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NATIONAL SECURITY
Judge says Trump can hold off on affirming accuracy of FBI’s Mar-a-Lago inventory. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon brushed aside an order from the special master in the Mar-a-Lago case requiring former President Trump to back his claims the FBI planted evidence in his home in an order that also extends the deadline for completing the review.
HOMELAND SECURITY
First ‘Trans’ Army doctor tried to give military medical info to Russia, feds say. A former U.S. military doctor — who previously made headlines as the first known active-duty Army officer to come out as transgender — and HIS spouse were federally indicted in Maryland on Wednesday for attempting to pass sensitive medical information about members of the military to a person who they believed worked for the Russian government.
Former US intelligence employee arrested on espionage-related charges. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, who was an Information Systems Security Designer for the National Security Agency, allegedly tried to sell classified information to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign spy.
WHAT WAS HE THINKING?! – Guardsman investigated for chasing bus, believing migrants were on it. The actions of a lieutenant colonel with the Massachusetts Army National Guard are being investigated after local press reported that he followed a bus carrying senior citizens on a trip to Martha’s Vineyard after assuming South American migrants were on board.
CHINA THREAT
AS I RECENTLY WROTE – Taiwan’s military needs overhaul amid China threat, critics say. You’re looking at a military that is just totally stuck in the past,’ defense analyst warns.
Infrastructure, allies and ‘one space effort’ key to US ahead of China in space: DIU official. China wants “nothing less to be the dominant space power by 2045. And they have a plan to achieve that economically, scientifically and militarily,” said Steve Butow, director of the Defense Innovation Unit’s Space Portfolio.
US touts $810M for Pacific islands to help fend off China, some for Solomons. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made a bold promise to the Pacific island leaders: “You can count on the United States partnering with you.”
USS Zumwalt, one of the Navy’s new stealth destroyers, visits Japan for first time. One of the Navy’s newest warships, the guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt, docked this week at the homeport of the U.S. 7th Fleet, marking the vessel’s first-ever visit to Asia.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Biden says US will never recognize Russian claims on Ukraine. President Joe Biden pledged on Thursday the United States will never recognize Russia’s claims on Ukraine’s sovereign territory as the United States prepared new sanctions to impose once Moscow annexes new areas of Ukraine.
Russian attack kills 23 in civilian convoy in Ukraine: Governor. Targeted humanitarian convoy planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to pick up relatives and take them to safety, Zaporizhzhia regional governor says.
Putin to host ceremony annexing occupied Ukrainian territories on Friday, Kremlin says. Russia will on Friday begin formally annexing up to 18% of Ukrainian territory, with President Vladimir Putin expected to host a ceremony in the Kremlin to declare four occupied Ukrainian territories part of Russia.
Escalation of Ukraine War raises risks to Putin at home, abroad. As the Russian president grasps for a breakthrough in the war, he runs the risk of overreaching, say analysts.
IRAN THREAT
Saildrone CEO says Iranian interference was valuable experience, not a surprise. Twice in the last month, Iran has attempted to abduct US unmanned surface vessels produced by Saildrone. But the company’s CEO says he was unfazed by the events, instead calling the experience “valuable” and stressing the need for any organization operating unmanned ships to anticipate hostile interference.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US, Japan, South Korea to stage anti-submarine exercise after North’s latest launch. Naval forces from the United States, Japan and South Korea are set to carry out anti-submarine warfare drills in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, for the first time in five years, the South’s Ministry of National Defense said Thursday.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
White House pressuring Israel to cut research ties with China over dual-use concerns. A Ministry of Defense source told Breaking Defense that the Americans are especially concerned about the leakage of sensitive data about cyber capabilities, mini-satellites, and electronic warfare systems.
US MILITARY AND SPACE
USS Gerald R Ford expected to deploy for first time in October. The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and its strike group are slated to deploy from Naval Station Norfolk in October for a “service-retained deployment” in the Atlantic.
END of PDB
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