(the-lightwriter/Getty Images)A Virginia-based U.S. Navy chief is facing court-martial on charges that he sent classified and “national defense” information to a Russian national, among other alleged offenses.Chief Information Systems Technician Charles T. Briggs has been held in pre-trial confinement since August 2019, according to his charge sheet.Assigned to , Briggs is accused of obtaining an email containing classified information from a government computer in January 2019 at , Nebraska, and then sending it to a Russian national “with reason to believe the information could be used to...…(the-lightwriter/Getty Images)A Virginia-based U.S. Navy chief is facing court-martial on charges that he sent classified and “national defense” information to a Russian national, among other alleged offenses.Chief Information Systems Technician Charles T. Briggs has been held in pre-trial confinement since August 2019, according to his charge sheet.Assigned to , Briggs is accused of obtaining an email containing classified information from a government computer in January 2019 at , Nebraska, and then sending it to a Russian national “with reason to believe the information could be used to...WW…

Former U.S. defense secretary and retired Marine Corps Gen. slammed his former boss in a letter published Wednesday by , calling out the violent clearing of protesters outside the White House and accusing the president of deliberately trying to fracture the nation.“ is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try,” Mattis wrote. “Instead he tries to divide us.”“We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort,” . “We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership.”While...…Former U.S. defense secretary and retired Marine Corps Gen. slammed his former boss in a letter published Wednesday by , calling out the violent clearing of protesters outside the White House and accusing the president of deliberately trying to fracture the nation.“ is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try,” Mattis wrote. “Instead he tries to divide us.”“We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort,” . “We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership.”While...WW…