Tide Of Syria War Favors Assad As The West Pushes For Peace
BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than two and a half years into the civil war devastating Syria, the United States and Russia are pushing the combatants to the negotiating table in Geneva, but on terms that...
View ArticleIntense Photos Of Ultra-Orthodox Protestors Fighting Israeli Housing...
On Thursday about 300 ultra-Orthodox protesters confronted police over the construction of a complex meant to house some 1,000 Jewish families because they believe the site contains ancient Jewish...
View ArticleTyphoon Haiyan Damage Is 'Worse Than Hell'
One of the strongest storms ever recorded has devastated parts of the Philippines, and relief is slow to arriveLONG accustomed to fearsome storms, floods and earthquakes, Filipinos are usually stoical...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like To Jump Out The Back Of A Plane Over The Rio Grande
Taken by a photographer of the Força Aérea Brasileira from the cargo door of a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130J Super Hercules during Cruzex 2013, this year's major military exercise in South America,...
View ArticleWatch This Marine Corps Recruit Get The Butt-Chewing Of The Century
It's no secret that Marine Corps bootcamp is difficult. It's also no secret that the instructors down there are a bit more aggressive than those of the sister services.This recent LiveLeak clip is...
View Article‘The Taliban Were Ready For Us, But I Don’t Think They Were Ready For What We...
Even as Coalition forces prepare to transfer all security operations to Afghan National Security by the end of 2014, U.S. troops are still fighting the Taliban every day.Marine combat videographer Sgt....
View ArticleMan Builds A Bomb With Materials Anyone Can Buy Inside An Airport Terminal
A potential hijacker doesn't need to try sneaking a gun or knife on board an airplane, since an independent security researcher has just built a bomb using nothing but things that can be picked up at...
View ArticleTOP MARINE GENERAL: Budget Cuts May Mean Not Responding To The Next Crisis
Budget cuts could threaten the US military's ability to respond to future Philippines typhoon-style aid crises, the head of America's Marine Corps said Saturday.General James Amos touted the role the...
View ArticleEx-FBI Agent Gets 11 Years For Security Leaks, Child Porn
A former FBI agent was sentenced to more than three years in prison for disclosing confidential national security information about a foiled bomb plot to an Associated Press reporter.Former FBI...
View ArticleFormer Canadian Military Medic Found Guilty Of Sex Assault For Conducting...
Former Canadian Forces medic James Wilks has been found guilty on 25 charges stemming from the sexual assault of women at military recruitment sites in Ontario from 2003 to 2009, CBC reports.The...
View ArticleLibya's Deputy Spy Chief Kidnapped At Airport
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's deputy intelligence chief was kidnapped outside Tripoli airport on Sunday, two security sources said, days after clashes between rival militias and protesters in the capital...
View ArticleUS Closer To 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan As Troops Deal Hits Impasse
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has rejected a provision of a U.S.-Afghan security pact, putting the entire deal in jeopardy just days before the country's elite gather to debate it, a...
View ArticleTwo Blasts Target Iranian Embassy In Beirut, Killing Iranian Cultural Attaché...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two explosions targeting the Iranian embassy hit the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday killing at least 23 people and damaging buildings around the embassy compound, medical sources...
View ArticleThe Pentagon's Doctored Accounting Ledgers Conceal Epic Waste
LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Linda Woodford spent the last 15 years of her career inserting phony numbers in the U.S. Department of Defense's accounts.Every month...
View ArticleImpersonate The NSA For A Day With This Social Media Experiment
The NSA's global spying apparatus is all the rage nowadays ... or rather, outrage.Aside from the standing accused of violating the sovereignty of countless nations (and aside from the fact that those...
View ArticleThe CIA Hemorrhages Spies To Top Wall Street Firms
The Central Intelligence Agency is suffering major attrition among officers working closely with the nation's elite financial institutions, reports Jeff Stein for Newsweek.The National Resources...
View ArticleFormer Blackwater CEO: The NSA Is Turning America Into North Korea
Erik Prince, founder of the private defense company Blackwater (then Xi, now Academi), says that the NSA is turning America into North Korea.Prince, a one-time king of the mercenary world, told Eli...
View ArticleNSA Leaks Fall Into 3 Categories, And America Is Focusing On The Wrong One
As Brookings National Security expert Peter Singer explained at the recent Defense One Summit, Edward Snowden's NSA leaks fall into three distinct categories:1. Sensible espionage activities: "We spy...
View ArticleHere Are The First 4 Women In History To Complete Marine Infantry Training
Every Marine knows Opha Mae Johnson, the first woman who ever enlisted in the Marine Corps.Now almost 100 years later, the first four females in history have completed the grueling 59-day infantry...
View ArticleUS NAVY: Hackers 'Jumping The Air Gap' Would 'Disrupt The World Balance Of...
The next generation hackers may be taking to sound waves, and the Navy is understandably spooked.Speaking at last week's Defense One conference, retired Capt. Mark Hagerott cited recent reports about...
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