Unclassified Document Shows How The Guantanamo Hunger Strike Has Grown Worse...
The hunger strike and Guantanamo Bay is getting serious.A unsettling account of how it has grown is seen in the following document released by public affairs office at Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay,...
View ArticleHere's The Sherpas' Side Of The Epic Mount Everest Brawl
An unprecedented brawl recently popped off near the Everest summit, and early reports blamed the Nepalese Sherpas rather than the European climbers.Famed climber Simone Moro wrote on his website: The...
View ArticleCongress Keeps Approving Military Spending For Projects The Pentagon Doesn't...
On Monday, noted deficit hawk Rep. Jim Jordan (Oh.) told the Associated Press that in the interest of national security, Congress needed to give the Pentagon $436 million to make improvements to the...
View ArticleThe Man Who Claims To Be Lost U.S. Vietnam Vet John Hartley Robertson 'Is A...
The subject of the new documentary "Unclaimed" purports to be U.S. soldier John Hartley Robertson, who was lost over Vietnam more than 44 years ago. But damning evidence suggests the man, actually a...
View ArticleInvestigation Reveals That Most Airport Security Incidents Come From Employees
A recent NBC 5 investigation into security violations at Dallas-Fort Worth airport found that a shocking number of them come from employees or vendors with security badges. According to the station's...
View ArticleAnalyst: American Sentenced In North Korea Is 'Bait' For A High-Profile US Visit
NKorea sentences US man to 15 years; analyst calls him 'bait' for high-profile American visitSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Korean American detained for six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15...
View ArticleNorth Korea Sentences American Citizen To 15 Years Hard Labor
An American citizen that was part of a group of five tourists visiting North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years hard labor for "crimes against the state,"Reutersreports.Born in South Korea, Kenneth...
View ArticleUK Businessman Jailed For Selling Armies 'Golf Ball Finders' As Bomb Detectors
A British conman was sentenced Thursday to 10 years behind bars after making millions selling "bomb detectors" that turned out to be nothing more than novelty golf ball detectors, The Guardian...
View ArticleChinese Soldiers March Into Indian Territory, Pitch Tents, Declare Land For...
China and India are once again at each other’s throats over an unmarked border in the Himalayas.But this time, oddly, nobody seems to know why.In mid-April, around 30 Chinese troops marched across the...
View ArticleThe 17 Agencies That Make Up America's Massive Spy Network
The U.S. intelligence community is vast, composed of 17 distinct organizations each operating under its own shroud of secrecy.Oversight of these agencies generally falls to the Department of Defense or...
View ArticleBUSH LAWYER: Drone Strikes Are Worse Than Indefinite Detention
The lawyer who first drew up White House policy on lethal drone strikes has accused the Obama administration of overusing them because of its reluctance to capture prisoners that would otherwise have...
View ArticleThis Powerful Spy Software Is Being Abused By Governments Around The World
A new report presents overwhelming evidence that sophisticated spying software is being abused by governments around the world.The findings by The Citizen Lab, a digital research laboratory at the...
View ArticleSpielberg's 'American Sniper' Aims To Immortalize Legendary Navy SEAL
The Hollywood Reporter has learned the next film from Steven Spielberg will be about Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper the U.S. military has ever had.The film, titled "American Sniper," will be based on...
View ArticleRussia Nearing Final Stages For New Assault Rifle In Legendary Kalashnikov...
Russia's 64 year-old beauty, the Kalashnikov AK series assault rifle, may soon get a new addition: the AK-12.Come this June, Russian feds will decide the fate of the AK-12 — in development since 2010...
View ArticleThree Crew Reportedly On Board US Refueling Plane That Crashed In Kyrgyzstan
The Kyrgyzstan emergencies ministry says a U.S. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, used to refuel military aircraft, has crashed near an American air base in the country.The Associated Press reports the plane...
View ArticleThis American Journalist's Family Believes He Is Being Held by The Syrian...
BOSTON, Mass. — After a five-month investigation inside Syria and the wider Middle East, GlobalPost and the family of missing American journalist James Foley now believe the Syrian government is...
View ArticleThis Satellite Contract Shows Just How Much China Is Winning In Africa
American satellite communication over Africa is so bad that the Department of Defense contracted Chinese satellite Apstar 7 to provide communications for AFRICOM.Let that sink in for a second.Wired's...
View ArticleAmerica's Biggest Bomb Gets Another Upgrade To Target Iran's Nuclear Fortress
The 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is the largest bomb in the U.S. arsenal, and its new design is tailored specifically for striking Iran's Fordow nuclear enrichment complex.Fordow,...
View ArticleChina's Creation Of Deadly Super-Flu Could Be A Justifiable Defensive Move
The world of biological warfare is a nasty one, that much is for sure.Even though most major nations swore off such warfare decades ago, defending against disease (natural, or weaponized) may have been...
View ArticleSaudi Royal Family Sold Computer Equipment To Assad While Sending Guns To...
A company owned by Saudi royal Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has sold large amounts of Dell computer equipment to the Syrian government, Ron Nixon of The New York Times reports.The transactions, detailed...
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