Dan Coats

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Idealism
See the translation tech lawmakers say “threatens democracy” in action
futurism.com - Kristin Houser
Loaded Language On Thursday, a U.K.-based tech firm released a remarkable demo video of its flagship software. “I’d like to demonstrate how Synthesia …
NBC News
Nerve Agents
‘Definitely Russians’ carried out U.K. nerve agent attack, says former KGB spy
NBC News
Heads of Facebook hitting back after bombshell NYT report 04:57 Bill Cohan: Picking Whitaker for AG was a self-inflicted wound 10:06 What could a potential Julian Assange indictment mean for President
The Daily Beast
News (U.S.)
Facebook Blocks Dozens of Suspicious Accounts After Law Enforcement Tip
The Daily Beast
Facebook announced Monday that it had removed dozens of suspicious accounts involved in “coordinated” activity that “may be linked to foreign …
MSNBC
James Comey
Trump pressed Coats for way to stop Russia investigation: WaPo
MSNBC - Rachel Maddow
Adam Entous, national security reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that DNI Dan Coats told associates that …
Donald Trump
Trump: 'Hopefully No Meddling' in 2018 Elections
newsmax.com - www.newsmax.com
President Donald Trump says his administration has spent a lot of time, money and effort to make sure that Tuesday's midterm elections are "perfect …
Roll Call
Election Meddling
Democrats Press Dan Coats for Details of Trump’s Chinese Election Meddling Claims
Roll Call - Niels Lesniewski
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee ask if intelligence community will back the president Three Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence …
The Daily Beast
News (U.S.)
Intel Director: No Evidence of Vulnerabilities Hackers Could Exploit During Midterms
The Daily Beast
America’s top spy says the intelligence community hasn’t seen any vulnerabilities that state-backed hackers could exploit to disrupt voting in the …
U.S. Politics
Intel chief Dan Coats: Media outlets need to 'step up'
washingtonexaminer.com - Daniel Chaitin
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats called on media outlets to "step up" and combat efforts by foreign adversaries to spread propaganda in …
The Washington Post
Opinion
Don’t mess with China
The Washington Post
In his accolade for Vice President Pence’s “landmark speech on U.S.-China relations,” Josh Rogin neglected to mention two highly relevant facts [“Trump makes a needed reset on China,” Friday Opinion, 5].
The Daily Beast
Midterm Elections
Trump: China ‘Attempting to Interfere’ in Midterm Elections
The Daily Beast
While chairing the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, President Donald Trump accused China of “attempting to interfere in our upcoming …
China
DNI Dan Coats warns China cyber activities target U.S. state, local governments
cbsnews.com - Olivia Gazis
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats issued one of the starkest and most explicit warnings to date about China's cyber activities, calling …
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Machine Learning
Lawmakers: deepfakes could "undermine public trust" in "objective depictions of reality"
futurism.com - Jon Christian
FAKE NEWS In the early, optimistic days of the internet, we thought it would be a repository of high-quality information. Instead, it’s starting to …
Axios
Republicans
House Republicans block Democrats' request for Trump-Putin meeting details
Axios - Shannon Vavra
House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans have rejected Democrats' request that the State Department turn over documents that would explain what …
Vladimir Putin
House Democrats' Request For Trump-Putin Document Access Gets Rejected
newsy.com - Cristina Mutchler
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee were seeking access to information related to the closed-door meeting between the two leaders. The …
NBC News
Vostok
President Vladimir Putin inspects Vostok 2018 military drill in Russia’s Far East
NBC News
WaPo: WikiLeaks boss Assange charged according to court documents 02:10 Sam Stein: Any attempts to bring order to Trump White House fail 01:35 Trump unloads on Mueller probe amid hints Feds may soon act
CNET
National Security
Deepfakes are a threat to national security, say lawmakers
CNET - by Alfred Ng
The artificial intelligence tool infamous for porn forgeries is now a threat to democracy.
Axios
Employment
Congress seeks probe of deepfakes
Axios - Kaveh Waddell
Three members of Congress today asked the nation’s spymaster to investigate the national security implications of computer-generated video and audio …
National Security
US lawmakers warn spy chief that 'deep fakes' are a national security threat
yahoo.com - Zack Whittaker
If you're unaware, "deep fakes" are digitally manipulated videos — which, using existing footage mixed with artificial intelligence and machine …
The Mercury News
Midterm Elections
Trump orders sanctions for those who interfere in elections
The Mercury News - The Washington Post
By Anne Gearan and Felicia Sonmez | Washington Post WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump issued a new order Wednesday authorizing additional sanctions …
New York Post
Election Security
Trump authorizes sanctions against foreigners who meddle in US elections
New York Post - By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is signing an executive order authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in U.S. elections. Trump has …
Election Security
US Allows Sanctions On Foreigners Meddling In Elections
newsy.com - Katherine Biek
President Trump signed an executive order authorizing the sanctions on Wednesday. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that authorizes …
Conservative View
Bolton: Trump OKs Sanctions on Foreigners Who Meddle in US Elections
newsmax.com - By DEB RIECHMANN
President Donald Trump is signing an executive order authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in U.S. elections. Trump has drawn widespread …
Jim Mattis
Mike Pompeo, Jim Mattis, and Dan Coats will head to the Hill as Yemen deadline approaches
washingtonexaminer.com - Travis J. Tritten
Top Trump Cabinet officials are set to brief Congress on Yemen as a Wednesday deadline approaches for U.S. military support of Saudi Arabia and the …
Donald Trump
Lawrence O'Donnell Fingers Dan Coats as Op-Ed Author
newsmax.com - Sandy Fitzgerald
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Wednesday night said he's narrowed down the mystery insider who wrote an anonymous opinion piece for The New York Times …
The Washington Times
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump rips media 'echo chamber'
The Washington Times - By Jessica Chasmar
Ivanka Trump ripped the media “echo chamber” in a feisty Twitter response to a Los Angeles reporter who mocked her focus on criminal justice reform …
U.S. Politics
Pelosi: I thought Pence wrote anonymous NYT op-ed
washingtonexaminer.com - Al Weaver
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that she initially assumed Vice President Mike Pence penned the anonymous op-ed featured …
Donald Trump
Lawrence O'Donnell: I Believe Dan Coats Is The Trump Official Behind Anonymous NYT Op-Ed
realclearpolitics.com - Ian Schwartz
MSNBC: Lawrence O'Donnell considers who among the senior Trump officials could have written the anonymous NYT op-ed. Jennifer Rubin, Ron Klain and …
Donald Trump
Dan Coats Denies Writing NYT Article: 'Patently False'
newsmax.com - Newsmax Wires
President Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Thursday that speculation that he or his deputy wrote the anonymous opinion …
The Washington Post
Opinion
Happy Hour Roundup
The Washington Post
By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer * Tal Kopan reports that the Trump administration is really eager to keep immigrant kids locked up in detention:
Donald Trump
Several White House Officials Deny Writing Anonymous NYT Op-Ed
newsy.com - Katie Cammarata
The writer of the anonymous op-ed published in The New York Times on Wednesday said they were part of a "quiet resistance" in the …