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DOJ accuses China of using 'police station' to spy on, harass dissidents inside US

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One case involves Chinese security officials spying Zoom calls, sources said. The FBI on Monday revealed what it said is evidence of expanding espionage and security activity by the Chinese government on U.S. soil. The Justice Department announced three cases suggesting more brazen activity by China inside the U.S. in the wake of the spy balloon controversy. One case involves Chinese security officials allegedly spying on Zoom calls and then harass ing Chinese dissident participants identified as targets. Ten Chinese officials were charged with conspiracy along with an employee of a telecommunications company. Sources told ABC News the company was Zoom and the insider from China allegedly was able to disrupt meetings on Zoom. China national flag STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images MORE: Canadian police investigating alleged Chinese 'police stations' Another of the cases involves Chinese security officials allegedly setting up a "police station" in New York City and using it as...

A rare inside look at the Situation Room, recently renovated: Reporter's notebook

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A $50 million, one-year makeover of the famed Situation Room, considered the single most secure part of the federal government, is complete It has that new car smell: fresh leather chairs, brand new wood paneling, stonework ... all the signs of a full gut renovation. But now the $50 million, one-year project (that included digging 5 feet below the surface of the White House grounds) is done and the makeover of the famed Situation Room, considered the single most secure part of the federal government and the scene of History -making decisions by presidents through the years, is complete. And ABC News got to go inside along with a select group of other reporters for rare, behind-the-scenes access. The door into the facility is unmarked door and bland, still right next to the cafeteria in the cramped and comparatively dated West Wing. But once you walk through, it does, in fact, look like the movies. And it is very cold, to keep all the secure Technology safe. Newly renovated, it is not...

Vivek Ramaswamy stops town hall to invite student protestor inside

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“We have the right to vote!” Gabriel Reynolds, a sophomore undeclared student at New England College, chanted through the windows of Simon Center Great Room. Henniker, New Hampshire -- “We have the right to vote!” Gabriel Reynolds, a sophomore at New England College, chanted through the windows of Simon Center Great Room. Reynolds was peacefully protesting presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy by chanting about the voting age, holding a homemade black Sharpie sign with the words "No Forever War in Mexico," and playing his guitar. Ramaswamy calls for increasing the voting age to 25, unless an 18 year-old citizen passes the same civics test given to immigrants seeking American citizenship. Ramaswamy took part in a SiriusXM town hall at New England College, hosted by David Webb, where, throughout the hour-long taped radio broadcast set to air Monday morning, there was Reynolds lingering voice demanding change. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, left, invites Ne...

Rare video shows American Paul Whelan inside Russian prison

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U.S. efforts to free the jailed American remain at an impasse. Russian state media has released rare footage showing Paul Whelan inside a notorious prison camp, providing the first publicly available video images of the im prison ed American in more than three years. Broadcast on Monday, the recording shows Whelan, a Marine veteran, wearing a black uniform and hat among other inmates in what appear to be various areas within IK-17, a maximum-security penal colony in Mordovia -- a remote, wooded region of Russia. It was not clear when the video was taken but it comes amid continuing, high-level U.S. efforts to get him freed. In one scene, Whelan works at a sewing machine and speaks to a reporter, telling him "Sir, you understand when I say I can't do an interview, which means I can't answer any questions." Other shots show Whelan eating at a table and holding up what appears to be an identification card. American Paul Whelan, who is being held in Russian jail, is...