REPORT: The Saudis Offered Mafia-Style 'Protection' Against Terrorist Attacks...
Buried inside a Telegraph post about secret Russian and Saudi talks was a strange passive-aggressive alleged quote from the Saudi head of intelligence about terrorist attacks at the Sochi Olympics in...
View ArticleNew Images Surface Of Boston Bomber Emerging From Boat, Getting Wrestled Down...
New images of the Boston Bomber emerging from a boat the night of a chase and shootout have surfaced thanks to the Associated Press and ousted Boston Police officer Sgt. Sean Murphy.Murphy famously...
View ArticleThis Video Of A Syrian Father Reunited With The Son He Thought Was Dead Will...
The U.S. is on the brink of a military strike against Syria, with much of the push for intervention coming from video evidence of an alleged chemical attack on Aug. 21.The attack injured roughly 3,600...
View ArticleComputer Science Professor Explains How Phone Call Metadata Can Be More...
The American Civil Liberties Union, which is suing the U.S. government over the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records under the "business records clause" of the Patriot...
View ArticleSOCGEN: The Syria Conflict Could Spill Over Into Iraq, And Brent Oil Could...
Oil has been rising lately, as the prospects for some kind of strike in Syria seem like almost a sure thing.But why does Syria really matter to oil?Michael Wittner at SocGen has produced a special...
View ArticleMAP OF THE DAY: Here's A Look At The US, British, French, And NATO Forces...
By all accounts, the U.S. (and allies in the U.K. and France) appears to be marching ever closer to war with Syria in the form of (at least for now) a 2- or 3-day strike on key Syrian infrastructure...
View ArticleFormer White House Official: It 'Would Be Devastating' If Obama 'Fails To...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans want no part of a U.S. military intervention in Syria, but there is a growing sense in Washington that President Barack Obama would face more political risks from...
View ArticleUnnamed US And Israeli Officials Say Intercepted Syrian Communications Prove...
Unnamed officals from U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies reportedly claim that intercepted communications involving top Syrian officials prove that the Syrian government was responsible.Noah...
View ArticleIncredibly Convoluted Chart Shows Just What A Mess The Middle East Really Is
The Big Pharaoh, the preeminent Egyptian blogger, tweeted a chart that attempts to map the relations between different groups in the Middle East.As you can see, it is a convoluted mess. The red lines...
View ArticleObama's Plan For Attacking Syria Would Be Another Gigantic Flip-Flop
On Tuesday, a 2007 quote from then-Sen. Joe Biden popped up again. "I want to make clear and submit to the United States Senate pointing out the president has no authority to unilaterally attack Iran,"...
View ArticleTomahawk Missiles Would Send A Crystal Clear Message To Syria
The U.S. will probably send several Tomahawk missiles at Syria sometime this week, defense analysts tell Bloomberg.The choice of the 30 year-old Tomahawk when the U.S. could deploy newer, equally...
View ArticleNASA Will Crash A Marine Helicopter On Purpose Today
On Wednesday, Aug. 28, NASA plans to drop a helicopter from 30 feet in the air to test safety features, like improved seatbelts. You can watch the destruction happen live online at 1 p.m. EDT."Almost...
View ArticleBashar Al Assad's Brother May Have Ordered Last Week's Chemical Weapons Attack
The reported chemical weapons attack in Syria last week that killed more than 1,000 people and sent the Western world baring down on the conflict may have been ordered by the little brother to Syrian...
View Article18-Year-Old Syrian Hacker Says It Took 3 People Just Hours To Compromise New...
On Tuesday, The New York Times, Twitter, and the Huffington Post U.K. suffered website difficulties after apparently coming under attack from the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).The pro-Assad SEA appears...
View ArticlePeople Who Tried To Connect To Downed New York Times Site Were Exposed To...
At this point everyone has heard about the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) compromising the websites for the New York Times, Twitter, and Huffington Post UK.Lesser known, though, is that potential New...
View ArticleEGYPT ARMY PLAYS NICE: Backs Away From Plan To Ban Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt should not ban the Muslim Brotherhood or exclude it from politics after the army's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, the interim prime minister said on Tuesday,...
View ArticleHow The Syrian Electronic Army Hacked Twitter, Huffington Post, And The New...
The Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Assad hacking group, successfully compromised some large media sites yesterday by attacking Twitter, The New York Times, and Huffington Post UK.It was able to do this...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn't Believe Obama When He Says Don't Worry About 'Metadata'...
Metadata is in the news right now: On Monday, the ACLU filed a legal challenge to the NSA's "metadata" phone monitoring program, which it alleges is both illegal and a violation of Americans'...
View ArticleFort Hood Shooter Receives Death Sentence
Nadal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist turned Islamic extremist, who killed 13 people and wounded dozens more during a 2009 shooting spree at a medical facility at Fort Hood, Texas, has been...
View Article20 Reasons Why Tomahawk Missiles Should Put Assad In A State Of Panic
A purported chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1,000, including many children, has elicited the ire of the West.The USS Barry and three other warships promptly took up positions off the...
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