Air Force Offers Fighter Pilots $225,000 Signing Bonus
Fighter pilots were once considered such glamorous gigs that Tom Cruise played one in the hit Hollywood movie, "Top Gun." But now, three decades later, the U.S. Air Force is experiencing such a dire...
View Article2011 CATO Article Nails The Stipulations For NSA Data Tracking
Barack Obama’s AutoPen has signed another four-year extension of three Patriot Act powers, but one silver lining of this week’s lopsided battle over the law is that mainstream papers like The New York...
View ArticleThe World's Special Forces Quietly Held Their 'Counterterrorism Olympics' At...
The world's most elite military special forces met up at a military compound in Jordan to compete in what organizers call "the Olympics of counterterrorism."Contributing editor to Rolling Stone...
View ArticleRussia Announces New $735M Naval Aviation Training Center
According to RIA Novosti the Russian Navy is to stop using the NITKA complex in Crimea. The new facility will be open in Yeysk, in the region of Sea of Azov.Mastering arrested landing on arrested...
View ArticleAn American Passport Found In Al Qaeda Camp In Syria
If you are an American citizen named Amiir Farouk Ibrahim and you're fighting with al-Qaeda linked rebels in northern Syria, your passport has been found. Among documents recovered in northern Syria by...
View ArticlePolice Have Said Some Weird Stuff About Reporter Michael Hastings' Car Crash
It has been almost three weeks since BuzzFeed reporter Michael Hastings was killed in a fiery car crash in Los Angeles, yet important details about his death are still unknown.XETV-TV in San Diego is...
View ArticleThe NSA Absurdly Claims It Can't Search Its Own Emails
The NSA is a "supercomputing powerhouse" with machines so powerful their speed is measured in thousands of trillions of operations per second. The agency turns its giant machine brains to the task of...
View ArticleNSA Reportedly Calls 'Top Secret' Meeting Ahead Of Vote On Amendment To Limit...
The National Security Agency reportedly called for a “top secret” meeting with members of the U.S. House on Tuesday to argue against a House amendment that would challenge the spy agency’s power for...
View ArticleThe White House Blasts The 'Amash Amendment' That Would Hamper The NSA's...
In a terse statement late Tuesday evening, the White House blasted the so-called "Amash Amendment" that would limit the National Security Agency's ability to collect data on personal phone...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Allowed To Leave Moscow Airport And Enter Russia
Former NSA whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden has been granted documents that will allow him to leave a Moscow airport where he has been for the last month, Reuters and Russian media report.BBC notes...
View ArticleAmericans Have Completely Flipped On Edward Snowden In The Past Month
The American public's views of National Security Agency leak source Edward Snowden have flipped in the past month, according to one poll — and now most support him being charged with a crime. According...
View ArticleItalian Mini-UAV Used To Surveil And Protect Herat Airbase
“The owl”, is the name given to the STRIX-C, the small tactical remotely piloted aircraft (RPV) that the provides surveillance of the base in Afghanistan that hosts the 2,500 men and women of the...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Need To Know About Russia's Deadliest Helicopter
The Russian-developed Mi-24 "Hind" helicopter is one of the most deadly and versatile aircraft on the planet.For 30 years, the gunship has given the Russian military incredible battlefield...
View ArticleA Bunch Of People Were 'Ready For A Car Chase' At Moscow Airport Where...
A bunch of reporters were waiting in and outside of the Moscow airport where NSA whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden has been staying since June 23. Russia Today had a live feed.But Snowden's lawyer...
View ArticleObama's Delays F-16 Delivery, Takes First Step To Distance From Military Rule...
In delaying a scheduled shipment of F-16 fighter jets to the Egyptian military, the Obama administration seems to seek to put some daylight between itself and the new, largely military-led regime in...
View ArticleWhy Iraq Is On The Brink Of Civil War
Iraq's massive prison break made big headlines, but Baghdad has worse problems than 500 escaped jihadis.Namely, looming civil war.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki — a partisan Shi'ite — tried to blame...
View ArticleIs Kim Jong-un About To Give His First Public Interview With Western Media?
A number of media organizations in North Korea set to cover the anniversary of the Korean War armistice may get a chance to interview Kim Jong-un tomorrow, NK News reports.However, NK News reports that...
View ArticleUSS GERALD R. FORD: Check Out The Construction Of The Most Expensive Ship...
The United States is building its next generation of aircraft carrier, the FORD-class carriers. The U.S. Navy gave us access to photograph construction of the USS Gerald R. Ford at Newport News...
View ArticlePolice Chief Curses Kerry For UN Arms Treaty, Then Unloads 100-Round Drum
Gilberton, Penn. police Chief Mark Kessler said Wednesday he was exercising his First and Second Amendment rights when he posted profanity-ridden videos to YouTube, in which he fires machine guns and...
View ArticleIran Is Increasingly Calling The Shots For Assad In Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been forced gradually to cede power to Iran to prop up his regime during the grinding conflict in Syria.The implications for the Middle East could be...
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