Julian Barnes

2 months ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | David Sanger |Julian Barnes

WASHINGTON — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the past two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal workforce, in a move that former officials say risked the list leaking to adversaries. The list included first names and the first initial of the last name of the new hires, who are still on probation — and thus easy to dismiss.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | David Sanger |Julian Barnes

WASHINGTON — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the past two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal workforce, in a move that former officials say risked the list leaking to adversaries. The list included first names and the first initial of the last name of the new hires, who are still on probation — and thus easy to dismiss.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Julian Barnes |Carl Hulse |Sharon LaFraniere

WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard’s past statements on Syria, Russia, Ukraine and warrantless spying have all given Republican senators pause. But for some lawmakers another issue looms just as large: Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who released reams of classified data on American surveillance programs in 2013 and then fled to Russia.

Jan 16, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Declan Walsh |Julian Barnes

Sudan’s military has used chemical weapons on at least two occasions against the paramilitary group it is battling for control of the country, four senior US officials said Thursday. The weapons were deployed recently in remote areas of Sudan, and targeted members of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries that the army has been fighting since April 2023. But US officials worry the weapons could soon be used in densely populated parts of the capital, Khartoum.

Nov 17, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Adam Entous |Eric Schmitt |Julian Barnes

Allowing the Ukrainians to use the long-range missiles, known as the Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, came in response to Russia’s surprise decision to bring North Korean troops into the fight, officials said. Biden began to ease restrictions on the use of U.S.-supplied weapons on Russian soil after Russia launched a cross-border assault in May in the direction of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.