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FILE - This Jan. 13, 2018 file smartphone screen capture shows a false incoming ballistic missile emergency alert sent from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency system. Hawaii officials have repeatedly pointed to a low-level state employee and a breakdown in his agency’s leadership as the main cause for a missile alert that left hundreds of thousands of islanders thinking they might die in a nuclear blast in January. But efforts to find out more about what other top officials did that day have been stymied at the highest levels of state government. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, file)

Hawaii releases redacted recording of missile alert drill

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

A dilapidated Philippine Navy ship LT 57 (Sierra Madre) with Philippine troops deployed on board is anchored off Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, Sunday, March 30, 2014 off South China Sea. On Saturday, China Coast Guard attempted to block the Philippine government vessel AM700 carrying fresh troops and supplies, but the latter successfully managed to docked beside the ship to replace troops who were deployed for five months. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: U.S. mulls pledge on disputed Philippines outpost

By Bill Gertz

A congressional aide said the legislation is aimed to thwart U.S. spy agencies from giving secrets to an investigation of NSA activities by a German parliamentary committee. The panel was formed after spying disclosures from renegade NSA contractor Edward Snowden. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Congress seeks to block intel from German NSA probe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015, during the G-7 summit. (Michael Kappeler/Pool Photo via AP)

Inside the Ring: Congress seeks to block U.S. intel from German NSA probe

By Bill Gertz

President Barack Obama meets with Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. and Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, in the Oval Office, Sept. 30, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Joint Chiefs: Obama snubs admiral for tough-on-China Marine general

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** China's Xia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine. (Associated Press)

China’s new subs to get long-range nuclear missiles for the first time

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 18, 2013 file photo shows the home of civilian defense contractor Benjamin Pierce Bishop in Kapolei, Hawaii. The civilian defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to a Chinese girlfriend was expected to plead guilty his attorney said Tuesday March 11, 2014. An FBI affidavit in 2013 alleged the then-59-year-old gave his 27-year-old girlfriend classified information about war plans, nuclear weapons, missile defenses and other topics. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia, File)

APNewsBreak: Defense contractor to plead guilty

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

Military to bolster its forces in Pacific

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Dangerous move for NORAD?

By Bill Gertz and Michael de Yoanna - The Washington Times

U.S. carrier help?

U.S. carrier help?