Hundreds Of US Security Clearance Records Are Falsified, Federal Cases Show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel...
View ArticleThe US Strategy In Syria Is Unraveling
On Tuesday evening, after President Barack Obama speech to the U.N. general assembly, America's strategy for Syria began to unravel.At about 4 PM ET, 13 of the largest Islamist brigades in Syria formed...
View ArticleSLOW MOTION: See What Happens To A Gold iPhone 5S When You Shoot It With A...
Apple's Gold iPhone 5S's are so rare— they're has sold out until October — that people are bidding up to $10,000 for them on eBay.We showed you a lucky handful of people who snagged one when they first...
View ArticleIt Looks Like The Government May Have Cut Off The Internet In Sudan
According to Internet intelligence corporation Renesys, Sudan has been cut off from the Internet. The Washington Post reports that web access was cut and schools were closed through September 30 as...
View ArticleNSA ANALYST: We Simply Don't Have Time To Read Emails That Aren't Related To...
"Do I, as an American, have any concerns about whether the NSA is illegally or surreptitiously targeting or tracking the communications of other Americans?"So begins the open letter NSA Mathematician...
View ArticleTed Cruz Finally Took His War Analogies To Obamacare A Little Too Far
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) just wrapped up his 21-plus-hour speech against Obamacare.Near the end, he offered this whopper: “Now in 31 minutes we will be concluded,” Cruz said. “I don’t want to miss the...
View ArticleRenowned Artist Makes Powerful 3D Street Art Depicting Obama And Putin Having...
A powerful new piece by renowned street artist Eduardo Relero is on display near the ongoing U.N. General Assembly in New York.It depicts U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir...
View ArticleUK Detainment Of Activist Fits Right In With CIA's Drone PR War
It is hardly surprising that Yemen's most vocal activist, Baraa Shiban, was detained and interrogated at a U.K. airport, given the explicit public relations battle over drones being waged by the...
View ArticleNewsweek Pakistan Illustrates Female Suicide Bomber Cover Story With Image Of...
The Sept 13 & 20 issue of Newsweek Pakistan is drawing all kinds of attention on the Internet, largely thanks to a cover featuring a pair of tampons lit as if they are sticks of dynamite:Twitter’s...
View ArticleLatest Hero From Nairobi Mall Attack: Irish Army Ranger Who Saved Hundreds
Incredible stories of heroism continue to come to light in the aftermath of a catastrophic terror attack at the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. We previously reported on the British Royal...
View ArticleDepartment Of Defense Reportedly 'Furious' That FBI Released Video Of Navy...
The U.S. Department of Defense is reportedly "furious" that the FBI released video footage of the Navy Yard shooter earlier today, according to Jennifer Griffin, national security correspondent for Fox...
View ArticleThe US Is Developing A New Rapidly Deployable Combat Buggie
General Dynamics confirmed today that it had won a government contract worth more than $500 million to develop the newest ground combat vehicle for U.S. special forces.General Dynamics is producing an...
View ArticleA Judge Will Soon Decide If Amazon Gets To Build The CIA A $600 Million Cloud...
Amazon surprised the enterprise world in August. It wants a judge to rule in its tiff with IBM over the CIA's $600 million cloud.On Wednesday we learned that a judge will hear oral starting October 7,...
View ArticleDeclassified Documents Reveal NSA Spying On Martin Luther King, Senators, And...
The National Security Agency eavesdropped on civil rights icon Martin Luther King and heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali as well as other leading critics of the Vietnam War in a secret program later deemed...
View ArticleGarrison Life Is Getting A Lot Worse For The Shrinking US Military
Being in the military during the past decade of war has been tough for many service members, but the life of peacetime service soon to hit combat-tested troops will present its own challenges.The...
View ArticleThere Are A Few Problems With China's Plan To Fight Military Corruption
In an effort to fight massive corruption from rotting the Chinese military, Beijing wants a mandatory audit prior to any promotions of regimental officers and higher, reports the Times of India.The...
View ArticleReal-Life Firefighter Saves Kitten From Certain Death In Latest GoPro Ad
GoPro has really revolutionized the way we see and experience life.Every point-of-view from combat in Afghanistan to soaring eagles is now available because of these tiny, durable cameras.Their latest...
View ArticleInterpol Issues Arrest Warrant For The Notorious 'White Widow'
The European police agency InterPol has issued an arrest notice for the infamous 'white widow,' British woman named Samantha Lewthwaite, The Associated Press reports.Lewthewaite was the wife of suicide...
View ArticleRussia's Evidence For Syrian Rebels Using Chemical Weapons Last Month Is...
Russian Foreign Minister told David Ignatius of The Washington Post that he has presented U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with evidence that Syrian rebels used chemical weapons on August 21 in the...
View ArticleSyria Peace Talks Are Doomed For The Foreseeable Future
This week President Barack Obama told the UN General Assembly that military action cannot end the Syrian war and advocated the need for a political settlement.But a deal needs two sides.And the Western...
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