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08 March 2023 Security News

Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced DoD 08 Mar 2023 -- The Department of Defense announced today the repatriation of Ghassan Al Sharbi from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

DOD Officials Testify About Homeland Defense Before House Panel DoD News 08 Mar 2023 -- When Army Gen. Henry Knox became the nation's first secretary of war in 1789, the primary mission of the War Department was simple: Defend the United States of America.

Cyber Command, NSA Successes Point Way to Future DoD News 08 Mar 2023 -- U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency are on a wartime footing all the time, as the agency works to defend the homeland from cyber attacks, said Army Gen. Paul Nakasone to the Senate Armed Services Committee, yesterday.

Narcotrafficker Pleads Guilty to International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy US Dept. of Justice 08 Mar 2023 -- According to court documents, beginning in the 1980s through 2017, Raul Flores-Hernandez, aka El Tio, 70, led a drug-trafficking organization based in Mexico's Jalisco State that trafficked cocaine from South America to Mexico for subsequent importation into the United States.

China's cybersecurity sector advised to build strategically superior capability to deal with suppression of hegemonic powers: CPPCC member Global Times 08 Mar 2023 -- China's cybersecurity sector should strengthen its efforts to build strategically superior capability to be capable of dealing with the all-around suppression launched by hegemonic powers, according to a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Joint Update by the Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services on Negotiations Toward a Pandemic Accord US Dept. of State 08 Mar 2023 -- The Fourth Meeting at the World Health Organization of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body working on a pandemic accord concluded last week.

US intel chief: Agencies 'divided' over COVID origins Radio Free Asia 08 Mar 2023 -- The U.S. intelligence community is "divided" over whether COVID-19 originated from a lab in Wuhan or from natural exposure to an infected animal, and is only sure it wasn't a deliberate bioweapon, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the Senate on Wednesday.
U.S. reports over 100,000 child COVID-19 cases in past 4 weeks People's Daily 08 Mar 2023 -- Over 106,000 child COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States in the past four weeks, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.

Successful COVID fight sets example People's Daily 08 Mar 2023 -- China, with one-fifth of the global population, triumphantly exited the three-year COVID-19 pandemic with the lowest cost in terms of human life, setting a good example for other populous countries, experts said.

COVID-19 kills 15 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 08 Mar 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,922 with 15 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Taiwan reports 11,060 new COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths CNA 08 Mar 2023 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 11,060 new cases of COVID-19 and 40 deaths from the disease on Wednesday.

Anti-epidemic Work Intensified in DPRK KCNA 08 Mar 2023 -- Kaesong City in the DPRK is pushing ahead with the work to reliably ensure the regional anti-epidemic security while maintaining high awareness and strain.

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