacks-other-nations-n697111
U.S. rallied multinational response to 2012 cyberattack on American banks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-rallied-multi-nation-response-to-2012-cyberattack-on-american-banks/2014/04/11/7c1fbb12-b45c-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html
FSB Officers Protected, Directed, Facilitated and Paid Criminal Hackers
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-charges-russian-fsb-officers-and-their-criminal-conspirators-hacking-yahoo-and-millions
New details emerge about 2014 Russian hack of the State Department: It was ‘hand to hand combat’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-details-emerge-about-2014-russian-hack-of-the-state-department-it-was-hand-to-hand-combat/2017/04/03/d89168e0-124c-11e7-833c-503e1f6394c9_story.html
In a first, U.S. blames Russia for cyber attacks on energy grid
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1GR2GN/
Russian warplanes allegedly force US destroyer away from territorial waters in Black Sea
https://theaviationist.com/2015/05/30/su-24-over-uss-ross-black-sea/
How a 4-Hour Battle Between Russian Mercenaries and U.S. Commandos Unfolded in Syria
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html
...and China as well.... Both would love nothing more than to become dominant - both right now see the U.S. as weak. However, it is Ukraine that we keep throwing money at. Taiwan is just an accident waiting to happen, then what? I don't believe we have the capabilities of fighting over in the ME, Russia and China.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/china-hacking-hawaii-pacific-taiwan-conflict/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68163172
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/RB9800/RB9858z2/RAND_RB9858z2.pdf
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/09/america-weapons-china-00100373
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DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
It somehow gets more pathetic… House Intel Chairman RINO Mike Turner is trying to scare Americans about Russian space weapons so he can pass a $60B Ukraine money laundering bill. But get this - he just visited with Zelensky 4 days ago!
How do you say “scam” in Ukrainian?
2:12 PM · Feb 14, 2024
US Rep. Mike Turner
@RepMikeTurner
I led a bipartisan CODEL to Kyiv, where we met with President @ZelenskyyUa, @USAmbKyiv Blank, and senior Ukrainian officials.
@RepFrenchHill, @RepJasonCrow, @RepSpanberger, Rep. @ZachNunn, and I reiterated America’s commitment to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
4:00 PM · Feb 9, 2024
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Absolutely ridiculous the amount of money we've given to Zelenskyy all under the premise of defeating Russia. So how many billions or trillions is it going to take to defeat Putin???
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Absolutely ridiculous the amount of money we've given to Zelenskyy all under the premise of defeating Russia. So how many billions or trillions is it going to take to defeat him???
I also question how giving him more money will persuade the Russians not to create or use space weapons.
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...and China as well.... Both would love nothing more than to become dominant - both right now see the U.S. as weak. However, it is Ukraine that we keep throwing money at. Taiwan is just an accident waiting to happen, then what? I don't believe we have the capabilities of fighting over in the ME, Russia and China.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/china-hacking-hawaii-pacific-taiwan-conflict/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68163172
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/RB9800/RB9858z2/RAND_RB9858z2.pdf
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/09/america-weapons-china-00100373
We aren't fighting Russia. We're arming those who are. As it should be. Only weapons should be sent there.
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Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
More: source confirms the US has been tracking this threat for “some time” – (waived off my question of whether emergence of this news was triggered by Ukraine funding fight, FISA Section 702 reauthorization, or any other legislative matter) – but perhaps more notably, I have not gotten clear answers on whether the administration has shared this threat information with allies and partners.
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WAG THE DOG....
OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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Three Members of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee have told Politico that the National Security Threat caused by a New Russian Capability is “Disturbing” but that it is a Longer-Term Concern “Not a Today thing” and that, “It is a Serious Issue but not an Immediate Crisis.”
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I also question how giving him more money will persuade the Russians not to create or use space weapons.
I can't help thinking that if the whole point of this is countering Russian space weapons, we would be better off partnering up and spending money with someone who has a high success rate in getting things into space.....Oh Mr. Musk.
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We aren't fighting Russia. We're arming those who are. As it should be. Only weapons should be sent there.
Yes, however, what is going to happen when China acts on Taiwan? So, we'd be involved monetarily at least in the ME, China, Russia/Ukraine .... No worries, we'll just keep the printing presses going. *****rollingeyes*****
Meanwhile ... we're having a difficult time securing are own border which could be done with a mere fraction of what we've already given Ukraine.
The whole situation is backasswards.
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I also question how giving him more money will persuade the Russians not to create or use space weapons.
I question how giving them more money will overcome this: Population of Russia 144,139,463 as of Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Population of Ukraine is 37,478,154 as of Wednesday, February 14, 2024. We can keep sending money until we run out of ink and paper and it will never overcome simple mathematics **nononono* So what will the next demand be, that we and other nations send our children to fight and die against Russia for Ukraine to stop communism? Meanwhile we have communists from China and moslem terrorists, murderers, rapists and other criminals invading America and few of our elected supposed representatives give a rats ass!
