MIKE BLOOMBERG: 'Our Interpretation Of The Constitution' Has To Change After...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg believes that the Boston Marathon bombings have created a unique scenario — one in which traditional interpretations of the U.S. Constitution must change.Rather...
View ArticleWhy The FBI Wasn't Tracking Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Every Move
The FBI is getting slammed for failing to realize that Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a terrorism risk.In 2011 Russia asked the FBI to look into the Chechen after the Kremlin determined...
View ArticleThis Rocket-Like Plane Could Have Been The SR-71 Blackbird Replacement
The above image, published by Code One on its Facebook page, shows the configuration for the SA-2S, an SR-71 Blackbird replacement concept that was studied by Convair in the early ’60s.According to...
View ArticleRussia Simulated A Large-Scale Aerial Night Attack On Sweden
Erik Arnberg, a reader of The Aviationist, brought to my attention an episode that occurred on the night of Mar. 29, 2013, when Russian military aircraft simulated a large scale bomb run on Sweden.The...
View ArticleGOP Senator Says Military Handling Of Rape Cases 'Not A Serious Problem'
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) doesn't see a problem with the way the military handles an epidemic of sexual assault.Despite an Air Force general recently overturning a sexual assault conviction, Inhofe...
View ArticleHow The Syrian Electronic Army Hacked The AP's Twitter
It’s just a couple of hours after the AP’s Twitter account was hacked, sending markets into a tizzy with a false report of violence at the White House.First, there was a “phishing” email sent to...
View ArticleGourmet Coffeeshop Discovered In North Korea
Curious coffee lovers now have a reason to visit North Korea.Pyongyang is home to a hip new coffeeshop serving "third wave" coffee -- a buzzword that marks a recent generation of specialty and...
View ArticleBy Trying Tsarnaev As A US Citizen, The White House Has Stirred Up An Old Debate
Within hours of authorities apprehending a 19-year-old Boston college student Friday as a suspected terrorist, President Obama used the words “justice” and “intelligence” to describe the government’s...
View ArticleThe World's Most Powerful Mercenary Armies
Its been a banner decade for modern military fighting. In 2010 alone there were more than 70 armed conflicts across the globe from Sangin to Ingushetia.As different as each of them were, they all had...
View ArticleThis Yemeni Man Loves America, Hates al-Qaeda, and Says Drone Strikes Make...
A drone strike killed 5 people last week in the remote Yemeni village of Wessab. Locals are still scared. Many knew at least one of the men who was killed. But they didn't know that he was suspected of...
View ArticleA 'Deep Web' Guide To The Secret Tunnels Under Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech has long been rumored to have a mess of steam tunnels running beneath its grounds from one end of campus to the other.Since entering the VT tunnels is illegal — and dangerous — it is not...
View ArticleTamerlan Tsarnaev Actually Was On US Government Lists Of Potential Terrorists
Eighteen months ago suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was placed in U.S. government databases that track potential terrorists, Mark Hosenball of Reuters reports.The revelation is sure...
View ArticleTests Show The Navy's $37 Billion Computerized Ship Is Vulnerable To Hackers
The Navy's troubled Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS FREEDOM has sailed to Singapore on its first deployment and into another host of potential problems.Andrea Shalal-Esa at Reuters reports the ship was...
View ArticleA Creepy Journey To The Hidden 5th Floor Of A Pyongyang Hotel
With North Korea in so many of today's headlines and little idea what's genuine and what isn't, we were reminded of the little known fifth floor of the Yanggakdo Hotel.The Yanggakdo is North Korea's...
View ArticleFormer Israeli Intelligence Chief: Iran Has Already Crossed Israel’s Red Line
On Tuesday retired Israeli Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin said Iran has essentially crossed the "red line"set by Israel for its nuclear activity, Gavriel Fiske of The Times of Israel reports.On September 27...
View ArticleNorth Korean Soldiers Drop Weapons To Pick Up Farming Tools
The Hermit Kingdom is talking tough again, only this time it's about the fight to feed its own people.On the northern side of the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the democratic South from...
View ArticleAmerica's Drone War Depends On A Very Loose Definition Of 'Positive ID'
Retired Air Force Col. Martha McSally defended drone strikes before Congress on Monday by saying that all targets were "positively identified.""Positive identification" (called "pid") is achieved by...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Will Have To Address Benghazi On Her Way To The White House
The latest GOP report out about Benghazi points the finger of responsibility directly at Hillary Clinton and the State Department.The 46-page report draws on classified internal emails to illustrate a...
View ArticlePassage Of CISPA Legalizes Already Common Cyber Surveillance Practices
So it looks like the cyber security bill CISPA is pointless, aside from giving federal agencies and private companies legal cover for already existing practices.The online activist group Electronic...
View ArticleHezbollah Drone Shot Down Over Israeli Skies
An Israeli fighter jet shot down a Hezbollah drone over Israeli skies near the Haifa coast at 1 p.m. Thursday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he views "with utmost severity the attempt...
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