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The Elysee Palace, the French president's official residence, in Paris, France.

'Russians are actively involved in the French elections,' warns US Senate intelligence chair

Sen. Richard Burr, head of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, with access to some of the most highly classified information, warned that Russia is interfering in the French election just one month away.

'Russians are actively involved in the French elections,' warns US Senate intelligence chair
Protesters march with a sign that says "Obama: Shut down NSEERS"

The US has already tried registering Muslims. It didn't work.

The US has already tried registering Muslims. It didn't work.
A Belgian soldier

After terror attacks, push for better, more centralized intelligence agencies in Europe

After terror attacks, push for better, more centralized intelligence agencies in Europe
An incirrate octopod

Are we smart enough to really understand how smart animals are?

Are we smart enough to really understand how smart animals are?
the thinker

Value tech? Then you'll have a tech genius. Art? An art genius.

Value tech? Then you'll have a tech genius. Art? An art genius.
The Wu Tang Clan's GZA/The Genius performing at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival.

Not a genius? It's overrated, anyway

An IQ-esque test like the SAT might be a good evaluator of your parents' income or your background, but it isn’t a great predictor of real-life success. Turns out innate talent isn't as important as society thinks it is.

Not a genius? It's overrated, anyway
A view of sensor arrays at a former NSA monitoring base in Bad Aibling in Bavaria, Germany.

The NSA's bulk collection program may soon end, but they may not care

The NSA's ability to collect mass amounts of phone data might be coming to end as a bill on the topic moves through Congress. A former CIA head says it's a necessary check against abuse, but one journalist thinks the agency has moved beyond the program altogether.

The NSA's bulk collection program may soon end, but they may not care
Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, sitting in a wheelchair, addresses the nation during a televised speech in Buenos Aires announcing an attempt to disband SIDE, the country's intelligence agency.

Argentina's president declares war on 'the power behind the power' — her country's spies

The Secretaría de Inteligencia allegedly got its start helping Nazis move to Argentina. It's now a powerful spy agency that the president of Argentina is blaming for the recent murder of a prosecutor, and is trying to disband.

Argentina's president declares war on 'the power behind the power' — her country's spies
The sign outside the headquarters of the US Army's new Cyber School at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The school is part of the Army's creation of a new cyberwarfare branch.

The Army is getting serious about cyberwarfare

Modern war isn't always fought on a physical battlefield, and the US Army is making new moves to try and keep hackers and cyber attacks away from its computers. Yet some of these vital battles are being fought by young men and women who are new to the field themselves.

The Army is getting serious about cyberwarfare
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein discusses the Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics on December 9, 2014.

Here are four key findings from the gruesome Senate report on torture

The conclusions reached by the Senate Intelligence Committee in a new report on so-called harsh interrogation techniques are a damning critique of the Central Intelligence Agency. Not only did the agency torture people, but it did so while lying about it and getting no value from the information it gathered.

Here are four key findings from the gruesome Senate report on torture
A burnt vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces is pictured at a checkpoint in east Mosul on June 11, 2014, one day after radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of the city.

ISIS is moving to the 'top of the list' of counterterrorism worries

Move over, al-Qaeda: The militants of ISIS are becoming a huge concern for counterterrorism officials as they gain battlefield experience and recruit new jihadis from as far away as Europe and the United States.

ISIS is moving to the 'top of the list' of counterterrorism worries