This Heavily-Armed Drone Is Changing The Way America Wages War
The Predator drone is a key tool in the Pentagon's War on Terror, logging more than 1 million miles over scores of countries since its 1995 introduction. The drone went from helpful to deadly when it...
View Article1000 Chinese Boats Set Sail Towards The Disputed Islands
More evidence that the Japanese-Chinese tension isn't easing soon. One thousand Chinese ships are setting sail towards the disputed islands. From Japan Today: If a large number of Chinese vessels...
View ArticleWhite House Says It's Unconstitutional To Strike Down The NDAA
The Obama administration had some harsh words Friday after a federal judge appointed by Obama said the government doesn't have a right to indefinitely detain anyone even remotely associated with...
View ArticleUS Government Linked To Three New Computer Viruses
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer viruses for use in espionage operations or cyber warfare. The findings are likely...
View ArticleAmerican Al Qaeda: FBI Allegedly Catches U.S. Teen Pressing The Button
A US teenager hoping to engage in "violent jihad" after he tried to detonate a would-be car bomb outside a bar in downtown Chicago, has been arrested and charged. Friday night's arrest of Adel Daoud,...
View ArticleMeet The Marines, Special Agents And Others Who Protect US Diplomats
Following the wave of unrest in the Muslim world, and the deaths of four Americans, there was furious debate: What caused the unrest? Who is responsible for security? Why don't we have heavy weapons...
View ArticleMiracle On Social Media May Have Stopped Vet From Committing Suicide By Cop
Sometimes the simple action of reading can save a veteran’s life. This is the story of a volunteer who did so much with very little. Deb Boyce is a volunteer with GallantFew, Inc., an organization...
View ArticleA Woman In Ohio Allegedly Stole $7,500 From Her Son While He Was Serving In...
Police have arrested a woman in Ohio for allegedly stealing $7,500 from her son between the fall of 2010 and the spring of 2011 while he was serving with the army in Afghanistan and Iraq. The...
View ArticleThis Graph Shows Just How Deadly The Fighting In Syria Has Become For Civilians
With over 4,000 deaths in August alone, Syria has quickly become the most deadly of the Arab uprisings which spread across Africa and the Middle East in the last two years, according to PBS. Dubbed,...
View ArticleGo Inside The Jumbo Jet That Carries 172,000 Pound Space Shuttles
This week NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will leave Kennedy Space Center in Florida and be flown to its new permanent home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on the back of a specially...
View ArticleWhy US Embassies Look Like Fortresses
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo is an unusual building. For one thing, as you can see in the center photo above, it’s over 10 stories high -- most embassies are much shorter. For another, it’s right in the...
View ArticleNew Evidence Supports Claims Of 'Pharmacologic Torture' At Guantánamo
Witness testimony that was to be used in court by former Guantánamo detainee David Hicks suggests that prisoners were repeatedly drugged as part of the Bush administration's "enhanced interrogation,"...
View ArticleHuman Rights Group Says Syrian Opposition Committing War Crimes
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is accusing the Syrian opposition of violating human rights laws and committing war crimes during the 18-month long civil war. They claimed that, "armed opposition groups have...
View ArticleVideo Posted On YouTube Appears To Show Libyans Helping Slain US Ambassador
A video on youtube has surfaced showing unknown Libyans help a what appears to be the late U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens after the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was attacked. The video, shot by a...
View ArticleSecurity Firm Prepares For The Zombie Apocalypse
Next month, a security firm will incorporate — no kidding — zombies into a disaster-crisis scenario at the company's annual Counter-Terrorism Summit here. The five-day event will provide hands-on...
View ArticleThis 21-Year-Old Marine Predicted He Would Die At The Hands Of Afghan...
A 21-year-old Marine who was killed by an Afghan trainee had previously told his father that he would be killed inside his base, David Ariosto of CNN reports. Lance Corporal Greg Buckley Jr. trained...
View Article12 Reasons Why Iran Can't Successfully Mine The Strait Of Hormuz
Tensions between Iran and the rest of the civilized world are progressing as steadily as Iran's own controversial nuclear program. In response to any military threat, Iranian diplomats say they'll...
View ArticleUS Military: American-Afghan Joint Military Operations 'Suspended'
In the wake of insider attacks which killed four more Coalition troops over the weekend, top U.S. officials have decided to suspend most joint U.S.-Afghan military operations. David Martin of CBS News...
View ArticleMeet The Soldier-Turned-I-Banker Spending His Entire Vacation Riding A...
Brian Kinsella, an energy sector specialist at BNP Paribas in New York, is doing something truly remarkable for his two-week mandatory time away this year. At the end of September, he's embarking on...
View ArticleIran Launched A Submarine Right Into The Middle Of The International Naval...
This morning Iran decided it would be a good idea to launch a submarine and a destroyer into the same waters in which the U.S. is concurrently conducting a training. Iran's news agency says the...
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