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MIT: The US Really Should Be Freaking Out About Possible Cyber Attacks
Many called the world wide web a 'democratizing force' when it hit mainstream use in the late 80s and 90s, but it could be just the force to bring the US to its knees in the coming years. Many...
View ArticleVideo Shows Crowd Going Nuts As Veteran Tackles Westboro Baptist Protester
The Westboro Baptists were up to no good Saturday at a funeral for Army Sgt. Donna Johnson in North Carolina when they attempted to stomp the American flag in front of a group of vets. In the amateur...
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Taliban Who Took Hit Out On 14 Year-Old Girl Now Targeting Media Over Coverage
The Pakistani Taliban have reacted to the torrent of negative media coverage after their attempt to assassinate a 14-year-old schoolgirl by threatening journalists. Several Pakistani and international...
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This New 'Mini-Flame' Virus Is Sweeping Through The Middle East
A new cyberespionage tool linked to the Flame virus has been infecting computers in Lebanon, Iran and elsewhere, security researchers said Monday. Kaspersky Lab, which was credited with revealing the...
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Danish Man Claims He Was A CIA Double Agent Inside Al-Qaeda
A Danish man claims that he helped the CIA track radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki until the al-Qaeda figure was killed in a U.S. drone strike in September 2011, Brian Ross of ABC News reports....
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One Of The Most Effective Weapons Against Iran Has Nothing To Do With Military
Would-be foreign policy experts haunting airport bars in odd corners of the U.S. used to ask me, as I sat uncomfortably in my green and red Marine Corps monkey suit, what it was the Coalition Forces...
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Declassified Intel Docs: Fidel Castro Actually 'Recruited Nazis' To Train Troops
Fidel Castro recruited former members of the Nazi SS Waffen to train his troops at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, declassified German intelligence files show. The Communist leader also sought...
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In Syria, It's Now About Preventing The Worst
Greg Scoblete at RCW takes us to task for advocating arming a faction among the Syrian militia as an advisable course of action. This is a common lament, both among pro-interventionist Western...
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Arizona Guardsmen Accused Of 'Hobo Hunting' With Paintball Guns
'Hobo hunting,' sexual misconduct, and fraudulent expense reports totaling more than $1 million are some of the allegations facing the Arizona National Guard. The Arizona Republic recently published a...
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The European Union Has Agreed To Reconquer Northern Mali From Islamic Rebels
European Union foreign ministers on Monday approved moves to "urgently" plan for a possible military mission to help Mali reconquer its vast arid north from rebels and Islamist extremists. Gathered in...
View ArticleChina Flexes Its Military Might During A Live Ammunition Island Capture Drill
After nearly a year of back-and-forth between its neighbors regarding island rights in the China Sea, Beijing just concluded a very well documented, live-fire island landing drill. The mission...
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The Army's New Data Network Is Perfect For Tracking All The Gear It's Leaving...
The 10th Mountain Division, headquartered at Fort Drum, N.Y., got a new toy that will keep Soldiers in touch with their commanders as they reach the edges of their battlefield. The Capability Set (CS)...
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This Courtroom Exchange Shows Why It's So Hard To Prosecute The Alleged 9/11...
One exchange in the pre-trial hearings in the military commission case against the alleged plotters of 9/11 pointed to the big, dark elephant in the room. Torture. The lawyers for Khalid Sheikh...
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The Navy's New BAMS Drone Sees Everything That's Happening In The Persian...
While visiting the Persian Gulf last month for an international mine clearing exercise it was mentioned that the whole area was under constant surveillance by a Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS)...
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Don't Believe What Either Party Is Telling You About The Benghazi Attack
While Hillary Clinton jumps on a live hand grenade for the Benghazi attack, the White House has leaked to the AP its latest spin on the situation in Libya. Apparently the U.S. has drones and SEALs on...
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See How The University Of Maryland Almost Won $250K With This Human Powered...
In 1980, the American Helicopter Association established the Sikorsky Prize, a challenge for human powered helicopters with a grant reward of $250,000. For 30 years, no one came close to beating the...
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The Military Dogs Coming Home From War Have Terrible PTSD
Gunner was a Marine bomb-sniffing dog, until he suddenly became so skittish, he couldn't perform his duty. Later, they found out the dog had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Wall Street Journal's...
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Afghan Woman Allegedly Beheaded For Not Entering Into Prostitution
Afghan police have arrested four people who allegedly tried to force a woman into prostitution in western Afghanistan and beheaded her when she refused, officials said Wednesday. Mah Gul, 20, was...
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Forget Libya, The Syrian Conflict Is What's Going To Make The Middle East...
Syria's 19-month conflict could set the entire region ablaze, international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi told reporters in Lebanon on Wednesday. "This crisis cannot remain confined within Syrian...
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This Marine Infantry Course Proved Too Much For Its First Two Women Applicants
The Marine Corps sent two female Lieutenants to Marine Corps Infantry Officers Course in Quantico on Sept. 24 for the first time ever. By last week both women had washed out. Tom Bowmen at NPR reports...
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