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What to Know About Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Weapons Program

Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at United Nations General Assembly last year. Experts believe that Israel has been expanding its secretive nuclear program.

China’s Spy Agencies Are Investing Heavily in A.I., Researchers Say

A new report comes amid rising concern about how China will use new tools to power covert actions, as Western intelligence services also embrace the technology.

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The offices of DeepSeek in Beijing. DeepSeek is thought to be among the A.I. models that China is using.

John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online

His site, Cryptome, was a precursor to WikiLeaks, and in some ways bolder in its no-holds-barred approach to exposing government secrets.

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John L. Young in 2013. “I’m a fierce opponent of government secrets of all kinds,” he said. “The scale is tipped so far the other way that I’m willing to stick my neck out and say there should be none.”

How The Times Obtained Secret Russian Intelligence Documents

A directive from Russia’s domestic security service was part of a cache that was advertised online by a cybercrime group.

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Outside the headquarters of the Federal Security Service, or F.S.B., in Moscow.
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