WASHINGTON: “More than ever,” says legendary US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh when asked if he still believes Pakistan helped the United States get Osama bin Laden (OBL). When the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist first made this claim in an article published last year, it shook Washington and forced the White House to reject the story as false. Major US media outlets also rejected his claim as incorrect. But Mr Hersh repeated the claim in his new…
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BEIJING—Chinese lawmakers are on the verge of approving a contentious law that treats overseas nonprofit groups as potential security threats. Part of a campaign against unwanted foreign influences, the law is likely to expand the influence of the country’s domestic security forces and give police the power to put undesirable groups on a permanent blacklist. Lawmakers reviewed a third draft on Monday and the legislature’s legal committee was pushing for passage this week, China’s official…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has issued new rules that give prosecutors in Washington greater oversight and control over national security cases after the collapse of several high-profile prosecutions led to allegations that Chinese-Americans were being singled out as spies. The new rules are intended to prevent such missteps, but without undermining a counterespionage mission that is a top priority for the Obama administration. In December 2014, the Justice Department dropped charges against two former…
By GORDON LUBOLD in Washington and JEREMY PAGE in Beijing A new potential flashpoint has emerged in the standoff between China and the U.S. over disputed areas of the South China Sea amid concerns that Beijing is considering expanding the area where it is seeking to reclaim islands and extend its influence. China has been expanding and developing islands in the Spratly Islands chain. But the U.S. military about a month ago observed Chinese ships…