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Senate Renews Controversial Law Which Allows Warrantless Wiretapping Of US...
The Senate approved a five-year extension of a George W. Bush-era surveillance law that allows US spy agencies to conduct wiretapping on foreign citizens without a warrant.The Foreign Intelligence...
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US Navy Sailors Have Filed A Massive Lawsuit Against Tokyo Power For...
Eight US Navy sailors are suing Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) for hundreds of millions of dollars over allegations the Japanese firm lied to them about radiation dangers after a...
View ArticleThe LAPD Bought Back 'Rocket Launchers' That Literally Do Nothing
When I saw “Rocket Launchers Turned in During LAPD Gun Buyback” flash across my twitter stream Thursday I had to check it out. It’s not every day that a rocket launcher is paraded around outside a...
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This Air Force Is Replacing All Of This Unit's Jets With Unmanned Drones
The end of the fighter pilot, and nearly a century of military fighter planes, is an idea that garners a lot of attention lately and this report out of Nebraska is a prime example why.Andrew Nelson at...
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The Top 10 Global Stories To Watch In 2013
Where will the major stories of 2013 be? If your country begins with an I, the chances are it is having elections. Otherwise you can look forward to the year of the snake, the start of Barack Obama's...
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Afghan Police Trap Reveals How 'Insider Attacks' Actually Work
The Taliban believed Beyar Khan Weyaar was the perfect candidate to prepare an insider attack on Afghan police, but instead he set a daring trap that has given a rare insight into suicide bombing...
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Iran Practicing Cyber Warfare As Its Navy Drills In The Strait Of Hormuz
Iranian forces have carried out what they called cyber warfare tactics for the first time as the Islamic republic's naval units staged manoeuvres in the key Strait of Hormuz, media reports said on...
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Al-Qaida Offers $160,000 Reward To Anyone That Kills US Ambassador To Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has offered to pay tens of thousands of dollars to anyone who kills the U.S. ambassador in Sanaa or an American soldier in the country.An audio produced...
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China's Newest And Deadly Warship Has Entered The South China Sea
As five other countries claim ownership of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, and its supposed billions in oil and gas deposits, China's backing its claim by sending the newest warship it has...
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Investigators Just Found Evidence Of A Major Atrocity In Syria
Dozens of tortured bodies have been found in a flashpoint district of Damascus, a watchdog reported on Monday, in one of the worst atrocities in Syria's 21-month conflict.The report from the Syrian...
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The Cuban Embargo Means The US Military Can't Pay Guantanamo Bay Workers'...
At the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo this month, the Pentagon marked the retirement of two elderly workers with typical military pageantry.Schoolchildren did a folkloric dance. There were speeches, a...
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REPORT: The West Confirms Chemical Weapons Are Being Used Against Syrian Rebels
Early last week we reported that Syrian rebels were claiming exposure to chemical attacks from the Assad regime and new reports back up their disputed claim.Ynetnews, a widely read Israel newspaper,...
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13 Space Launches To Get Excited For In 2013
This year has been a busy one for space missions, and it looks like next year will ramp things up even more.Though NASA has retired its space shuttles, astronauts and cosmonauts are still launching...
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Obama Has Quietly Renewed The Warrantless Wiretap Law For Another 5 Years
As everyone’s attention is focused on the slew of taxes set to increase in 2013, President Barack Obama has quietly signed into law a five-year extension to the warrantless intercept program that...
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Here's What Happens If Congress Doesn't Figure Out How To Stop Sequestration
While everyone is focusing on tax rates, there's one major part of the fiscal cliff that is could hit the economy — hard — if Congress doesn't come up with some kind of deal. Without a deal, on January...
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11 Companies That Will Get Slammed Hardest By Sequestration
Now that a tentative agreement has been reached on the tax issue of the fiscal cliff, lawmakers are now grappling with a deal to avert the $1.6 trillion in spending cuts that are set to kick in after...
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Al Qaeda Offers $160,000 In Gold To Anyone Who Kills U.S. Ambassador
Al Qaeda in Yemen has offered 3 kilograms of gold to anyone who kills Gerald Feierstein, the U.S. Ambassador, according to Reuters.At today's trading prices, 3 kilograms of gold — a little more than 96...
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Al Qaeda Has Basically Made Its Own Country In Africa
MOPTI, Mali (AP) — Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, in the escarpments and cliff faces of northern Mali, Islamic fighters are burrowing into the earth, erecting a formidable set of defenses...
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There's A Secret War In Thailand No One's Talking About
Dispatch: not far from Thailand's tourist beaches, Muslims and Buddhists are locked in a struggle in which thousands have died. David Eimer reports.The young father walked slowly down the road, his...
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10 Devastating Sequestration Cuts That People Are Afraid Will Happen
There's a lot of uncertainty over what the sequestration may actually entail. Last year's Budget Control Act provided specific percentages agencies have to cut in order to achieve $1.2 trillion in...
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