Your Smartphone Can Make You A Crime-Fighting Hero
One of the most powerful crime-fighting tools in the world could be sitting in your pocket.Smartphones can share evidence of crimes as soon as they happen.Just a few months ago, Boston Marathon...
View ArticleIt Is Now Common Knowledge That US Drones Bomb Civilian Rescuers
A U.S. drone strike killed at least 17 people in Pakistan's tribal region on Wednesday, Reuters reports.Taliban commanders and security officials told Reuters that the strike mostly killed fighters for...
View ArticleMarine 'Snaps' Leg, Picks Up Photography, Shoots One Of The Most Fascinating...
The change for U.S. Marine Matthew Callahan came when he "snapped" his leg.It was his first deployment to Afghanistan with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. He was an "assaultman," a Marine...
View ArticleAmerica Has The Most Potent Capture And Kill Operation In The History Of Mankind
After Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration began waging a global war on terrorism both openly and on the "dark side."The full scale of the shadow war is just coming out now, as detailed in "Dirty...
View ArticleThe NSA Trained Edward Snowden To Be An Elite Hacker
In 2010 the National Security Agency (NSA) taught Edward Snowden how to turn the world's largest spy agency inside out.Snowden, through a NSA course that trains security professionals to think like...
View ArticleSnowden's Fate Unclear Despite Asylum Offers
Snowden's fate unclear despite asylum offers from Latin American countriesMOSCOW (AP) — Edward Snowden has found supporters in Latin America, including Venezuela and Nicaragua, who have offered him...
View ArticleMILITARY'S TOP GENERAL: Edward Snowden's Leaks Have Undermined US Relationships
Dempsey: Snowden's disclosures have undermined 'importance of trust' with other countriesWASHINGTON (AP) — The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says NSA leaker Edward Snowden's disclosures about U.S....
View ArticleNew Book Details The Disturbing Militarization Of America's Police
Radley Balko, a senior writer and investigative reporter for the Huffington Post, has published an excerpt of his new book "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces" in...
View ArticlePakistani Government Report Says Bin Laden Loved Wearing Cowboy Hats, And Was...
Following the military raid on the Bin Laden compound in 2011, the Pakistani government set up a commission of inquiry to find out exactly what happened, if there were any lapses in leadership, and...
View ArticleHip Hop Star Mos Def Gets Force Fed, Guantánamo-Style [VIDEO]
On Monday the Guardian published video of hip hop star and actor Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) being force fed according to the standard operating procedure (SOP) used by the U.S. military at the Guantanamo...
View ArticleA Complete Analysis Of Egypt's Textbook Coup
On July 3, as the Egyptian military prepared to oust President Mohamed Morsi, FT's Joseph Cotterill tweeted a chart from Edward Luttwak's 1968 book Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook.At 1:51 p.m. EDT,...
View ArticleReport: Israeli Raid Likely Culprit For Destruction Of Russian Missiles In Syria
New reports of strikes on Russian anti-ship missiles near the port of Latakia, Syria, seem to indicate another possible Israeli strike, Reuters reports.This would be the fourth such strike this...
View ArticleIran Claims (Again) To Have Some Awesome New Military Gear To Show Off
Iran is claiming via their state news agency to have “made great strides in the production of military equipment.”The report says that Iran will soon unveil a new drone, a new tank, new submarine, a...
View ArticleBin Laden Wore Cowboy Hats Because He Loved Westerns ... And Hated Drones
A Pakistani government report obtained by al Jazeera earlier this week taught us new details about the life and habits of Osama bin Laden. Among the most interesting revelations from the report was...
View ArticleThe Air Force Just Reinstated A Third Of Its Aircraft
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force said many of its combat air forces would start flying again on Monday after being grounded since April because of budget cuts.The grounding affected about...
View ArticlePanama's President Says A North Korean Ship With Suspected Missile Equipment...
Panama's president said Monday that a North Korean ship captain tried to kill himself after the vessel was stopped en route from Cuba and found to have suspected missile material on board.Outlining a...
View ArticleThe Captured Leader Of The Zetas Cartel Is A Depraved Individual Who...
Mexican Marines have captured the chief of the ultra violent Zetas drug cartel near the border with Texas, and all indications are that he is a particularly brutal character.Officials have said that...
View ArticleRussian State News Outlet Says Snowden May Be Able To Move Freely In Russia...
Russia will allow National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden to move freely in Russia during the examination of his application for temporary asylum, state-owned news agency RIA...
View ArticleInvestigative Journalist Jeremy Scahill Schools Stephen Colbert On America's...
Jeremy Scahill, the National Security Correspondent for The Nation and the best-selling author of the book "Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield," appeared on The Colbert Report last night, and...
View ArticleJury Chosen In Murder Trial For 2009 Massacre At Texas Military Base
FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Jury selection was completed on Tuesday for the military murder trial of an Army Major accused of killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, the biggest non-combat...
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