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THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE
On this day 240 years ago,
Washington's men went toe-to-toe with the powerful British Army in one of the
longest and largest battles of the Revolution: a sprawling, 11-hour slug-fest
along Brandywine Creek.
As dawn broke on the morning
of September 11, 1777, fog clung along the banks of the creek near Chadds Ford,
Pennsylvania. Gen. George Washington posted his nearly 14,000-man Continental
Army among several small hills overlooking the creek. His goal was to prevent
the 15,000-strong British forces from occupying the young nation’s capital at
Philadelphia.
Washington, thinking that his
position was impenetrable, failed to cover all of the potential crossing points
across Brandywine Creek. A massive British flanking column caught the unaware
Continentals on the right flank. Washington and his battle-worn army soon faced
ferocious attacks on their front and flank. The Americans stood up bravely to
the British, stunning British Generals Howe and Cornwallis with their tenacity.
Though the Continentals were
ultimately defeated, the fierce and determined performance of Washington's men
ultimately convinced the French to support the nascent nation in its war for
independence. Today, we remember the troops and the bravery and resilience they
displayed. [Campaign 1776, September 11, 2018]
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FBI CYBER PICKS WIN PRAISE — The
FBI made an excellent choice in tapping Amy Hess to lead the Criminal, Cyber,
Response and Services Branch, which oversees the bureau's Cyber Division,
according to former FBI officials and agents who spoke to MC on Tuesday after
the bureau filledtwo of its
key vacant cyber positions . "She'll do a
fantastic job," said a former senior cyber official. "She's been on
the seventh floor before. She knows what she's getting into." Prior to her
most recent role leading the Louisville Field Office, Hess oversaw the Science
and Technology Branch, and before that its Operational Technology Division,
putting her at the vanguard of the bureau's
"going dark" campaign against end-to-end
encryption. The former senior official said he was "impressed with her
intellect and her willingness to ask tough questions." He noted that as
head of STB, Hess had "a lot of experience with cybersecurity in general
and issues that are adjacent to cyber."
Former officials also generally praised the
selection of the new head of the Cyber Division: Matt Gorham, who most recently
led the counterterrorism division of the Washington Field Office. Gorham also
led the FBI's key National Cyber Joint Investigative Task Force. "Matt's
experience running NCIJTF gives him the interagency credibility to reach across
the aisle and work with other agencies in the cyber arena," said Andre
McGregor, a former supervisory special agent handling cyber cases in New York.
Another former FBI cyber official said that while Gorham was "not a cyber,
technical person," he had "a good grasp of the high-level realities
around cyber and politics between agencies and sense of the mission. ... He's
well respected in the bureau as a good agent and leader."
"I think both are great selections and
I wish them all the success," said James Trainor, who led the Cyber
Division from 2015 to 2016. "I've worked with both and know them to be
highly capable agents and executives." McGregor, now the global head of
security at TLDR Capital, said the two picks "show that the FBI is
becoming a serious player against the ever looming cyber threat." Sean
Farrell, the former head of the cyber law unit in the FBI general counsel's
office, tweeted that both Gorham and Hess
"are proven leaders who have shown their ability to manage those on the
front lines of some of the most technically complex issues facing the
FBI."
Gorham replaces Howard Marshall, who
left the bureau last month. Marshall previously led the Louisville Field
Office; Hess replaced him when he moved to Washington. The former senior FBI
cyber official said Hess "had a chance to see significant cyber
investigations up close" in Louisville, where the cyber program "was
absolutely growing and a high performer for such a small field office."
Louisville was the lead field office for "a particular threat, which they
wrestled away from another [office] because of talents they have there,"
said the former senior official, who declined to identify that threat.
"She has dealt with folks that are very knowledgeable in that line of
work." [POLITICO's Morning Cybersecurity,
August 15, 2018]
— EPA looking for trade-off for year-round E15: Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is searching
for a concession he can offer oil refiners in order to "balance" approving
year-round sales of 15 percent ethanol blends, Grassley said. "There seems
to be a real message from the White House to Wheeler to do something for E15 12
months out of the year," he added. Pro Energy's Alex Guillén has the details.
[POLITICO's Morning Agriculture, August 16, 2018]
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