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17 August 2023 Security News

DOD Personnel Working With Hawaii, FEMA Officials to Speed Relief to Maui DoD News 17 Aug 2023 -- Almost 700 DOD personnel and 140 Coast Guardsmen are part of the coordinated response to the Maui wildfires that killed more than 100 people and destroyed the city of Lahaina last week, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said today.

Nevada Air Guard helps battle western wildfires US Air Force 17 Aug 2023 -- The Nevada Air National Guard will support wildland firefighting operations in several western states at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center.

Foreign National Sentenced to Over 21 Years for Mailing Ricin to President of the United States in 2020 US Dept. of Justice 17 Aug 2023 -- Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, 55, a dual citizen of Canada and France, was sentenced today to 262 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for sending threatening letters, containing homemade ricin (a toxin), in September 2020, to then-President Donald J. Trump at the White House, and to eight Texas State law enforcement officials.

Final Defendant Sentenced in South Carolina's Largest RICO Conspiracy US Dept. of Justice 17 Aug 2023 -- The 40th and final defendant prosecuted as part of the District of South Carolina's case against the Insane Gangster Disciples (IGD), a branch of the nationwide Folk Nation gang, was sentenced today.

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