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New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases
New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases Subsidiary legislation which introduces classification mechanism for ‘other offences endangering national security’ is gazetted on Tuesday Hong Kong’s new legislation enables certain criminal cases to be retroactively brought under national security procedures even if the alleged offences occurred before the 2020 national security law was enacted. The subsidiary legislation, which introduces a classification...
Hong Kong seeks to define scope of national security cases ‘as soon as possible’
Hong Kong seeks to define scope of national security cases ‘as soon as possible’ Proposed rules introduce classification mechanism for ‘other offences endangering national security’, allowing chief executive to certify cases The Hong Kong government has sought to clarify what constitutes national security cases in a new round of proposed subsidiary legislation. Security and justice authorities submitted the proposed amendments under the city’s national security laws to the Legislative...
Hong Kong’s national security law refinement aims to plug loopholes
Hong Kong’s national security law refinement aims to plug loopholes The move does not involve expanded powers but provides greater certainty in implementation of the law. It will not affect those who are law-abiding The move involves a classification mechanism for “other offences endangering national security”, which would include any case accompanied by a certificate from the city leader confirming it involved national security. Any alternative offence faced by a defendant in a national...
Hong Kong proposes letting city leader decide what counts as national security offence
After massive democracy protests rocked the Asian financial hub in 2019, Beijing imposed a national security law that has been used to arrest many leading activists. The Hong Kong government proposed legislation on Monday that would allow the city’s leader to designate certain criminal acts as national security offences, stepping up efforts to stamp out challenges to its rules in the city where critics say freedoms have been eroding. After massive democracy protests rocked the Asian...
Former Trump adviser John Bolton to plead guilty to retaining national security information
John Bolton, who served as national security adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term and later became one of his fiercest critics, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of retaining national security information, two sources familiar with the matter said. As part of the agreement reached with federal prosecutors, Bolton will be arraigned again on June 26, at which point the judge will have up to 90 days to render a sentence, the sources said. Bolton faces a potential sentence...
Pentagon hires convicted January 6 rioter for national security job
Pentagon hires convicted January 6 rioter for national security job Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 10:44am In short: A man convicted of a misdemeanour trespassing charge in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot has been appointed to a role at the Pentagon. Elias Irizarry has been assigned to the Pentagon's office of the undersecretary of defence for policy, which is tasked with providing national security advice and support on military strategy. On January 6, 2021, rioters who were determined to overturn...
US says it will speed development and use of AI for national security
US says it will speed development and use of AI for national security WASHINGTON, June 5 : The White House said on Friday it would accelerate the development and use of AI for national security applications, while stressing that the technology should not be used to carry out unlawful surveillance. The Trump administration said earlier this week that it would ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models for government cybersecurity tests before releasing them to...
John Lee vows ‘prudent’ use of power to define national security offences
Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to exercise prudence and seriousness when defining national security offences under newly proposed legislation, dismissing concerns about a centralisation of power and stressing that the process often involves “state players” and highly sensitive information. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said on Tuesday that the subsidiary legislation, which introduces a classification mechanism for “other offences endangering national security” under the city’s...
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton to plead guilty to retaining classified information: sources
Former White House national security advisor John Bolton will plead guilty to retaining classified information, two sources confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday. Authorities raided Bolton's home and office in August of last year, and he was officially indicted in October. According to the indictment, Bolton faces eight counts of transmission of National Defense Information and ten counts of retention of National Defense information.
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton to plead guilty to retaining classified information: sources
Former White House national security advisor John Bolton will plead guilty to retaining classified information, two sources confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday. Authorities raided Bolton's home and office in August of last year, and he was officially indicted in October. According to the indictment, Bolton faces eight counts of transmission of National Defense Information and ten counts of retention of National Defense information.