The Army Could Be Forced To Let Bradley Manning Get A Sex Change
The Army says it's not going to let Bradley Manning get a sex change, but his lawyer has vowed to do everything he can to make sure his client can get the female hormones he needs to live as Chelsea...
View ArticleUN Secretary General Is 'Deeply Disturbed' By Reports Out Of Syria, Calls For...
If this week's reports from Syria are true, President Bashar al Assad has perpetrated the largest chemical weapons attack in 25 years against his own people in a village on the outskirts of...
View ArticleThe Fort Hood Shooter Apparently Wants To Die
Army Maj. Nadal Hasan, the accused Fort Hood shooter whose trial entered closing arguments today, seems poised to become the first person to receive the death penalty from the military in more than...
View ArticleWWII Veteran Beaten To Death In Spokane
A veteran who was wounded during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II was beaten to death Wednesday outside of the Eagles Lodge in Spokane, Seattle Times reports.Delbert Belton, 88, died from injuries...
View ArticleIsrael Bombed A Militant Group In Lebanon
The Israeli air force struck a Palestinian group in Lebanon on Friday, officials said, hours after a different organisation said it fired four rockets at the Jewish state from Lebanon.Israeli aircraft...
View ArticleSomehow The UK's Ministry Of Defence Tweeted Out An Insult To London
Twitter screw ups are not uncommon, but this is just funny.Sometime late in the night, whoever was watching over the British Ministry of Defence Twitter account punched out this gem:Anyone who's ever...
View ArticleTransgender SEAL Team 6er Issues Scathing Response To 'Chelsea' Manning
Kristen Beck spent 20 years in the Navy — many years as a SEAL— and also spent all 20 as a woman in a man's body.She successfully hid her gender identity from her teammates because of military...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Accuses The UK Government Of Leaking Secrets Under His Own Name
Friday provided one of the most unusual developments in the Edward Snowden saga, as the former NSA contractor and leak source accused the UK government of leaking secrets to a newspaper and falsely...
View ArticleRussian Soldiers Simply Rock This Rendition Of Adele's 'Skyfall'
There are more than a few ironies here: singing Russian soldiers, Russian soldiers singing a James Bond theme, it being one of the best we've heard in a while.These guys totally rock it.From The...
View ArticleNORAD To Launch US, Russian Joint 'Hijacked Airliner' Exercise Amid Rising...
Amid heightened political tensions between the U.S. and Russia over a variety of issues, U.S., Canadian, and Russian air forces at least will seek some cooperation next week with a joint exercise over...
View ArticleREPORT: New Zealand Police Used NSA PRISM Data To Nab Kim Dotcom
Recently released documents show that New Zealand police possibly got illegal help from spying apparatus set up by America's National Security Agency in order to bust Megaupload's Kim Dotcom.The...
View ArticleFort Hood Shooter Found Guilty On All Charges
Army Maj. Nadal Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 people at a military base in Texas in 2009, has been found guilty on all charges and is now eligible for the death penalty.He could become the first...
View ArticleThis Incredible Last Paragraph From A 1983 New York Times Article Predicted...
Resurfacing through the fog of the past is this 1983 New York Times David Burnham article about the National Security Agency and its potential for abusive surveillance practices.Pay particular...
View ArticleBarack Obama Is Too Wary Of Taking Sides In The Middle East
THE Arab street hates Barack Obama. Many angry Egyptians accuse him of secretly supporting the Islamists who ran the country until July. Many others (equally angry) accuse him of backing the generals...
View ArticlePhoto May Show Training With Polish And US Military Special Forces
The military rumor mill is cranking today about the possibility of super secret training between U.S. special forces operators and their Polish counterparts. Special Forces guru, former Army Special...
View ArticleThe FAA Has Shut Down 2 Journalism School Drone Programs
The Federal Aviation Administration has shut down two Midwestern journalism school programs using drones for aerial reporting, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune.In July, the University of...
View ArticleGLENN GREENWALD: It's 'Highly Unlikely' That Edward Snowden's Information Has...
After The Independent published a story Friday based on documents obtained by NSA leak source Edward Snowden, Snowden quickly disavowed any notion that he had worked with the newspaper. So the question...
View ArticleThe NSA Has A Word For When Analysts Abuse Their Power To Spy On A Love Interest
Here's just another fascinating/disturbing fact about the NSA.From time to time, employees have been known to abuse their power and spy on lovers, according to Siobhan Gorman at WSJ.The practice isn’t...
View ArticleReport: Syrian Hospitals Flooded With Thousands Suffering From Chemical...
An international humanitarian organization working in Syria has reported that thousands of patients have been brought into Damascus hospitals suffering from "neurotoxic symptoms" after an alleged...
View ArticleMultiple Reports Say That The US Is Preparing For Possible Strike On Syria
Following an apparent chemical weapons attack on a Syrian rebel stronghold, there are multiple reports that the U.S. is preparing for a potential military strike against Bashar al Assad's regime.Most...
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