Newly Developed Buoy Scanners Are A Game-Changer For US Port Security
Dr. Nelson Ludlow is on the phone to talk about his previously classified technology, and the first thing I ask him is why he's suddenly decided to talk now.But somehow I already know the...
View ArticleThere's A Dangerous Vacuum In Western Africa As Mali's Government Dissolves
Mali's prime minister has been arrested and forced to dissolve the government by soldiers who orchestrated a military coup earlier this year, Adam Nossiter of The New York Times reports.The removal of...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: The Defense Sector ETF Is Telling Us No One Is Worried...
Stifel Nicolaus strategist Dave Lutz recently told us that defense stocks are "ground zero" for the fiscal cliff, as the sequester would likely slash government funds going their way.So, we'd consider...
View ArticleWe'll Never Forget This WWII Vet Telling Us How He Met The Most Famous Marine...
Aside from repeating his accomplishments over and over in bootcamp ("Only Marine to be awarded five Navy Crosses, Sir!"), the closest I had ever been to anything relating to Chesty Puller was the...
View ArticleObama May Need The NDAA To Justify Widespread Use Of Drones
We've covered how President Obama needs the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to justify detention powers he has used for the past four years, but there's another reason he needs it: drones.At...
View ArticleHow I Lost $150 And Got Pelted With A Chunk Of Concrete In Kabul
I'm surrounded by street children.I guess I should have expected the attention. Plus, not only am I super white and quite overtly American, but I have lots of expensive crap — cameras, microphones,...
View ArticleWe May Never See The CIA's Massive Report On Interrogating Terror Suspects
A Senate committee is close to putting the final stamp on a massive report on the CIA’s detention, interrogation and rendition of terror suspects.Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who heads the...
View ArticleREPORT: Shots Fired And 2 Dead In Shooting At Oregon Mall
A man with an AR-15 rifle and body armor opened fire on bystanders at the Clackamas Town Center in Oregon, officials reported to the Oregonian.At least 2 are dead and one other is shot.Reports came in...
View ArticleNorth Korea Is Going To Rock Their Upcoming Rocket Launch And Here's Why
North Korea's attempting to launch a long range missile again this year and after refusing to comment on the effort, we can hold back no longer.The media seems to think that Pyongyang's inglorious...
View ArticleREPORT: NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ROCKET 1600 MILES
North Korea launched a rocket just before 8 p.m. EST (9:51 a.m. Wednesday South Korean local time), and it later fell into the ocean 200 miles east of the Philippines, Yonhap News Agency reports.It...
View ArticleKabul Is Still The Best Place In The World To Move Boatloads Of Unmarked Cash
Kabul International Airport (KBL) has allowed monied officials to allegedly smuggle billions out of the country over the years and according to a new report by the Special Inspector General for...
View ArticleMAP: The Trajectory Of North Korea's Rocket
Earlier this evening, North Korea launched a rocket, which reportedly later crashed around 300km east of the Philippines.While it did not send a satellite into orbit as North Korea claims, it did...
View ArticleFemale Journalist Held In Syria Faces Possible Execution At Hands Of FSA
The captors of a journalist in Syria are threatening to execute her tomorrow (13 December) unless their demands for a $50m ransom are met.Anhar Kochneva, a reporter with Russian and Ukrainian dual...
View ArticleEveryone's Freaking Out About North Korea's Successful Rocket Launch
North Korea's successful rocket launch has provoked rapid and widespread condemnation, with the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, deploring a clear and "provocative" breach of security...
View ArticleNorth Korea Totally Embarrassed The Intelligence Community
There was a collective sigh of relief when North Korea announced it would delay its controversial rocket launch, and immediately analysts raced to analyze the implications and possible outcomes.Most of...
View ArticleUK Government Admits State Colluded With Terrorists For Murder Of Northern...
British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologized after a report found that the British state had "actively furthered and facilitated the murder” of Northern Ireland lawyer Patrick Finucane in 1989,...
View ArticleThe Disaster In Syria Is Getting Worse, And No One Has Any Idea What To Do...
As Syria’s civil war relentlessly escalates, the dilemma over how to respond becomes ever more acute. Three crucial developments now seem to be causing every country to look again at their approach.1)...
View ArticleHere's A Video Of The North Korean Rocket Launch
North Korea's rocket launch was caught on tape in Japan by Japan's Fuji TV.Japan had boasted at first that it would shoot down any rockets from N. Korea, but in the days leading up the launch told its...
View ArticleVultures, Sharks, And Sex With The Enemy: The Bizarre Accusations Against Israel
Much mirth and merriment is being generated by the Sudanese reports that an Israeli vulture has been carrying out espionage over Darfur. In reality, of course, the bird was fitted with a GPS tracker by...
View ArticleMarine Sniper Kills Five Taliban And Fires A Rocket Launcher On His Way To A...
There was only one thing to do: Marine Cpl. David Gerardi reached for the rocket launcher.Torsten Ove at The Pittsburgh Post Gazette used a Silver Star award citation to report that a group of Taliban...
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