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Daily Strategic Intelligence Report
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Sunday, February 08, 2026
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Executive Summary
27 Top Articles |
43/44 Active Sources |
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Category Breakdown: 🌍Geopolitics: 5 articles 🕵️Espionage: 5 articles 👁️Surveillance Technology & Privacy: 2 articles 🔒Cybersecurity: 5 articles 🤖Artificial Intelligence: 5 articles 📰Other: 5 articles Articles ranked by recency, relevance, and source authority | | Some sources unavailable: TechCrunch AI |
‘Playing with fire’: Taiwan defense spending battle rattles China hawks
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s aim to push through a $40 billion defense spending plan is mired in a stalemate as the opposition parties demand compromises, drawing fire from China hawks in the Se...
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Pentagon says it's cutting ties with 'woke' Harvard, ending military training
Amid an ongoing standoff between Harvard and the White House, the Defense Department said it plans to cut ties with the Ivy League — ending military training, fellowships and certificate programs.
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New U.S. Arms Export Policy Boosts Weapons Important to Pentagon
WSJ The new strategy will prioritize overseas partners that have invested in their own military defenses
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Attacking Russia's Center of Gravity: A Clausewitzian Answer
Military Strategy M. Russian President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has prompted wide-ranging speculations about Russia's center of gravity and how...
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Iran Says Nuclear Talks With US Should Resume Soon After Oman Meeting
Iran's foreign minister said Tehran and Washington believe nuclear talks should resume soon following indirect negotiations in Oman, even as Tehran ruled out discussions on its missile program and ura...
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These A.I. Dreamers Don’t Fit the Stereotype
Young tech entrepreneurs in San Francisco are hoping to cash in, even as they wonder how artificial intelligence will affect society.
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
His departure came days after the company cut 30 percent of the staff. He will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, the chief financial officer, the company said.
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Special report: Savannah Guthrie releases new video directed to mother's possible kidnapper
“TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie addressed her mother’s possible kidnapper in a new Instagram video saying the family would “pay” for the 84-year-old woman’s safe return. This comes after Guthrie's ...
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Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas shares homework woes on social media
Even Olympians have to turn in their homework
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Epstein fallout in Europe contrasts muted reaction in US
The release of the Epstein files has ended careers, particularly in Europe. In contrast, only a handful of Epstein associates have lost their jobs in the U.S.
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Army moves to link a full division with its next-gen C2 prototype
Ivy Sting 4 tested out logistics, tracking soldiers’ vitals and overcoming jammers.
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Smashing Security podcast #452: The dark web’s worst assassins, and Pegasus in the dock
In episode 452, a London-based YouTuber wins a landmark court case against Saudi Arabia after his phone was hacked with Pegasus spyware — exposing how a single, seemingly harmless text message can tur...
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Nancy Guthrie search nears second week: What we know so far
The search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother will hit the one-week mark on Sunday. In a new video posted to Savannah Guthrie’s Instagram account on Saturday, the “Today” show anchor addressed her mother’...
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Iran Is Obsessed with 'Sinking' a U.S. Navy Nuclear Supercarrier
A. Latham, 1945 Iran's intense focus on U.S. aircraft carriers is not merely theatrical propaganda but a "deliberate strategic fixation" designed to exploit the platform's symbolic weight
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CISA gives federal agencies 18 months to purge unsupported edge devices
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has given federal agencies 18 months to remove all end-of-support edge devices from their networks, escalating its response to what security resear...
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Romania’s oil pipeline operator confirms cyberattack as hackers claim data theft
Romania’s national oil pipeline operator Conpet said a cyberattack disrupted parts of its technology infrastructure and knocked its website offline earlier this week, adding that oil transport operati...
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Apple Pay phish uses fake support calls to steal payment details
This Apple Pay phishing campaign is designed to funnel victims into fake Apple Support calls, where scammers steal payment details.
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The AI Fix #85: ChatGPT gets ads, pets get AI therapists, and everyone’s wrong about LLMs
In episode 85 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that Silicon Valley has the solution to your pet's mental health crisis, and Mark explains why AI godfather Yann LeCun thinks the entire AI industry is wr...
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The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.
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Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"
The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won't compile.
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Beware! Fake ChatGPT browser extensions are stealing your login credentials
If you've installed a browser extension to enhance your ChatGPT experience, you might want to think again.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Microsoft SDL: Evolving security practices for an AI-powered world
Discover Microsoft’s holistic SDL for AI combining policy, research, and enablement to help leaders secure AI systems against evolving cyberthreats.
The post Microsoft SDL: Evolving security practices...
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Trump's election threats shape this year's key secretary of state races
President Donald Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections and continued false claims of fraud are defining races this year for offices that oversee the voting process in key battleground states
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Lindsey Vonn attempts to cap off her comeback with today's Olympic downhill race
Sunday's race could cap the comeback within a comeback for Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old American superstar skier who tore her ACL just over a week ago but decided to push through to ski the downhill ...
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Legal challenges hinder Trump’s education agenda
The courts have proven to be a big roadblock in the Trump administration’s education plans. President Trump’s efforts against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on school grounds, his push to rem...
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After Merging xAI and SpaceX, Elon Musk Hopes He Can Win Over Wall Street
The billionaire’s decision to merge his A.I. start-up with his rocket company will test investors’ interest in giant combinations of unalike businesses.
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Olympic ice dancing power couple aims for gold in Milan
When Madison Chock and Evan Bates first started skating together 15 years ago, they had immediate chemistry on the ice. They’ve since grown into the most dominant ice dancing pair in the world, known ...
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OSINT INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Daily Strategic Intelligence Report
Stay Informed. Stay Ahead.
This newsletter aggregates intelligence from 44 vetted sources.
Generated: 2026-02-08 at 11:28:25 UTC
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