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- The Hill
Bongino: ‘Threat picture' for US is ‘dramatic'
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino sounded alarms during an interview Wednesday night on Fox News's 'Hannity' about the perilous threats the country faces and the impact of emerging technologies as law enforcement tries to stop terrorism. 'The threat picture now for the United States is dramatic,' Bongino told host Sean Hannity. 'When you get the president's daily brief every morning like the director and I do for this … you go out of there (and) your blood pressure is through the roof — it's so many different things.' He cited threats from drone attacks, artificial intelligence (AI), China and infiltration from other countries among his biggest concerns. 'People say, 'Well, what keeps you up at night?'' Bongino said. 'Well, the answer is, I'd never sleep if I thought about this stuff all the time, but it all keeps me up at night.' President Trump named longtime ally Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent, radio personality and podcaster who has guest hosted Hannity's show in the past, to the FBI's No. 2 role in February. Bongino said he and FBI Director Kash Patel have prioritized building trust in federal law enforcement through reform. 'Without reform, we're not going to have anything, because the American people won't trust us,' he said. Bongino noted that he had spoken to recent graduates of the FBI Academy at Quantico earlier in the day and stressed the multitude of threats he sees facing the country. 'I said, 'There's no one coming to save us — the Marvel Avengers ain't coming,'' Bongino recalled to Hannity. 'It is us.'
American Military News
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- American Military News
Democrat governor vetoes bill limiting Chinese land near US bases
Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.) is facing backlash after vetoing a bill on Monday that was intended to prevent China from purchasing land located near military bases and other strategic assets. In a Monday letter to Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican, Hobbs wrote, 'Today, I vetoed Senate Bill 1109. Improvements to systems that protect our infrastructure are important. However, this legislation is ineffective at counter-espionage and does not directly protect our military assets. Additionally, it lacks clear implementation and opens the door to arbitrary enforcement.' The legislation vetoed by the Democrat governor, S.B 1109, would have prevented China from obtaining a 30% stake in the Arizona property. Fox News reported that the Arizona state legislature could still implement the bill if it votes to override the governor's veto. In a statement obtained by Arizona Daily Independent, Arizona Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp, a Republican, slammed Hobbs for blocking the bill with a 'politically motivated veto,' which she said was 'utterly insane.' Shamp added that Hobbs was acting as 'an obstructionist against safeguarding our citizens from threats.' READ MORE: Red state orders Chinese company to sell US farmland According to Fox News, Shamp previously warned that China had attempted to lease buildings located near Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. State Armor Action CEO Michael Lucci also criticized the Democrat governor, saying, 'Governor Hobbs's veto of SB 1109 hangs an 'Open for the CCP' sign on Arizona's front door, allowing Communist China to buy up American land near critical assets like Luke Air Force Base, Palo Verde nuclear power plant, and Taiwan Semiconductor's growing fabrication footprint.' Lucci argued that Hobbs was 'substantively and completely wrong' for suggesting that S.B. 1109 was not effective at 'counter-espionage' and would not directly protect U.S. military assets in Arizona. The State Armor Action CEO added that letting China purchase land near 'critical assets' in Arizona presents a 'national security risk.' According to Committee of 100, a nonprofit organization of Chinese Americans, 27 states were considering 84 bills to place restrictions on foreign property ownership as of March 17. The nonprofit organization's website shows that 22 states have already approved bills that place restrictions on foreign property ownership, with 17 of the bills being passed into law in 2024.
New York Post
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- New York Post
FBI Deputy Director confirms Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide based on agency's files
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday there is nothing in the Jeffrey Epstein file indicating he died by any other way than suicide. Bongino updated Fox News host Sean Hannity on the investigation into the Epstein file, as conspiracies continue to float that he was murdered in prison. Advertisement 'The evidence we have in our files clearly indicates that it was, in fact, a suicide. We do have video. It's not the greatest video in the world. I don't want to set expectations on fire,' Bongino said. 'However, the video does show in that specific block that he goes in, made a phone call; you'll see 12 hours of guards going in basically check on him, come back. You'll see nobody really comes out of that bay in that area than him. There's no one in there. 'There's nothing there in the file at all that indicates anything other than, in fact, a suicide,' Bongino added. The American financier died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. 6 FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said there is nothing in the Jeffrey Epstein file indicating he died by any other way than suicide. The Washington Post via Getty Images Advertisement Epstein was merely one of many topics touched on during Bongino's appearance on Hannity. The FBI Deputy Director said the bureau was completely overhauling its priorities. 'We're not the Federal Bureau of freakin' word games anymore, okay? It's the Federal Bureau of Investigation,' Bongino said. Asked if the American people we're going to find out the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bongino said: 'Damn right you are.' 6 Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. New York State Division of Criminal Advertisement 6 'However, the video does show in that specific block that he goes in, made a phone call; you'll see 12 hours of guards going in basically check on him, come back. You'll see nobody really comes out of that bay in that area than him. There's no one in there. CBS 60 MINUTES 'I ordered that case immediately to be looked into again. We have a great investigator on it,' Bongino said. The conversation turned toward the August 2022 raid on Mar-a-Lago, in which FBI agents seized 33 boxes of documents. The raid spurred a legal battle that Trump derided as a 'scam.' Former Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to oversee the investigation, resulting in 40 felony counts against Trump, including his alleged violation of the Espionage Act, making false statements to investigators, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Advertisement 6 'There's nothing there in the file at all that indicates anything other than, in fact, a suicide,' Bongino added. AP 6 Epstein was brought into Downtown Hospital after being removed from the Federal Manhattan Detention Complex on Aug. 11, 2019, in New York. William Farrington for NY Post 'I'll leave it at this. We found some troubling, really troubling items in there that we actioned immediately, to say the least,' Bongino said. Asked whether he thought there was a double standard in how federal prosecutors dealt with similar classified documents cases involving Hillary Clinton and former President Joe Biden, Bongino said: 'I think that's fairly clear when you look at how the two cases were handled.' Bongino said the potential threats faced by the United States are 'dramatic.' 6 'I'll leave it at this. We found some troubling, really troubling items in there that we actioned immediately, to say the least,' Bongino said when he turned the conversation topic to the August 2022 raid of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Getty Images 'People say, 'Well, what keeps you up at night?' Well, the answers is, I'd never sleep if I thought about this stuff all the time, but it all keeps me up at night,' Bongino said. Bongino also confirmed that the bureau was investigating how cocaine wound up in the Biden administration White House in 2023, the 2022 leak of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, retaliation against pro-life protesters, and the treatment of parents at school board meetings. Advertisement 'I get a kick out of it on social media. People are like, 'this case isn't a big deal. I don't care.' Well, I don't care that you don't care. I care,' Bongino said. There is potential obstruction here. This is an enormous case. Cocaine in the White House? Again, I'm not interested that you don't care what a hazardous substance [that] a hazardous substane made its way into the White House? We didn't know what it was. And we don't seem to have answers as to what was. Well, we're going to get them. I've got a great team on it.'
