GREATEST HITS 2012: Congress asks how Russian sub went undetected in Gulf of Mexico

GREATEST HITS 2012: Congress asks how Russian sub went undetected in Gulf of Mexico

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been quietly investigating how a Russian Navy submarine spent a month in the Gulf of Mexico without being detected. Congress has sought explanations to a report that the Russian submarine operated in the Gulf in June and July. A senior senator has sought details from the […]

Dangerous: An undetected Russian sub and the ‘likeability’ factor in U.S. politics

Dangerous: An undetected Russian sub and the ‘likeability’ factor in U.S. politics

Lev Navrozov “For Almost a Month, Americans Failed to Detect Russian Submarine Near Its Shores” reads the headline on an article by Yelena Sidorenko in the Russian newspaper “Vzglyad: Delovaya Gazeta” (“The View: the Business Newspaper”) of Aug. 15. A Russian “Akula-B”-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of Project 971 (as it is classified by the NATO), […]

Congress asks how Russian sub went undetected in Gulf of Mexico

Congress asks how Russian sub went undetected in Gulf of Mexico

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been quietly investigating how a Russian Navy submarine spent a month in the Gulf of Mexico without being detected. Congress has sought explanations to a report that the Russian submarine operated in the Gulf in June and July. A senior senator has sought details from the […]

DNI seeks to limit intel ties with Israel

DNI seeks to limit intel ties with Israel

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has resisted efforts by Congress to expand intelligence cooperation with Israel. The Director of National Intelligence lobbied Congress to remove language from legislation that would expand intelligence and military cooperation with Israel. DNI, which represents the 16-member U.S. intelligence community worked with Democrats on the Senate […]