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As Israel and Ukraine Advance Drone Warfare, U.S. Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities

Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.

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Ukrainian soldiers at an air defense position, where they monitor for, and shoot down armed Russian drones in May.

As Israel and Ukraine Advance Drone Warfare, U.S. Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities

Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.

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Ukrainian soldiers at an air defense position, where they monitor for, and shoot down armed Russian drones in May.

Trump Officials Take Steps to Target Comey and Brennan, Who Investigated Trump

It is unclear whether moves targeting the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and the former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan will lead to charges.

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John Brennan, the former C.I.A. director, testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligences’s Russia Investigation Task Force in May 2017.

C.I.A. Says Its Leaders Rushed Report on Russia Interference in 2016 Vote

But the new review of the earlier assessment does not dispute the conclusion that Russia favored the election of Donald J. Trump.

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The C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, Va. The agency and the F.B.I. intensified their scrutiny of Russian activity after the 2016 election.

Fate of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Is a Mystery

U.S. intelligence agencies had long assessed that, faced with the possibility of an attack on its nuclear facilities, Iran would try to move its stockpile.

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Some of the uranium was believed to be held at the Natanz enrichment facility, seen here in 2007.

Fate of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Is a Mystery

U.S. intelligence agencies had long assessed that, faced with the possibility of an attack on its nuclear facilities, Iran would try to move its stockpile.

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Some of the uranium was believed to be held at the Natanz enrichment facility, seen here in 2007.

In New Assessment, C.I.A. Chief Says U.S. Strikes ‘Severely Damaged’ Iranian Program

The administration suggested an initial report of less-severe damage was already outdated as the president continued to defend his assertion that key facilities had been “obliterated,” though no intelligence official has yet directly echoed his view.

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A uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, Iran, in 2004.

Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says

Preliminary classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.

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Reporters photographing a display for “Midnight Hammer,” the name of the American operation to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, during a news conference on Sunday.
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