Top Marine Says America Will Be At War For A Long Time
While President Barack Obama has time and again claimed that the War On Terror is coming to an end, Marine Corps Commandant General John Amos gave a bleaker outlook during a speech Wednesday at...
View ArticleBarack Obama’s Rules For Drones Could Shape The New Global Laws Of War
WHEN it comes to lethal drone strikes against foreign targets, America’s government and Congress should be aware that “what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”, says John Bellinger, for...
View ArticleDespite Drone Transparency Push, White House Won't Comment On Big Strike In...
The number two Taliban official in Pakistan is dead, the Pakistani Taliban has confirmed, along with six others, likely at the hands of an American drone. This just days after President Obama pledged...
View Article9 Young Escapees Are Being Sent Back To Terrifying Fate In North Korea
Nine North Korean refugees have been forced to return home after escaping to Laos, drawing protests from human rights groups and concern from the US.The defectors, the oldest aged 23 and the youngest...
View ArticleReport: Michigan Woman Killed Fighting Alongside Syrian Al Qaeda Rebels
Syrian State TV released the name, passport and images of a woman they claim was killed fighting alongside Al Qaeda in Syria, reports CNN.The woman was one of three westerners, one of whom was from the...
View ArticleAn Israeli Attack On New Syrian Missiles Would 'Kill A Lot Of Russians'
The S300 anti-aircraft missiles that Russia has reportedly started sending to Syria don't just pose a threat to Israeli or American pilots; they also pose a threat to Russians on the ground.If Israel...
View ArticlePolice: Chechen Man Charged FBI Agent With A Pole Before Being Gunned Down
The Chechen man killed by an FBI agent while being questioned about his relationship with Boston Bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev had knocked the agent to the ground and ran at him with a metal pole...
View ArticleGoogle’s New 'Moto X' Superphone Will Spy On You 24/7, And You’ll Like It
Dennis Woodside, CEO of Motorola, Google’s wholly owned phone-making subsidiary, walked onto a stage yesterday with the company’s rumored new superphone, and while he refused to take it out of his...
View ArticleImprisoned CIA Torture Whistleblower Describes Prison Life In Remarkable Detail
John Kiriakou, the former CIA officersentenced to two and a half years in prison for leaking the name of a secret agent in charge of the CIA's Bush-era torture program, has written a letter detailing...
View ArticleThere Are Four Big Military Developments In China That Startle The US
China continues to increase spending to grow its already considerable military, and top Pentagon officials continue to watch the developments carefully.In a report issued this week, the Department of...
View ArticleMatthew Rhys: The Americans 'Scripts Go To The CIA For Approval'
Most actors are good at deception. But Matthew Rhys - a Welshman playing a Russian pretending to be American - takes things to extremes in ITV's new US spy thriller, The Americans. He talks to Craig...
View ArticleVideo From Turkish Protest Shows The Sheer Power Of Water Cannons
Reuters is calling the police crackdown on protests in Istanbul the "harshest ... so far on days of anti-government unrest."They weren't kidding.This video shows an irate protester get outright blasted...
View ArticleDarpa Releases (Freaky And) Awesome Video Of Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Limbs...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has a couple new videos out which show some of the most advanced user control over the movement of prosthetic limbs.The agency calls it Reliable Neural...
View ArticleUS Acknowledges Loss Of Drone In Somalia, Continues To Ignore Loss Of Drone...
On May 29, the Pentagon acknowledged the loss of a scarcely known Camcopter drone in Somalia, whose debris had been allegedly collected and shown all around the world by the Al-Shabaab...
View ArticleColin Powell Perfectly Explains The Quagmire That Is US Action In Syria
The U.S., U.K., and France are all considering varying degrees of intervention in the Syria conflict, one of which is a so-called "no-fly zone."However, in a recent interview with Bloomberg Television,...
View Article10 Habits From The Military That Stay With You Forever
Military service can be a life-changing experience. As a thread on Reddit asked: "What *subtle* habits do you still have, even years after leaving the military?"This proves that military culture and...
View ArticleRussia Sending Air Defense Missile Systems To Syria Should Be Called...
Russian personnel have been on the ground in Syria for months.If Russia carries through with its weapons deals — S300 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) — there will be more Russian personnel on the ground...
View ArticleMilitary Members Should Quit Their Whining About Losing Hot Meals In Afghanistan
The first thing I saw when I arrived at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan last year was a drastically out of weight standard U.S. Marine frying himself up some waffles on what looked like a 100-pound...
View ArticleUS Islamist Militants Jailed For Internet Threats Are Now Posting From Prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Islamist militants jailed for threatening violence over the Internet are still posting political writings on the Web - while serving time in federal prison.Jesse Curtis...
View ArticleNow Jesse Ventura Is Going After The Widow Of The Slain 'American Sniper'
Vocal 9/11 truther Jesse Ventura is continuing his defamation lawsuit against deceased U.S. sniper Chris Kyle by going after Taya Kyle, the slain soldier’s widow.“Lawyers for Ventura have asked a...
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