US Government-Funded Domestic Propaganda Has Officially Hit the Airwaves
The U.S. government's mammoth broadcasting arm has begun "unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption,"John Hudson of Foreign...
View ArticleNotorious Heavy Metal Musician Arrested In France For Suspected Terror Plot
A Norwegian man called Kristian Vikernes, nicknamed "Wolf" (or Varg in Norwegian), has been arrested by anti-terrorist officers from France’s specialist DCRI unit at his farm in the Corrèze region,...
View ArticleA Defense Contractor's Lobbying Arm Persuaded Congress To Fund A Faulty Drone
With large budget cuts looming in the next decade, top Air Force officials knew last year they needed to halt spending on some large and expensive programs. So they looked for a candidate that was...
View ArticleRussian State News Outlet Says Snowden May Be Able To Move Freely In Russia...
Russia will allow National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden to move freely in Russia during the examination of his application for temporary asylum, state-owned news agency RIA...
View ArticleInvestigative Journalist Jeremy Scahill Schools Stephen Colbert On America's...
Jeremy Scahill, the National Security Correspondent for The Nation and the best-selling author of the book "Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield," appeared on The Colbert Report last night, and...
View ArticlePutin To Personally Oversee The End Of Russia's Biggest War Game Since The...
Russia is in the midst of a massive war game that involves as many as 160,000 soldiers, 5,000 tanks and armored vehicles, 30 aircraft, and 70 warships, Brad Lendon of CNN reports.And Monday, the...
View ArticleREPORT: Edward Snowden's Asylum Application To Russia Is This Messy...
RT has reportedly obtained NSA leak source Edward Snowden's asylum application to the Russian government, and what immediately stands out about it is that it's a surprisingly informal, handwritten...
View ArticleCyber Expert: We've Remotely Spied Through The Webcams Of Chinese Hackers
Remotely taking control of someone's computer is not an unheard of hacker exploit, but this claim about remotely controlling a Chinese hacker's webcam is just crazy.It starts with something called...
View ArticleNew Technology Could Make It Possible To Fly Anywhere In The World In 4 Hours
British aerospace firm Reaction Engines is working on an aircraft it believes would be able to take passengers anywhere in the world in just four hours.The vehicle would also be able to fly in outer...
View ArticleJury Chosen In Murder Trial For 2009 Massacre At Texas Military Base
FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Jury selection was completed on Tuesday for the military murder trial of an Army Major accused of killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, the biggest non-combat...
View ArticleThe First Atomic Blast Occurred 68 Years Ago Today — Here Are 2000 Nuclear...
Sixty-eight years ago today, on July 16, 1945, the first detonation of a nuclear device, code-named Trinity, was conducted by the U.S. Army.It took place at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range,...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Declares Himself Torture-Proof
The dramatic plot of the Edward Snowden NSA whistleblowing saga has just taken an interesting twist: in a letter to U.S. Senator Gordon Humphreys, Snowden declares himself impervious to...
View ArticleThis Scary Interactive Map Shows What Happens If A Nuke Explodes In Your...
On this day in 1945, in the American southwest, the first atomic bomb detonated. It changed the world forever. Now, there are more than 17,000 nuclear weapons spread around the world. And with 68 years...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Runs A Giant Spy Machine In Palo Alto, California
Mark Zuckerberg runs a giant spy machine in Palo Alto*, California. He wasn’t the first to build one, but his was the best, and every day hundreds of thousands of people upload the most intimate...
View ArticleObama Hints Of Possible Nomination Of NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly For...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly would be "well-qualified" to run the Department of Homeland Security.Kelly has been floated as a possible...
View ArticleGirl's Epic Headlock On US Marine Should Put To Bed Debate About Women In Combat
There's been a huge debate going on about if women can handle the rigors of combat. The gist of our coverage has been this: without dropping standards, it will be tough, but not impossible.The girl in...
View ArticleThe 6 Most Infamous Crimes Committed By Mexico's Zetas Cartel
Los Zetas, the notorious Mexican drug cartel, is known for committing some of the most brutal crimes in Latin America. The group originated in the 1990s when members of a Mexican special forces unit,...
View ArticleDrone Fighter Jet Comes In 'Hard And Fast' In Fiery Crash Near US 98 In Florida
Reports are coming in that a "QF-4" drone fighter jet has crashed near U.S. 98 in Florida, via eyewitnesses on Twitter and local news station WHJG.The drone was from Tyndall Air Force base and...
View ArticleSnowden's Laptops May Hold 'Extremely Sensitive' Details About NSA-CIA 'Black...
Matthew Aid of Foreign Policy has published an excellent report detailing the secret intelligence gathering partnership between the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency...
View ArticleDespite Sexual Harassment Accusations, San Diego Mayor Will Headline A...
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is embroiled in controversy, facing accusations of sexual harassment and groping. He stands accused of said he forcibly kissed two female constituents and grabbed the...
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