Veterans Have To Wait Even Longer For Medical Service Than You Think
A graphic out of the Center for Investigative Journalism shows the bureaucratic mess veterans enter when they walk through the doors of any VA establishment.Lauren Rabaino and Aaron Glantz created the...
View ArticleCheck Out The Cutting Edge Mercedes That Will Protect New Pope Francis
The first thing new Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio will undoubtedly want to do is take this baby out for a night in Rome.Based on the Mercedes M-Class, built in 2012, with a tricked out bullet-proof Pope...
View ArticleHow To Train Your Dolphin To Be An Assassin
On Tuesday we heard about the Ukrainian marine mammal program, which trains dolphins to not only find mines in the water and track down divers, but supposedly these dolphins are also outfitted with...
View ArticleBergoglio Has Ties To A Dark Period For The Catholic Church
New Pope Francis isn't a Hitler Youth like the last guy, but he has own troubled history.Francis I along with the whole Argentine Catholic Church have faced criticism for their silence or complicity...
View ArticleExtreme Anti-Islam Ads Are Now Running On San Francisco's Buses
Anti-Islam ads appeared on 10 public buses in San Francisco on Monday, showing "inflammatory quotes by Islamic fundamentalists" accompanied by "an anonymous terrorist,"according to Transportation...
View ArticleReport: Spy Agencies To Get Full Access To Massive American Financial Database
The Obama administration is planning to expand access of financial data to all U.S. intelligence agencies, according to a Treasury document seen by Reuters.The data is housed in the Financial Crimes...
View ArticleIn The 1960s, The CIA Turned Cats Into Bionic Spies
Members of the CIA in the 1960 must not have been cat owners. If they had been, they would have known you can't get a cat to do anything if it doesn't want to. And they would never had tried to turn...
View ArticleArmy Officer Invokes 'Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines' In Official Drones...
One of the things Army Lt. Col. Douglas Pryer is known for is his mastery of words, but he still has a respect for pictures.Pryer is a former intelligence officer who worked in various command staff in...
View ArticleHere's What The Toilets Are Like For Reporters Covering Trials At Guantanamo Bay
Our Robert Johnson tweets from Guantanamo: Next time you read that GTMO trial coverage -- This is what the facilities are like for all reporters.Please follow Military & Defense on Twitter and...
View ArticleChina Completes Second Political Succession Since Communist Party Took Power
China's parliament formally elected heir-in-waiting Xi Jinping as the country's new president today, completing the country's second orderly political succession since the Communist Party took power in...
View ArticleThe First 'Anti-Ship' Missile Has Been Fitted To The F-35
Unveiled on Nov. 29, 2012, the first Joint Strike Missile (JSM) developed for the F-35 by the Norwegian company Kongsberg and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, was fitted to a test Joint Strike...
View ArticlePROFESSOR: Zombies Are Popular Because People Have Given Up Hope
Zombie popularity is a surefire indicator of national mental health, says Clemson University professor Sarah Lauro.Lauro, an English teacher who studied zombies while working on her doctorate, told the...
View ArticlePakistani Insurgent Group Is Using 8-Year Old Kids As Covert Bombers
A separatist group called the Baloch Liberation Army is now using children to bomb targets in their fight for independence from Pakistan, according to a report fromCNN.In a raid in Quetta, Pakistani...
View ArticleThis Is Why No One Pays Attention To The Crazy Threats From North Korea
North Korea is threatening Seoul again, this time over a disputed island.If you've watched the news at all in the past decade or so — ever since Pyongyang tested nuclear weapons — this may sound like a...
View ArticleTop General In Afghanistan Says Karzai's Bizarre Accusation Put Troops In Danger
Gen. Joseph Dunford probably knew it was going to be a tough job — being what is likely the last commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan — refocusing from combat to withdrawal.But instead of the...
View ArticleChina Accuses Coca-Cola Of Using GPS To Illegally Map Sensitive Areas
Coca-Cola will be investigated by the Chinese government for misusing GPS data in a case that appears to be linked to modern espionage fears, the South China Morning Post reports.According to...
View ArticleThe Feds' Aggressive Case Against A 25-Year-Old 'Intelligence Geek' Could Set...
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning admitted in court last month that he fed the website Wikileaks a huge trove of classified military files.The document dump included thousands of files, some of which made the...
View ArticleMilitary Personnel Certainly Do Not Have 'Lavish' Benefits
Dave Wood enjoys something most members of the US military do not. He has the luxury of performing poorly in his job and living to tell about it.Mr. Wood published a Huffington Post article earlier...
View ArticleThe Iraq War Could Cost More Than $6 Trillion
The Iraq war has cost the U.S. more than $2 trillion so far and with interest could swell to more than $6 trillion, according to a study released Thursday.The study, part of the Costs of War Project by...
View ArticleThe Demise Of Google Reader Is Awful For Iranians Who Use It To Avoid Censorship
Google’s announcement that it’s killing off Google Reader, the company’s beloved, if not wildly popular, tool for consuming RSS feeds, was met with outrage from journalists and other, largely American...
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