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Obama's Former Advisor Apologises After Video Of Racist Rant Goes Viral
The viral video shows Stuart Seldowitz asking the food vendor racist and Islamophobic questions.
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Situation Room Where Obama Watched Bin Laden Raid Is Getting An Overhaul
The highly secure space in the White House where presidents have gone to watch video feeds as US forces killed terrorists Osama bin Laden, the Situation Room is also a technology throwback, with some equipment that hasn't been updated in 15 years.
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Joe Biden Chooses Susan Rice As Top White House Domestic Policy Adviser
US President-elect Joe Biden chose Susan Rice, who was national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, on Thursday to lead the White House's domestic policy council as part of a flurry of appointments to his developing administration.
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Diplomat Antony Blinken Likely To Be US Secretary Of State: Report
Veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, who served as No. 2 at the State Department and as deputy national security adviser in the Obama administration, is U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's most likely pick to be secretary of state, a Biden ally said on Sunday.
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Twitter Security Fell Short Before Celebrity Hack, New York Regulator Says
Twitter suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a "simple" hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world's most famous people in July, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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UK Teen Accessed Then CIA Chief John Brennan's Accounts: Court
A British teenager managed to access the communications accounts of top US intelligence and security officials including the then CIA chief John Brennan, a London court heard Friday.
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US Publicly Blames North Korea For WannaCry Cyberattack
The Trump administration on Monday evening publicly acknowledged that North Korea was behind the WannaCry computer worm that affected more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries earlier this year.
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Barack Obama Warned Donald Trump Against Michael Flynn Appointment: Ex-US Official
Former US President Barack Obama warned then-President-elect Donald Trump against giving the post of national security adviser in his administration to Michael Flynn, who was eventually fired in a controversy about ties to Russia, a former Obama aide said.
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Trump To Discontinue Obama Policy Of Voluntarily Releasing White House Visitor Logs
The Trump administration announced Friday that it would not follow President Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing "grave national security risks and privacy concerns."
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Obama's White House Worked For Months On A Plan To Seize Raqqa. Trump's Team Deemed It Hopelessly Inadequate.
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama's top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates.
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Here's Why Your Browser May Tell You the White House Website Isn't Secure
"This is almost certainly an innocent mistake," Kenneth White of the Open Crypto Audit project said.
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Donald Trump Trades Android For New Secure, Encrypted Device: Report
US President Donald Trump has apparently traded in his Android phone for a secure, encrypted device approved by the Secret Service with a new number that few people possess.
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Obamas Quietly Move On As Donald Trump Moves In
It will be up to history to render final judgment on Barack Obama's presidency, but the 44th president got at least one positive assessment Friday as he prepared to leave the White House. Chief Usher Angella Reid jokingly advised Obama that he could have his "security deposit back."
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Trump Nominee Nikki Haley Voices Skepticism About Value Of UN
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley harshly criticized the Obama administration for allowing the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel and pledged never to let it happen again if confirmed as the next U.N. ambassador.
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Top Donald Trump Aide In Frequent Contact With Russia's Ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser and Russia's ambassador to the US have been in frequent contact in recent weeks, including on the day the Obama administration hit Moscow with sanctions in retaliation for election-related hacking, a senior US official said Friday.
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Obama's Former Advisor Apologises After Video Of Racist Rant Goes Viral
The viral video shows Stuart Seldowitz asking the food vendor racist and Islamophobic questions.
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Situation Room Where Obama Watched Bin Laden Raid Is Getting An Overhaul
The highly secure space in the White House where presidents have gone to watch video feeds as US forces killed terrorists Osama bin Laden, the Situation Room is also a technology throwback, with some equipment that hasn't been updated in 15 years.
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Joe Biden Chooses Susan Rice As Top White House Domestic Policy Adviser
US President-elect Joe Biden chose Susan Rice, who was national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, on Thursday to lead the White House's domestic policy council as part of a flurry of appointments to his developing administration.
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Diplomat Antony Blinken Likely To Be US Secretary Of State: Report
Veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, who served as No. 2 at the State Department and as deputy national security adviser in the Obama administration, is U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's most likely pick to be secretary of state, a Biden ally said on Sunday.
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Twitter Security Fell Short Before Celebrity Hack, New York Regulator Says
Twitter suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a "simple" hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world's most famous people in July, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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UK Teen Accessed Then CIA Chief John Brennan's Accounts: Court
A British teenager managed to access the communications accounts of top US intelligence and security officials including the then CIA chief John Brennan, a London court heard Friday.
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US Publicly Blames North Korea For WannaCry Cyberattack
The Trump administration on Monday evening publicly acknowledged that North Korea was behind the WannaCry computer worm that affected more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries earlier this year.
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Barack Obama Warned Donald Trump Against Michael Flynn Appointment: Ex-US Official
Former US President Barack Obama warned then-President-elect Donald Trump against giving the post of national security adviser in his administration to Michael Flynn, who was eventually fired in a controversy about ties to Russia, a former Obama aide said.
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Trump To Discontinue Obama Policy Of Voluntarily Releasing White House Visitor Logs
The Trump administration announced Friday that it would not follow President Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing "grave national security risks and privacy concerns."
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Obama's White House Worked For Months On A Plan To Seize Raqqa. Trump's Team Deemed It Hopelessly Inadequate.
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama's top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates.
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Here's Why Your Browser May Tell You the White House Website Isn't Secure
"This is almost certainly an innocent mistake," Kenneth White of the Open Crypto Audit project said.
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Donald Trump Trades Android For New Secure, Encrypted Device: Report
US President Donald Trump has apparently traded in his Android phone for a secure, encrypted device approved by the Secret Service with a new number that few people possess.
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Obamas Quietly Move On As Donald Trump Moves In
It will be up to history to render final judgment on Barack Obama's presidency, but the 44th president got at least one positive assessment Friday as he prepared to leave the White House. Chief Usher Angella Reid jokingly advised Obama that he could have his "security deposit back."
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Trump Nominee Nikki Haley Voices Skepticism About Value Of UN
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley harshly criticized the Obama administration for allowing the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel and pledged never to let it happen again if confirmed as the next U.N. ambassador.
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Top Donald Trump Aide In Frequent Contact With Russia's Ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser and Russia's ambassador to the US have been in frequent contact in recent weeks, including on the day the Obama administration hit Moscow with sanctions in retaliation for election-related hacking, a senior US official said Friday.
