News You Can Use: 08/31/18
National Security
Army Sergeant Who Swore Allegiance to ISIS Caught in FBI Sting, Government Executive
Inside the Dispute Derailing Nuclear Talks With North Korea, The Atlantic
John McCain, Nuclear Disarmament, and What Might Have Been, Defense One
US security adviser John Bolton presses Russia about election meddling, Deutsche Welle
FBI rebuts Trump tweet about China hacking Hillary Clinton’s email, NBC
Rubio warns: China close to ‘destroying our alliances’ in Pacific, Washington Examiner
‘The Most Simple Constitutional Arguments Become Complicated Once Guns Are Involved’, The Atlantic
What will top the Space Force to-do list?, C4ISR Net
What will Trump’s Space Force cost? The Pentagon hasn’t figured that out yet, CNBC
To prepare for urban warfare, soldiers train for chemical attack, mass disaster response in Detroit, Army Times
Most Texas Localities Are Still Growing a Year After Hurricane Harvey, Route Fifty
Cybersecurity
State Department Visa Analysis System Wasn’t Patched or Scanned for Viruses, Audit Finds, Nextgov
US spies warn of increase in supply chain vulnerabilities, Fifth Domain
Trump’s Secret Order on Pulling the Cyber Trigger, Lawfare
The Army is testing deceptive cyber technology despite past struggles, Fifth Domain
What will the cyber training platform look like? Good question., C4ISR Net
Germany, seeking independence from U.S., pushes cyber security research, Reuters
Network managers may one day get access to the cyber training platform, C4ISR Net
Leaker of secret report on Russian hacking sentenced, The Associated Press
Public Health
Record High Number Of STD Infections In U.S., As Prevention Funding Declines, NPR
The Senate could soon pass an opioids package. But a new law is still a long way away, Stat
Loneliness is a serious public-health problem, The Economist
Hurricane Maria Caused 2,975 Deaths In Puerto Rico, Independent Study Estimates, NPR
America Is Not Prepared for Nuclear War, Public Health Experts Warn, Motherboard
Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts
Google: Safeguard Rights in China, Human Rights Watch
Capturing Their Genocide on Their Cellphones, The New York Times
Women Rise as Raqqa Rebuilds Without the World’s Help, Defense One
Mother Sues over Death of Toddler Released from US Immigration Detention, Human Rights Watch
China’s Mass Internment Camps Have No Clear End in Sight, Foreign Policy
Cluster Munitions: Full Compliance by Ban Treaty States, Human Rights Watch
Government & Military Personnel
The VA may have wrongly denied 1,300 US veterans’ claims of sexual abuse, Quartz
Trump Formalizes Federal Pay Freeze Plan for 2019, Government Executive
DoD scrutinizing the safety of its schools for military children, Military Times
As the Army modernizes its standards to join, legal marijuana use is still an open question, Army Times
New Marine Corps Order Officially Bans Revenge Porn, Race Supremacism, Military.com
OPM Concedes Defeat on Retirement Cuts, and CFPB Encourages Credit Monitoring for Military, Government Executive
White House Expected to Keep Postal Task Force Report Secret Until After Midterms, Government Executive

Posted: August 31, 2018 by Simons Center
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