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· Trump Again Vows Mass Deportations and Won’t Rule Out Political Violence
Trump refused to rule out violence if he were to lose the November election: “It always depends on the fairness of an election,” he said, declining to call on his supporters not to resort to violence again
· The White House Has a New Master Plan to Stop Worst-Case Scenarios
President Joe Biden has updated the directives to protect US critical infrastructure against major threats, from cyberattacks to terrorism to climate change
· Airports, Insider Threat, and the Challenges of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
One of the most difficult threats to mitigate is an insider threat
· Countering the Threat: Lone Wolves, Homemade Explosives, and the Path to a Safer Future
Defending against lone wolves and homemade explosives
· Why is Mexico Helping to Solve Biden’s Border Problem?
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has picked his side in the November U.S. election
· The Threat of “AI Safety” to American AI Leadership
Instead of harnessing the positive potential of AI, a new regime of rules and regulations mandated in the name of “AI Safety” actively threatens the technology’s promise
· The Dangerous Rise of GPS Attacks
Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more
Trump Again Vows Mass Deportations and Won’t Rule Out Political Violence (Michael Gold, New York Times)
Former President Donald J. Trump told Time magazine in an interview published Tuesday morning that he would be willing to deploy the military as part of an extreme deportation operation he has said he plans to conduct if elected, and that he would be willing to bypass a law that prohibits using U.S. troops against civilians.
“Well, these aren’t civilians,” Mr. Trump said. “These are people that aren’t legally in our country. This is an invasion of our country.”
Mr. Trump also brushed aside questions about political violence in November by suggesting that his victory was inevitable. But when pressed about what might happen should he again lose the election, he did not dismiss the possibility outright and did not proactively say anything to deter supporters from again resorting to it.
“I think we’re going to win,” he said. “And if we don’t win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election.”
The White House Has a New Master Plan to Stop Worst-Case Scenarios (Eric Geller, Wired)
The Biden administration is updating the US government’s blueprint for protecting the country’s most important infrastructure from hackers, terrorists, and natural disasters.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed a national security memorandum overhauling a 2013 directive that lays out how agencies work together, with private companies, and with state and local governments to improve the security of hospitals, power plants, water facilities, schools, and other critical infrastructure.
Biden’s memo, which is full of updates to the Obama-era directive and new assignments for federal agencies, arrives as the US confronts an array of serious threats to the computer systems and industrial equipment undergirding daily life. In addition to foreign government hackers and cyber criminals seeking to destabilize American society by crippling vital infrastructure, extremist groups and lone actors have plotted to sabotage these systems, and climate change is fueling natural disasters that regularly overwhelm basic services.
