There's Only One Logical Choice For Time's Person Of The Year
Edward Snowden, duh.Time's Person of the Year is supposed to be the person who "most influenced the news this year for better or worse."The magazine isn't joking about considering controversial people....
View ArticleKarzai Holds Afghan Security Agreement Hostage For Release Of Gitmo Detainees
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is holding hostage a multi-billion dollar security agreement with Washington (and NATO) for the release of 17 Afghan citizens from Guantanamo.Though Karzai's demand seems...
View ArticleEdward Snowden's 'Insurance Policy' Likely Means Life Or Death For Several...
On Monday Mark Hosenball of Reuters reported that Edward Snowden has a "doomsday" cache of documents he stole from the NSA, which is set to dump onto the Internet and/or into the hands of selected...
View ArticleProlific Hollywood Producer Reveals His Double Life As An Israeli Spy
Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan has confirmed that he helped Israel develop its nuclear weapons program as a spy, according to the investigative television program Uvda on the Israeli Channel 2.The...
View ArticleSyrian Activists Traded Fear Of Assad For Fear Of Al Qaeda
BEIRUT (Reuters) - When he was agitating for revolution, urging fellow Syrians to rise up against President Bashar al-Assad, Abdullah dreaded the midnight knock at the door from the secret police.Now...
View ArticleEvidence About Poisoning Of Russian-UK Spy Litvinenko To Be Kept Secret
LONDON (Reuters) - Evidence held by the British government relating to the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium should remain secret on grounds of national...
View ArticleThe NSA Was Spying On The Porn-Watching Habits Of Islamic 'Radicalizers'
The National Security Agency was keeping tabs on the online sexual activity and porn-watching habits of six Islamic radicals, according to The Huffington Post.The report by Glenn Greenwald, Ryan...
View ArticleThis Diagram Shows How A Recent String Of Hacking Attacks Came From One Cyber...
Computer security firm FireEye recently revealed to Business Insider that what has looked like random hacking attacks against Adobe, Microsoft, and other U.S. Companies is actually far more coordinated...
View ArticleEverything Worth Seeing At The DC Spy Museum [PHOTOS]
While in D.C. for a recent defense conference, I couldn't fight the temptation to visit the International Spy Museum, located right in the center of the city.Surprisingly, when I got in there, the...
View Article75 Years Ago, This British Stockbroker Saved 669 Children From Nazi Death Camps
On Dec. 3, 1938, a British stockbroker made the impromptu decision to cancel his skiing vacation and join a friend in Prague, who had desperately asked for his help. The decision changed his life and...
View ArticleHollywood Producer/Spy Arnon Milchan Played A Key Role In Israel's Nuke Program
Film producer Arnon Milchan recently confirmed that he served as an Israeli spy for decades while also working in Hollywood.And it seems he was no ordinary spy.Israel's secretive LAKAM economic...
View ArticleThe 50 Most Violent Cities In The World
Drug trafficking, gang wars, political instability, corruption, and poverty have combined to make Latin America by far the most homicidal region of the world.The region has 40% of the world's murders,...
View ArticleThe World 's Sixth Largest Military Just Got A New Leader
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Just after midnight in early October, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a coterie of his closest advisers met at his palatial Lahore home and made his toughest decision...
View ArticleEgypt's Draft Constitution Solidifies The July Coup
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new constitution would strengthen the army's hand and could ban Islamist parties outright, according to a final draft published in state media, and the assembly writing the...
View ArticleMore Than 40 Killed In Libya Depot Blast As Clashes With Militants Continue
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - More than 40 people were killed on Thursday in an explosion at an army depot in southern Libya after locals had tried to steal ammunition and four soldiers died in...
View ArticleMillions Watched The US Marine Band's Incredible Performance In Macy's Parade...
Millions watched the 86th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but they got a special treat this year: The Marine Corps Band.For only the second time in the parade's history, the band marched and...
View ArticleDrone Technology Could Be The 'Game Changer' In Farming
Some foresee drones watching over Oregon wine grapes in Yamhill CountySALEM, Ore. (AP) — Jeff Lorton says drone technology is the next big thing in agriculture, and he's determined to make sure it...
View ArticleUK's Falkland Islands Eye Oil Exploration And Argentina Is Fuming
Argentina threatens fines and imprisonment for oil companies and their executives for any "illegal exploration" of hydrocarbons off the Falkland IslandsArgentina triggered a fresh diplomatic row with...
View ArticleChina Raises Stakes Near New 'Air Defense Zone' With Fighter Jet Patrol
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China sent several fighter jets and an early warning aircraft into its new air defense zone over the East China Sea, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, raising the...
View ArticleKim Jong-un Now Has A Doppelgänger
An Australian-Chinese musician dressed up as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and began walking around a popular shopping district in Hong Kong, Reuters reports.The man, who only goes by Howard to keep...
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