Jim LaPorta

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jim LaPorta

WASHINGTON — An American intelligence assessment of the Ecuadorian presidential election, set for Sunday, concluded that a reelection of the incumbent president would better serve U.S. national security interests over the challenger. The assessment comes as the Trump administration mulls establishing a permanent U.S. military presence in the South American country, once known as the "island of peace," to help battle violent gangs, CBS News has learned.

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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has replaced FBI Director Kash Patel as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, four sources familiar with the move told CBS News. Driscoll will stay in his job as secretary of the army while serving as acting ATF director. Patel was named acting head of the agency in February, two Justice Department sources told CBS News at the time. Like Driscoll, Patel ran both agencies at the same time while he was in charge.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Jim LaPorta

2 days agoMany of the people serving in the administration do not have decades of experience in government, or deep knowledge of its rules and why they exist, former officials say. President Trump has long had, at best, a cavalier attitude about the handling of classified material. In his first term, he took a …

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New strikes hit Yemen amid Signal fallout Washington — Israeli officials are furious over the Signal chat leak involving senior Trump administration officials because it included sensitive intelligence Israel provided to the U.S. from a human intelligence source in Yemen, CBS News has learned.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jim LaPorta

Breaking down the Signal group chat leak Washington — Soon after the revelation that the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic had inadvertently been added to a Signal chat with top Trump administration officials about Yemen attack plans, some of those officials began changing or deleting their Venmo accounts. At least one account remained public for a day after the Atlantic report.