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Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
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MORE: Fox is told this threat has been communicated to U.S. allies and partners – and the suggestion in Turner's statement that this has not yet happened is inaccurate
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Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
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NEW: US Official tells Fox President Biden has been tracking this national security threat- and in fact directed NSA Jake Sullivan to engage the Gang of 8, among other actions he has directed.
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https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1757837916489785739
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https://twitter.com/ToddHarrisonDC/status/1757874882547798310
Todd Harrison
@ToddHarrisonDC
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Russia has a full suite of counterspace weapons at its disposal: missiles that can strike satellites directly in space, satellites that can attack other satellites, and electronic and cyber forms of attack that may be invisible to the public. (2 of 4)
Todd Harrison
@ToddHarrisonDC
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It is far better to send weapons to Ukraine so they can fight Russia and degrade its military (without risking any American lives) than to allow Russia to succeed and feel emboldened. (3 of 4)
Todd Harrison
@ToddHarrisonDC
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I fear that what we are seeing is an emboldened Russia in space. Congressional dithering on Ukraine funding shows weakness and creates a potential opening for Russia to exploit. Weakness invites aggression. (4 of 4)
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Speaker Johnson please hurry up and pass the funding for Ukraine so they can defeat the Ruskies before they attack us from space................../s
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Speaker Johnson please hurry up and pass the funding for Ukraine so they can defeat the Ruskies before they attack us from space................../s
More $$ for Ukraine ... no problem. :whistle:
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Speaker Johnson please hurry up and pass the funding for Ukraine so they can defeat the Ruskies before they attack us from space................../s
I wonder how many of the very same weapons that we are warned Russia has in space, that WE have in space, or China has in space? This fearmongering about a sudden emergency situation with Russia, when the fact is the major players have had weapons based in space for a long time, is very questionable. All of a sudden MAD is thrown out the window?
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I wonder how many of the very same weapons that we are warned Russia has in space, that WE have in space, or China has in space? This fearmongering about a sudden emergency situation with Russia, when the fact is the major players have had weapons based in space for a long time, is very questionable. All of a sudden MAD is thrown out the window?
Exactly, my thought as well.
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OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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The National Security Threat reportedly involves the Russian Military attempting the Deployment of Nuclear Weapons into Space for use against Satellites.
Well that's certainly a big escalation and a violation of just about every treaty and agreement signed between the U.S. and Russia concerning outer space since Sputnik.
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If aid to Ukraine is so damn important, secure the Border yesterday, dammit.
What is coming across the Border that is more important to Biden than defending Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan?
Why is the Open Border so damn important to Biden?
Why is Biden putting American security last?
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More $$ for Ukraine ... no problem. :whistle:
Olena Zelenska needs a new pair of Louboutins.
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Dana Loesch
@DLoesch
Forgive me if I don't believe a single word from the mouth of a guy who was Hillary's coordinator on the Russian dossier -- made by colluding with the Kremlin -- all to push the FBI to target a political opponent.
2:25 PM · Feb 14, 2024
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1757819106890219617
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ABC News by John Parkinson, Luke Barr, Anne Flaherty, Luis Martinez, and Adam Carlson
It would not be to drop a weapon on Earth but to possibly use on satellites.
The White House's national security adviser and leading lawmakers on Capitol Hill sought to allay public concerns on Wednesday after the House Intelligence Committee chairman warned of a "national security threat" related to a "destabilizing foreign military capability" so serious that President Joe Biden should declassify "all information" about it.
Two sources familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill said the intelligence has to do with Russia wanting to put a nuclear weapon into space.
This would not be to drop a nuclear weapon onto Earth but rather to possibly use against satellites.
Still, "it is very concerning and very sensitive," said one source, calling it "a big deal."
While not addressing the subject directly, multiple members of Congress quickly described the issue as serious without stoking public alarm.
"We are going to work together to address this matter, as we do all sensitive matters that are classified," House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon.
More: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-plans-brief-lawmakers-house-chairman-warns/story?id=107232293 (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-plans-brief-lawmakers-house-chairman-warns/story?id=107232293)
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OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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Canada and the U.K. alongside several other Allies have been Briefed by U.S. Defense Officials on the New Intelligence released today regarding the Development of the Russian Space-Based Anti-Satellite Nuclear System and the Threat it will pose to the West once it is Deployed.
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1757914658777039133 (https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1757914658777039133)
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸
@RepMTG
Are we facing a national security threat?
It’s my duty to be honest with you.
Yes. It’s real.
I went to the briefing today in the SCIF.
Our President is a dementia patient in charge of our country and the nuclear football, who ripped our border wide open to over 10 million people and counting from over 160 countries around the world and 2 million of them we never caught, however an unknown number of those are in fact terrorists who want to kill you.
Not only that, the administration has empowered the criminal cartels and they not only control most of our southern border, but are also making tens of billions from human and drug trafficking and have expanded their international operations to have a strong foothold inside the United States.
