International Private Security Firms Are Growing Up And Planning For The Future
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On a rooftop terrace blocks from the White House, a collection of former soldiers and intelligence officers, executives and contractors drink to the international private...
View ArticleFORMER COMBAT MEDIC: College Has Been A Nightmare For Me, And I'm Not Alone
One of the hardest things about being an non-traditional student, and even more so a student Veteran is that I have a lot of problems that most kids going through college do not. Namely, that for the...
View ArticleNASA Is Creating Its Own 'Iron Man' Space Suit
The brilliant minds at NASA are at it again with a futuristic space suit reminiscent of the bad-guy-fighting garb donned by Marvel Comics' Iron Man. The X1, like similar load-bearing exoskeletons, can...
View ArticleHow To Access Fortune 500 Company Servers For $4 And Other Cyber Secrets
A Russian company called "dedicated express" is selling access to private company servers for as little as $4, according to a recent report. Security investigative journalist Brian Krebs said in a...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Taking Potential Threats Against The Nation's Pacemakers Very...
Just this morning, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) posted an information and equipment request to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website concerning cardiac pacemakers and their...
View ArticleThese Abandoned Soviet Radar Sites Show How Quickly The Cold War Ended
Picking up almost where World War II left off, the Cold War waged on for almost 50-years, defining U.S. foreign policy and a way of life across the globe. It was painted in the West as a simple good...
View ArticleAlleged British Terrorist Lost Most Of His Money On The Forex Market
The UK press is full of stories today about the three men who allegedly plotted to commit an attack on London that would be bigger than 7/7, the 2005 bombings on the London underground that killed...
View ArticleVeterans Say The Economy Is A Bigger Security Risk Than Terrorists
A recent poll conducted by nonpartisan veteran's advocacy group has found that veterans believe that the American economy is the biggest threat to national security. The poll, reported by Politico,...
View ArticleEgyptian President Says 'Amen' To Prayer About Destroying The Jews
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has expressed his goal to maintain peace with Israel, even sending a warm letter to President Shimon Peres, yet this video from Friday shows him praying as a cleric...
View ArticleAn Anonymous Twitter Account May Be Starting A Quiet Revolution In Saudi Arabia
Mujtahidd, an anonymous Twitter user from Saudi Arabia, has been called the "gutter of the press." A Saudi prince called him a "slanderer" and a "hired tool."Â Some say the whistle-blower, who is now a...
View ArticleFrance Has Reversed Its Position And Is Sending Military Assistance Into Mali
Barely two weeks after saying it wouldn't intervene in Mali but suggested that other African nations do, France announced it would send drones to its former colony, and that it would make its...
View ArticleRetailers May Start Targeting Customers With New Surveillance Technology
We've covered surveillance tech that identifies faces and people under the influence, even an iPhone app that helps block potential spies, government or otherwise. Now there's surveillance that could...
View ArticleIranian Cash Is Flooding Into Istanbul
17 percent of foreign companies started in Turkey during September were started with Iranian investment, Today's Zaman reports. That figure comes from a Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity...
View ArticleThe Entire US 5th Fleet Can Be Sidelined By One Man
Of all the hurdles and agonies of traveling by air, one of the most frequent delays is simply the weather. Any combination of atmospheric upheaval that reduces visibility or hampers an aircraft's...
View ArticleArgentina's Throwing A Tantrum Over Ship Detained In Ghana
Crew members on the Argentinian naval ship ARA Libertad, which has been impounded in the port of Tema in Ghana, have been ordered to fly home as the diplomatic crisis over the vessel's future looks...
View ArticleKim Jong-un Purges 31 Top North Korean Military Leaders
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has "purged" 31 top North Korean military leaders since becoming the Supreme Leader of North Korean, according to a South Korean lawmaker. Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun, a member...
View ArticleHere's One Thing Obama Got Wrong During Last Night's Presidential Debate
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq continued to be a flash point during Monday night's presidential debate, with President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney challenging one another...
View ArticleHere's The Reason Why The Military Still Has Horses And Bayonets
In the run up to last night's debate, the Army Old Guard used its caisson horses in the burial of six veterans at Arlington, and certainly since twitter was ablaze with Obama's "horses and bayonets"...
View ArticleWhistleblower Pleads Guilty To Outing A Chief Of Bush-Era 'Enhanced...
The ex-CIA officer who blew the whistle on secret rendition and waterboarding programs has pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of revealing the identity of a covert officer, the Justice...
View ArticleA Bayonet Charge Saved A Whole Lot Of Lives During The Iraq War
Brian Wood was just a young lance corporal at the time when he dismounted his thin-skinned vehicle amid withering enemy fire, and followed his commander's order to fix bayonets. The order came from...
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