A federal judge in Argentina last week declared allegations fallacious that the US government tried to smuggle illicit arms and narcotics into Buenos Aires last month aboard an Air Force C-17. “The matter investigated does not constitute a crime,” stated the judge in his March 10 ruling from the Argentine capital, reported the Wall Street Journal. Argentine officials on Feb. 14 seized US military equipment, including firearms and medical doses of morphine, that the US military brought into Ezeiza International Airport on the C-17 for use in training Argentine police forces in counterterrorism. The seizure strained US-Argentine relations, according to the newspaper.
DNI: Cyber Is The Common Weapon Among Top Adversaries
April 17, 2021
The top four U.S. adversaries--China, Russia, Iran and North Korea--are improving their military capabilities but relying increasingly on cyber means to challenge the U.S. and blunt its influence around the world, the intelligence community's annual threat assessment says. The report comes amid military tensions with both China and Russia.