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Iran Is Increasingly Calling The Shots For Assad In Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been forced gradually to cede power to Iran to prop up his regime during the grinding conflict in Syria.The implications for the Middle East could be...
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Air Force Airman Directs 7 Tons Of Bombs, Saves Green Beret, Earns Second...
Technical Sergeant Ismael Villegas was completely open to enemy fire, but it didn't make a difference, to him, there was only one objective in mind.It was early 2011, and the mission was only supposed...
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The Army’s Giant Spy Blimp Is Coming To The Washington Area
A radar and weapons detection system currently employed in Afghanistan and largely designed for naval fleets is coming to the Washington D.C. area. The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated...
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The Biggest Threat To National Security Is The Thumb Drive
How did we destroy Iranian nuclear facilities? With a thumb drive. And how did Snowden allegedly smuggle out the blueprints to the NSA? With a thumb drive.No, it wasn't by some ultra secretive means of...
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Former Marine Faces Capital Murder Charges In Death Of Legendary Navy SEAL...
DALLAS (AP) — The North Texas man accused of killing former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and another man has been indicted.Eddie Ray Routh, a former Marine and Iraqi war veteran charged with killing...
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The 'Amash Amendment' To Derail The NSA's Surveillance Powers Goes Down In...
The House of Representatives voted against an amendment that would have severely limited the National Security Agency's ability to collect data on telephone communications by a 205-217 vote.The...
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The Amash Amendment Could Have Ended The Era Of Free Phone Metadata
An amendment to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act proposed by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) that aimed to "end authority for the blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act" has been...
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Lawmakers Blast Guantanamo's $2.7 Million Per Prisoner Cost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers pushing to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay said on Wednesday its cost has skyrocketed to $2.7 million per inmate this year and argued it is too...
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How A US Spy Ship Became A North Korean Trophy
North Korea unveiling its greatest Cold War prize: captured US Navy spy ship USS PuebloPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If there was ever any doubt about what happened to the only U.S. Navy ship that is...
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Assad Is The Most Powerful Warlord In A Country Of Warlords
How does a dictator define victory? In 1991, Saddam Hussein convinced himself that he had beaten America in the First Gulf War. Saddam’s army had been routed and his air force and navy pretty much...
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Largest Hacking Scheme Ever Prosecuted In The US Includes Loss Of 'Hundreds...
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged with running a sophisticated hacking organization that over seven years penetrated computer networks of more than a...
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One Paragraph Sums Up What Edward Snowden Can Expect From His Life In Russia
Julia Ioffe, senior editor at The New Republic, wrote a post about Edward Snowden's circumstances — reportedly sitting in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport while he prepares to live and...
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What It Looks Like When A Navy Ship Does A Donut
This is the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) U.S.S. Independence throwing down the sickest of donuts off the San Diego coast.It's too bad donuts don't translate to combat serviceability,...
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18 Of The Most Outrageous Military Ethics Violations
The U.S. Department of Defense just updated its Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, and boy does it contain some doozies.Taking a Blackhawk to lunch? Russian-bride scam? Faking your own death? It's got...
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This Soldier's Official Liberty Request For The Playboy Mansion Is Incredible
This is truly epic.This is an official liberty request from an Army unit in North Carolina so that a soldier can go visit the Playboy Mansion.Friends of mine have left the service and visited the...
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After Close Vote, House Leaders Defend NSA Mass Spying Program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives on Thursday defended their support for a spy program that sweeps up vast amounts of electronic communications...
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US Indicts Hackers In Biggest Cyber Fraud Case In History
NEWARK, N.J./BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $300 million and two of...
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US Navy To Retrieve Bombs It Dropped Over Barrier Reef
The United States Navy said it will spearhead a search for four unarmed bombs it dropped over Australia's Great Barrier Reef and make sure they are safely removed.Two Harrier jump jets dumped their...
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Air Force member Nathaniel Mills stole the show at the USA basketball scrimmage in Las Vegas last night.Mills was dunking in pregame warm ups, according to the NBATV crew, and then he was asked to come...
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F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Performs One Of The Craziest Flybys Ever
Poor airmanship or skillful pilot?Most probably both.The new video (actually posted to Youtube a couple of years ago - thanks to Juanma Baiutti for the heads-up), that will likely add fuel to the...
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