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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Bergen County Dad Living In $1M Home Who Smuggled Tech, Ammo For Russia Sentenced: DOJ Bergen County Dad Living In $1M Home Who Smuggled Tech, Ammo For Russia Sentenced: DOJ
Bergen County Dad Living In $1M Home Who Smuggled Tech, Ammo For Russia Sentenced: DOJ Two suburban husbands — one from New Jersey, the other from New Hampshire — lived comfortable family lives while secretly helping Russia obtain U.S.-made technology and sniper ammunition, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Vadim Yermolenko, 43, of Upper Saddle River, NJ, a dual U.S. and Russian citizen, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in the illicit network, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. His co-defendant, Alexey Brayman, 38, of Merrimack, NH, an Israeli citizen born in Ukraine, pleaded guilty and is awaiting se…

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by Jillian Pikora
Amityville, NY
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Cyber Breach Hits Agency In Charge Of US Nuclear Arsenal Cyber Breach Hits Agency In Charge Of US Nuclear Arsenal
Cyber Breach Hits Agency In Charge Of US Nuclear Arsenal The agency in charge of the nation’s nuclear arsenal was swept up in a cyberattack targeting Microsoft’s SharePoint software, according to a brand-new report. A person familiar with the breach told Bloomberg that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which designs, maintains, and dismantles the US nuclear weapons stockpile, was among the agencies affected.  The Energy Department, which oversees the NNSA, confirmed that multiple systems were impacted but described the effect as limited. The breach began affecting the Department of Energy on Friday, July 18, an agency spo…

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by Joe Lombardi
White Plains, NY
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Strikes Didn't Destroy Iran's Nuclear Sites, US Intel Says: Reports Strikes Didn't Destroy Iran's Nuclear Sites, US Intel Says: Reports
Strikes Didn't Destroy Iran's Nuclear Sites, US Intel Says: Reports Airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites may set its program back by only a few months, according to separate reports by CNN and The New York Times based on a preliminary US intelligence assessments. The classified report, compiled by the Defense Intelligence Agency, found that while the American bombing campaign sealed off entrances to two major facilities, it did not collapse the underground structures housing Iran’s nuclear research, according to CNN, which first reported the news. Before the operation, US intelligence had estimated that if Iran moved to develop a nuclear weapon, it could…

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by Joe Lombardi
White Plains, NY
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Trump Responds After Ex-Russian President Suggests Countries Could Supply Iran Nuclear Warheads Trump Responds After Ex-Russian President Suggests Countries Could Supply Iran Nuclear Warheads
Trump Responds After Ex-Russian President Suggests Countries Could Supply Iran Nuclear Warheads President Donald Trump has issued a fiery response after a top Russian official reportedly floated the possibility of supplying Iran with nuclear warheads — a move that would dramatically escalate tensions already roiling the Middle East. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called out former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, referencing comments by Medvedev in which he said other countries may provide the warheads. “Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the ‘N word’ (Nuclear!), and saying that he and other Countries would supply Nuclear Warheads to Iran?”…

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by Joe Lombardi
Hackensack, NJ
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Israel Kills Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientists, Military Chiefs In Surprise Attack: Officials Israel Kills Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientists, Military Chiefs In Surprise Attack: Officials
Israel Kills Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientists, Military Chiefs In Surprise Attack: Officials In one of the most dramatic military moves in the region in years, Israel has reportedly killed Iran’s highest-ranking military leaders and top nuclear scientists in a direct strike aimed at crippling Iran’s weapons programs. The attack, part of "Operation Rising Lion," was launched Friday, June 13, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would continue “for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.”  Scroll to see a list of Iranian officials and nuclear scientists killed in the attack. Netanyahu warned that Iran’s nuclear capabilities have reached a dangerous new level…

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by Cecilia Levine
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle River Man Helped Russia Acquire Millions In Military Equipment: Feds Saddle River Man Helped Russia Acquire Millions In Military Equipment: Feds
Saddle River Man Helped Russia Acquire Millions In Military Equipment: Feds A 43-year-old Saddle River man admitted on Friday, Nov. 1 to helping Russia acquire sensitive electronics for its miliary and intelligent services, authorities said. Vadim Yermolenko faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States for his role in a transnational procurement and money laundering network that sought to acquire sensitive dual-use electronics for Russian military and intelligence services, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New Y…

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by Sam Barron