Along with that, the government you trusted with your hard earned tax dollars has enslaved us all in over $34 TRILLION in debt. Communists China owns most of our debt and China makes most of our critical chain supplies, you know like medications that keep many of you alive.
Now the interest rate on that debt is climbing so fast that the annual interest alone is soon to be bigger than our entire defense budget.
Turns out the “smart people” running the federal government have made so many bad decisions with foreign policy, sanctions, and trade that our dollar is under dire threat and soon could no longer be the world’s currency.
This means that your 401K’s, retirement accounts, stock portfolios, and savings could soon be worthless and your government mandated social security account that most of you depend on in retirement could soon be wiped out.
These are just a few of the terrifying top national security threats we face.
However, perhaps the greatest threat is the federal government has become so powerful over the people that it leaks “intelligence” to the press in order to pressure Congress to make certain votes, protect it’s own power to spy on it’s own citizens, maintain power and protect it’s own job security, and most terrifying of all has become weaponized to crush it’s political enemies.
All of this you I’m telling you didn’t come from the SCIF, you already know, and I’m depending on you to help me stop our greatest national security threat, the one from within.
8:21 PM · Feb 14, 2024
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I'm sorry..I still think this all about the Ukraine Bill :shrug:
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1757952271977963765
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Aha....
Joey Mannarino
@JoeyMannarinoUS
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They’re faking a national security threat from Russia to pass the Ukrainian aid package.
There is no lie that they won’t tell.
Don’t pass the aid package.
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Let me get this straight.... The same country who is using World War 2 weapons and tanks in Ukraine has suddenly become an intergallatic threat? :pondering:
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Let me get this straight.... The same country who is using World War 2 weapons and tanks in Ukraine has suddenly become an intergallatic threat? :pondering:
Russia's space program is different than it's decrepit military establishment, and has always had the best engineers and plenty of rubles and resources.
Hence...
How NASA became utterly dependent on Russia for space travel
https://www.vox.com/2014/5/5/5674744/how-nasa-became-utterly-dependent-on-russia-for-space-travel
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Rep. Matt Gaetz
@RepMattGaetz
The timing of this “national security threat” is suspicious. I worry that it will be used as a basis to extend the FISA authorities that have been abused by the Biden Administration.
There is nothing I read in the intelligence yesterday that scares me more than the intelligence I review about our open Southern Border.
9:35 AM · Feb 15, 2024
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Speaker Johnson says Russian threat known to Congress for ‘weeks’
by Laura Kelly - 02/15/24 5:41 PM ET
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday said Congress has been aware for “weeks” of the threat of Russia developing an anti-satellite weapon and that a response from the U.S. should be immediate, following a classified briefing with President Biden’s senior national security advisers.
Johnson said he was first informed in January that Russia was developing an anti-satellite capability — a threat that was thrust into the news this week by a public warning issued by House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio).
“This is a matter that we’ve known about for a few weeks. We requested a meeting with the president. I did, we did in writing in January,” Johnson told reporters Thursday evening after coming out of a classified briefing.
The lawmakers were briefed Thursday evening at the Capitol by national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and a representative from the Pentagon, the lawmakers said.
Johnson stood alongside Turner and Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, after the briefing and expressed confidence the Biden administration has a plan to confront the Russian threat.
“The United States can’t rely on other nations to handle matters like this. We must do it ourselves, and we will,” Johnson said.
Turner described the threat as a “Russian anti-satellite weapon” and added he is supporting the administration’s response.
“We all came away with a very strong impression that the administration is taking this very seriously and that the administration has a plan in place,” he said.
“We look forward to supporting them as they go to implement it. I think the Department of Defense today has indicated that what we’re discussing is a Russian anti-satellite weapon.”
more
https://thehill.com/homenews/4471140-johnson-russian-threat-known-weeks/
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https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1758311754311127369
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Turner exploited privileged access to intelligence to scare colleagues in an effort to undermine reform of warrantless surveillance laws—and in so doing have undermined credibility, HPCSI committee, and national security.
https://twitter.com/FreedomWorks/status/1759957355138027647
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Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good Calls For Intel Chair Mike Turner’s Ouster
Sean Moran
17 Feb 2024
Breitbart (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/17/freedom-caucus-chairman-bob-good-calls-for-intel-chair-mike-turners-ouster/?utm_campaign=FreedomWorking&utm_content=283069014&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-14730894)House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) on Friday called for the removal of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) over his efforts to scuttle government surveillance reform.
Good told Just the News: I do not think he should remain as chairman. I don’t think he should remain as chairman because of what he’s trying to do to reauthorize FISA without the appropriate reforms to protect the American people in terms of their, again, most precious basic constitutional rights. We have a constitution that limits what government can do.
He added, “The position of the Intelligence Committee is in direct contradiction to that; direct violation of that. We’ve seen it abused ever since FISA was first put into place and with growing frequency.” ...