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Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., talks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 15, 2021. Two decades ago, Crow was a 24-year-old platoon leader in the American invasion of Iraq. Platoon members carried gas masks and gear to wear over their uniforms to protect them from the chemical weapons the U.S. believed – wrongly – that Iraqi forces might use against them. Today, Crow sits on committees that oversee the U.S. military and intelligence agencies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Iraq WMD failures shadow US intelligence 20 years later
By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press
Wed,03/22/23-11:08PM , 233 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his U.S. Capitol office, Rep. Jason Crow keeps several war mementos. Sitting on a shelf are his military identification tags, the tailfins of a spent mortar and a piece of shrapnel stopped by his body armor.
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Tourists ride classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 3, 2017. U.S. intelligence agencies cannot link a foreign adversary to any of the incidents associated with so-called “Havana syndrome,” the hundreds of cases of brain injuries and other symptoms reported by American personnel around the world. The findings released Wednesday by American intelligence officials cast doubt on the longstanding suspicions by many people who reported cases that Russia or another country may have been running a global campaign to harass or attack Americans using some form of directed energy. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

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Intel agencies: No sign adversaries behind 'Havana syndrome'
By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press
Wed,03/01/23-11:34AM , 261 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies cannot link a foreign adversary to any of the incidents associated with so-called “Havana syndrome,” the hundreds of cases of brain injuries and other symptoms reported by American personnel around the world.
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Karolina Hird, a Russia Analyst, works at her desk at the Institute for the Study of War, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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US spies lag rivals in seizing on data hiding in plain sight
By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press
Thu,01/12/23-4:22AM , 141 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — As alarms began to go off globally about a novel coronavirus spreading in China, officials in Washington turned to the intelligence agencies for insights about the threat the virus posed to America.
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In this image provided by U.S. Cyber Command, Army Maj. Gen. William Hartman, who leads the U.S. Cyber National Mission Force, speaks during a ceremony at U.S. Cyber Command headquarters at Fort George E. Meade, Md., Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Jon Dasbach/U.S. Cyber Command via AP)

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Official: Russia, Iran turmoil limited meddling in US vote
By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press
Mon,12/19/22-1:00PM , 152 Reads
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine and anti-regime protests in Iran limited both Moscow and Tehran’s ability to try to influence or interfere in the recent U.S. midterm elections, a senior American military official said Monday.
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