As Congress debates an extension to the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act, the intelligence community has decided to show greater transparency in an attempt to demonstrate the importance of what the law provides. But for many lawmakers, the FBI remains a major hurdle in their decision.
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Fearing information would be leaked to the US, Xi Jinping insisted his personal talks with Volodymyr Zelensky take place in the utmost secrecy. Their discussions, it turns out, began well before the widely reported official phone call on 26 April.
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The Malaysian government's decision to allow Huawei back into its 5G roll-out programme, which has angered American and European foreign policy-makers, was facilitated by intense lobbying by the Chinese group and favourable circumstances, largely created by Washington.
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Toyota has been quietly beefing up its compliance teams with experts formerly of consulting and investigation firm StoneTurn. The Japanese carmaker is under investigation by the US Department of Justice over alleged corruption in its Thai subsidiary.
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In a context where an offensive from the Ukrainian armed forces looks imminent, NATO's intelligence gathering missions in the Black Sea have declined since the Reaper drone crash in March. The incident could put sensitive information on the type of technologies used in those missions in Russia's hands.
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