'UNPRECEDENTED INTRUSION': Justice Department Secretly Obtains Months Of AP...
The U.S. Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of AP reporters' phone records, and the news organization is speculating that it's tied to an investigation into how the AP found out about...
View ArticleU.S. Drone Pilot Explains What It's Like When You Realize You Just Killed A Kid
NPR recently aired an amazing interview by Kelly McEvers with a former U.S. drone pilot named Brandon Bryant.Bryant flew military drones for the U.S. from 2006 to 2010.Bryant worked in a trailer in...
View ArticleHere's The Justice Department's Statement On Obtaining Months Of Phone...
In response to a request for how it was able to obtain AP phone records, the Justice Department gave Business Insider this prepared statement:We take seriously our obligations to follow all applicable...
View ArticleJustice Department Responds To Freedom Of Information Act Request On Online...
The ACLU recently received its long awaited FOIA request from the Justice Department about the FBI's warrantless snooping of emails and text messages.Here's what they FBI sent back. Not to ruin your...
View ArticleTotal Devastation In One Syrian City
British Prime Minister David Cameron, in DC to meet with President Barack Obama, told reporters today that Syria’s history was being written in the blood of her people — and that it’s happening on our...
View ArticlePilotless Drones Might Be The Future Of Commercial Flying
Life could get a lot easier for commercial pilots.BBC News reported today that a Jetstream aircraft was recently the first pilotless plane to make it across airspace in the U.K."Although there is still...
View ArticleWhy North Korea Never Actually Launched That Rocket
Just a few weeks ago, analysts and experts were trumpeting the inevitability of North Korea's next rocket launch.The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) "neared the danger line," U.S. Defense...
View ArticleRussia Expels American Suspected Of Being Undercover CIA Agent
Russia says it intercepted a CIA agent who was recruiting Russian intelligence officers in Moscow, BBC News reports. After releasing the man overnight, Russia has now ordered him to leave the...
View ArticleFirst Ever British Pilot To Attend Prestigious Naval 'Top Gun' School
British Royal Navy Lieutenant Stephen Collins will be the first ever British pilot to attend the famous Top Gun school.His talent was spotted by the Americans while Collins was flying combat sorties,...
View ArticleJapanese Politician Says Wartime Sex Slaves Were 'Necessary'
A prominent Japanese politician's comments about "comfort women"— foreign women forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers during World War II — have caused anger in South Korea and China.According to...
View ArticleThe Pope's Personal Army Comes From A Long Line Of Mercenaries
Don't mistake these colorful gentlemen for anything less than trained killers.In fact, they're part of a 500-year line of mercenaries who "took part in brief but glorious wars and then returned home...
View ArticleWhite House Press Secretary Dodges Questions About Benghazi, The IRS, And The...
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is giving one of the biggest press briefings of his tenure, as the Obama administration struggles to answer questions about Benghazi, the IRS targeting of Tea...
View ArticleGoogle Word Trends Show Rise Of The Term 'Drone' Coincides With Secret...
There was a time when the word drone was more associated with male bees than with the military's killer flying robots.Matter of fact, those used to be called uav's — or unmanned aerial vehicles —...
View ArticleENDING SOON: Enter To Win A Kindle Fire From Business Insider
We're giving you a chance to win a Kindle Fire HD. Become a newsletter subscriber now to enter. If you're the lucky winner you will have a host of features at your fingertips. Entry deadline is May...
View ArticleLaunch Of Drone From Aircraft Carrier Changes Global Surveillance Game
An X-47B drone successfully took off today from the deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier in the Atlantic, Reutersreports.The drone made two low altitude approaches back to the deck —...
View ArticleSyrian Rebel Who Ate Piece Of Corpse On Video Says Why He Did It
Monday a video circulated around the web showing a Syrian rebel biting into pieces of another dead Syrian guy.Now Time magazine reporters who initially saw the video in April have had it confirmed, and...
View ArticleCNN: ABC's Bombshell Benghazi Report Is Wrong
CNN's Jake Tapper is out with a report that offers significant pushback to reports last week from ABC's Jon Karl and the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes.Tapper obtained an email from then-Deputy...
View ArticleVideo Showing Russia Busting An Alleged CIA Agent Looks Like A Bad Sketch...
There are a couple of wigs, a glum looking fellow, and dudes speaking Russian.The shaky video below supposedly shows Russia's Federal Security Service capturing Ryan Fogle, an American diplomat, whom...
View ArticleFt. Hood Soldier In Charge Of 'Sex Assault Prevention' Under Investigation...
A coordinator for the Army's sexual assault prevention program in Fort Hood has been accused of "abusive sexual contact, sexual assault, and pandering,"according to USA Today. The Pentagon said in a...
View Article'SICKENING': A Second Military Officer Who Was Supposed To Prevent Sexual...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers say they're outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for...
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