Women Don't Want The Military To Lower Combat Standards
Women in the military do not want standards to be lowered to help them get into ground combat jobs, advocacy groups and servicewomen say."We don't want unqualified women in these positions," said Maj....
View ArticleNew 'Google For Spies' Mines Social Media, Builds Profiles, Predicts Future...
Defense company Raytheon is now boasting about new software that mines social media in order to profile, and predict the movements of potential suspect.The program, called Rapid Information Overlay...
View ArticleIran Says It Has Cloned US Drone In Full Production
In the first week of December 2012, Iran announced the capture of a U.S. Navy Scan Eagle drone and plans to learn its secrets. Having been off the coast of Iran last fall and seen the number of Scan...
View ArticleThe SEAL Who Shot Bin Laden Left The Navy With No Pension, And Now He's A Mess
An article published by the Center For Investigative Reporting in conjunction with Esquire today details the most intimate picture we have of the man who shot Bin Laden.And it's pretty shocking."The...
View ArticleNASA's 'Spooky Plane' Is On Its Way Back To Afghanistan
At the end of last year, we reported about the return of a NASA WB-57 Canberra from operations in Afghanistan, where the civil-registered plane act as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node...
View ArticleSyrian War Spills Into Turkey As Car Bomb Kills At Least 10
A car with Syrian plates exploded on the Turkish side of a border crossing on Monday, killing at least five Syrians and five Turkish citizens, according to Hurriyet Daily News."We don't know whether...
View Article16 Fascinating New Details From The Man Who Killed Bin Laden
The man who shot Bin Laden is the subject of an excellent article by Phil Bronstein of Center For Investigative Reporting in conjunction with Esquire."The Shooter" has had a hard time since the...
View ArticleRebels Have Captured Syria's Largest Dam And Are Pushing Into Damascus
Syrian rebels launched their biggest push into the capital since July and separately captured the country's largest hydroelectric dam, according to Reuters.The offensive near the capital has forced...
View ArticleA Republican Senator Is Threatening To Use The Filibuster To Block Hagel's...
During Sunday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “America’s News HQ,” Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe threatened to use the filibuster to derail the confirmation of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck...
View ArticleVeteran Awarded Medal Of Honor For Repelling Hundreds Of Enemy Fighters
Former Army Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha was awarded the Medal of Honor today, becoming the fourth living recipient of the nation's highest military award for valor in Iraq or Afghanistan.Romesha was...
View ArticleThe Real Problem Is Horrendous Accounting By The Pentagon
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta last week pleaded with lawmakers to delay upcoming sequestration cuts, telling Congress that the spending decrease represents “one of the greatest security risks we...
View ArticleThis Secret CIA Prison Has Turned Into A Nightmare For Polish Leaders
Documents reveal how American intelligence officers turned a secret training center for Polish security forces into one of the controversial "black site" prisons for terrorism suspects.Please follow...
View ArticleMSNBC Host Gives Staunch Defense Of Drone Strikes And Civilian Casualties
Touré, co-host of The Cycle on MSNBC, took a hard line in favor of drones today.The longtime music journalist and cultural critic defended the U.S. drone war and civilian casualties caused by drone...
View ArticleEsquire Fires Back At Charges That Its Story About The Bin Laden Shooter Is...
Esquire fired back this morning at a report from Stars and Stripes, a military affairs newspaper in Washington, that claimed its story about the man who killed Osama bin Laden was riddled with factual...
View ArticleNorth Korea Tests The Patience Of Its Only Friend In The World
On the surface of it, China is North Korea's only real friend in the world. The country provides its isolated neighbor with investment, aid and fuel, and trade between the nations has reached an all...
View ArticleDick Cheney Had A Great Line When Charlie Rose Challenged His Criticism Of Obama
In a wide-ranging interview with "CBS This Morning," former Vice President Dick Cheney said that President Barack Obama wants to do "serious, long-term damage" to the country."I think the President...
View ArticleNorth Korean State TV Blames America For Forcing Third Nuclear Test
North Korean state TV has — in a typically bombastic and cheerful style — confirmed it's third successful nuclear test.North Korean watching YouTube account stimmekoreas has translated the news...
View ArticleIsrael Rocked By Australian Report On Secret 'Prisoner X'
An investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) has created a stir in the upper echelons of Israel's intelligence apparatus.ABC reports that 'Prisoner X' — an infamous prisoner secretly...
View ArticleMAP OF THE DAY: The Other 2000 Nuclear Tests
North Korea appears to have carried out its third and strongest nuclear test since 2006, and several countries — including the U.S., the UK, France, India, China and Russia — swiftly condemned the...
View ArticleIran's Photoshopping Skills Are Much More Dangerous Than Their New Jet
Iran's homegrown, radar-evading stealth fighter jet is flying the very cinematic skies, according to state news agency/Iranian propaganda machine Khouz News, as the nation's defense minister continues...
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