Russian Deputy PM: We're Surveilling Sochi's Showers
It was only a matter of time before a Russian official said something about western journos and their portrayal of Sochi hotel rooms— but no one could guess that it would be such a foot-in-mouth...
View Article5 Counterintelligence Tips For Any Businessperson Traveling To Sochi
By now, everyone should know that all of the data crossing the Internet near the Sochi Olympics are considered fiar game by Russian authorities. Today, the deputy prime minister said that there are...
View ArticleA Military Working Dog Has Been Captured By The Taliban
The Taliban are claiming a military working dog as a prisoner of war, the Washington Post reports.This week, a Twitter user who generally disseminates Taliban propaganda posted a video of what seems to...
View ArticleGuy Shoots Up His iPhone With An Enormous Sniper Rifle After Apple Bans...
Jeez.Coindesk's Pete Rizzo spotted this insane video uploaded by a Bitcoin enthusiast expressing his ire at Apple, via firearm. The reason?Last night, Blockchain announced Apple had removed its popular...
View ArticleTop US Diplomat Says 'F— The EU' In Leaked Phone Call, And The US Is Blaming...
The State Department's top official for Europe was allegedly caught on tape saying, "F— the E.U.," in what was an apparent a bout of frustration toward the European Union's lack of action in solving...
View ArticleNorth Korea Built A Fleet Of Mobile Missile Launchers Out Of Chinese Trucks
The North Korean war machine has become slightly more intimidating.A report released Tuesday claims that North Korea has modified Chinese trucks into mobile intercontinental ballistic missile...
View ArticleNorth Korea Is Almost Done Building A Giant Missile Launch Pad
New commercial satellite imagery hints that North Korea is almost done building a tower capable of launching long-range missiles — probably, further than the ones they've already launched into space,...
View ArticleDespite Their Immense Wealth, The Saudis Are Not Happy
MONEY can buy many things: luxury, influence, security--and even time. How frustrating, then, to be vastly rich but never quite to get what you want. Such is the dilemma faced by the world's richest...
View ArticleChile And Peru Are Finally Resolving A Heated Border Dispute
Here’s a grown-up way to settle a long-standing border disputeFOR more than a century, Peru’s collective psyche has been scarred by its defeat in the War of the Pacific of 1879-83 and Chile’s...
View ArticleCYBER EXPERT: The Story Of A Reporter Getting Hacked In Sochi Is Completely...
On Wednesday, NBC News' reporter Richard Engel gave a jarring report of just how bad the problem of hackers is in Sochi, reporting that his phone was hijacked "before we even finished our coffee."The...
View ArticleHamid Karzai's Vilification Of America Is Risking The Future Of Afghanistan
THANKS to its bewildering president, Afghanistan has seen relations with the United States plunge to new lows just two months before a presidential election. If Hamid Karzai cannot reach an agreement...
View ArticleThis Is What An In-Air Gasman Sees When Refueling An F-35 Lightening [Photo]
The U.S. Department of Defense just shared an out-of-this-world photo on Twitter.This is what refueling tanker operators see when they go to the pump and take part in refueling missions.The plane...
View ArticleCIA And FBI Agents Are Not Welcome At This Restaurant Outside Sochi
Associated Press photographer Jae C. Hong captured a photo of this sign outside a restaurant in the mountains near Sochi, Russia.The sign makes clear that FBI and CIA agents aren't welcome, although...
View ArticleNBC Blasts Claims That Richard Engel's Terrifying Sochi Hacking Report Was...
NBC defended reporter Richard Engel on Friday from charges that his report on hacking in Sochi was "fraudulent."Engel delivered a report on Wednesday that showed how easily electronic devices could be...
View ArticleSecurity Experts Overwhelmingly Disagree With Snowden
The Snowden leaks are causing further consternation as debates about whether Snowden managed to do anything useful continue.Going against the general perception of the American people, security experts...
View ArticleIsraeli Soldier Shoots Clever GoPro Video Documenting His Military Discharge
An Israeli soldier used a GoPro to make this very interesting video chronicling his discharge from military service.Every able-bodied Israeli (who is not enrolled in an Orthodox Jewish Synagogue to...
View ArticleListen To This Goose Bump-Inducing Rendition Of The National Anthem A Bunch...
A bunch of high school kids recently checked in to a hotel shared simultaneously by a teacher named Michelle Johnson.She was just about to get annoyed at their noisy behavior when something wonderful...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When One Of America's Most Epic Submarines...
The submarine surfacing in the picture is the USS Connecticut, a Seawolf-class submarine.In the picture, the USS Connecticut is breaking through three feet of solid ice in the Arctic Ocean in order to...
View ArticleContractor Tasked With Checking Out Edward Snowden's Background Completely...
The Wall Street Journal has obtained a federal government report on the most recent background check of Edward Snowden by U.S. Investigations Services LLC, and the limited scope with which the company...
View ArticleIran Sending War Ships Close To US Border
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian naval commander says his country has sent several warships to the Atlantic Ocean, close to U.S. maritime borders for the first time.The commander of Iran's Northern...
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