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Cuts will reportedly take place over several years and be accomplished through reduced hiring as opposed to layoffs.

CIA to lose 1,200 while NSA among other agencies reported to face downsizing amid president’s drive to shrink federal workforce

The CIA has released two Mandarin-language videos online designed to encourage disgruntled Chinese officials to share government secrets with America's spies

Moscow releases US-Russian former ballerina for German-Russian businessman freed by Washington.

US-Russian ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina, who had been detained in Russia for 12 years on treason charges, has been released and is flying to the United States, according to the top US diplomat, with her lawyer saying she was part of a prisoner exchange agreed between Moscow and Washington.

Secretary of state Marco Rubio says Ksenia Karelina is returning to US after reports of prisoner swap

Using the platform was dangerous and wrong – but officials appeared to prioritize shielding themselves from litigation

House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said that Gmail is "far less secure than Signal. Not only is it a security risk — it's another flagrant skirting of recordkeeping laws. Again, it's amateur hour in the Trump White House."

Popular encryption apps are probably secure if government officials rely on them.

The ball now appears to be in the Republicans’ court, where there have been some signs of diverging from Trump

Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retained