A lapse in US foreign intelligence gathering under Section 702 of FISA is likely as President Trump resists naming a permanent Director of National Intelligence, preferring interim pick Bill Pulte. Democrats threaten to block renewal unless Pulte is withdrawn.
Japan plans to station drones on Iwo Jima and Chichijima Island to provide real-time intelligence, addressing a surveillance "blind spot" amid increasing Chinese maritime activity in the western Pacific.
Three People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships were spotted transiting the Tsushima Strait en route to the East China Sea last week, as Tokyo closely tracks such passages amid heightened regional tensions. The vessels were two Type 055 guided-missile destroyers and a Type 052D destroyer, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defence and Self-Defence Forces on Saturday. The ministry said the Japanese force’s JS Ootaka conducted “alert surveillance and intelligence gathering” on the Chinese...
