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West Faces 'Sisyphean Task' To Stop Online Recruitment Of Terrorists

PARIS (Reuters) - "I am French," explains the young man in the YouTube video carrying a Kalashnikov and wearing a kufiya cotton headdress as he sits in front of a waving black-and-white flag of al...

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Liberals Aren't Buying Obama And Kerry's Arguments For Action In Syria

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is coming out against military action in Syria, and it plans to pressure on-the-fence Democrats in Congress to oppose it, as well.The PCCC, which has a...

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Chelsea Manning Releases Application For Presidential Pardon

Army Private Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning, has formally asked for a Presidential pardon.Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison after orchestrating the largest leak of...

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SENATE PANEL APPROVES LIMITED MILITARY STRIKE ON SYRIA

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution that authorizes President Barack Obama to use limited military force in Syria by a 10-7 vote on Wednesday. The resolution will now head to the...

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Meanwhile, Al Qaeda Distributes Back-To-School Materials In Syria

As the U.S. mulls strikes, Al Qaeda is concerned kids have the right materials for school.Aymenn J Al-Tamimi‏, a Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at Middle East Forum, Student at Oxford University tweeted this...

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Newest Snowden Leak Details CIA's PR Strategy For The Drone War

The latest in the Snowden leak saga comes from the Washington Post about the NSA spying on Al Qaeda and the CIA's use of drones.In it, there's a portion tucked at the end which shows the battle of...

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Al Qaeda Warns Its Syria Affiliates: Drop The Cell Phones, Bombs Are Coming

Bashar Al Assad isn't the only one making moves based on the probability of U.S. bombs, Al Qaeda is in the mix too.The extremist militant group figures that they will also be targets of a torrent of...

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Obama's Decision To Wait On Syria Reportedly Shocked US Forces

Those tasked with executing the strike on Bashar al Assad's regime in Syria were reportedly shocked when U.S. President Barack Obama announced Saturday that he wanted to seek Congressional approval...

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How A US Attack On Assad Can Hurt His Regime With Being A Surprise

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It would hardly be a surprise to Syrian President Bashar al-Assador his military if American missiles start hitting Syria soon.With weeks to prepare for an attack, Assad might...

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Iranian Military Chief: 'We Will Support Syria To The End'

Iran will support Syria "until the end" in the face of possible US-led military strikes, the chief of Iran's elite Quds Force unit was quoted Thursday by the media as saying.Iran is Syria's main...

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Jon Stewart Shreds John McCain For Playing iPhone Poker During The Senate's...

On his second day back at "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart skewered Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for playing poker on his iPhone during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria Tuesday."McCain!...

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Obama Gives Putin Historic Death Stare At The G20 Summit

Via CNBC's Eamon Javers, this is President Barack Obama giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a significantly intense death stare upon their meeting at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.The...

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Brazil's President Cancels Preparations For White House Trip After NSA Leaks

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has canceled preparations for a planned visit to the White House, Agence France-Presse reports. Rousseff is reportedly furious about leaks detailing how the National...

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ARMY OFFICER: If We Ever Put Boots On The Ground In Syria, At Least I'll Know...

Ever since President Obama said the U.S. "should" strike against the Assad regime following a deadly chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21, I've been hearing from military members who have shared their...

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'Boots On The Ground' In Syria Just Became A Lot More Likely

Yesterday's Senate panel resolution for a limited strike on Syria included a few key lines that could foreshadow the involvement of ground forces.Julian Barnes of the WSJ reports [emphasis ours]:The...

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21 Rules For Spies, From A Former NSA Officer

John Schindler, a National Security Agency veteran and now a professor at the Naval War College, tweeted out a series of what he calls Spy Rules today that we consider a must read.Schindler spent ten...

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The UK Says Fresh Evidence Of Syria's Chemical Attack Includes Sarin On Clothing

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron told the BBC that the U.K. had fresh evidence of the use of chemical weapons near Damascus on August 21.CNN is reporting that the U.K. is now saying that clothing...

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REPORTER TO STATE DEPARTMENT: Did Everyone At The White House Have A...

Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grilled State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday, repeatedly asking her how Secretary of State John Kerry found it "courageous" for President Barack Obama...

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Without UN's Chemical Evidence, Syria May Be West's First 'YouTube' War

Without waiting for evidence from the U.N. inspectors, it appears that the U.S. and France are prepared to justify Syrian cruise missile strikes with evidence that relies rather heavily on YouTube...

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Iran's New Foreign Minister Has Amazing Twitter Exchange With Nancy Pelosi's...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has been tweeting at @JZarif for just a couple of days, and he's already causing a bit of a stir.Yesterday Zarif tweeted a new year message to Jews around...

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