U.S. Navy Establishes Cyber Fleet

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Barry McCullough as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources (November 2009). ( D...

Half Of Bravery Medals For Soldiers In Afghanistan Turned Down Due To Quotas

Victoria Cross Afghanistan Soldiers Turned Down For Bravery Medal Under Quota System -- The Telegraph More than half the recommendations for...

Mass Grave Of First World War Soldiers Found And Reburied With Honors

A coffin bearing the remains of an unknown soldier is carried to its final resting place Saturday in Fromelles, France. Photo from CNN First...

Al Qaeda's Philosophy Still Has Great Support In The Muslim World

Khaled al-Bawardi is an alumnus of the Prince Mohammed bin Nayef Centre for Counselling and Care outside Riyadh Recruits Seek Out Al-Qaeda...

Ralph Peters Fears For The Future When He Looks At The Middle East

Click Above Image to Enlarge Middle East Conflict Map From 2006 (Image From The New York Times ) Nightmare In The Middle East -- Ralph Peter...

Trying To Save The Northern Ireland Peace Process

Security guards outside the Stormont parliament building in Belfast. Photo AFP 'Second Chance' For Northern Ireland Devolution Hangs...

AU Summit Begins IN The Ethiopian Capital Of Addis Ab

African Summit Hears World Ignoring Somalia Crisis -- Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The worsening crisis in Somalia is as big a threat to ...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 31, 2010

FALLEN COMRADES - U.S. Army soldiers of hold a memorial service on Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., Jan. 28, 2010, to honor 14 fallen comrad...

US Watchdog: Catastrophic Financial Meltdown Looms

Photo: Neil Barofsky. special inspector general overseeing the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program. Photo from Top News Watchdog: Ba...

The Fascinating And Mysterious Death Of A Hamas Commander

Photo: Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. ( Reuters ) Israel: Slain Hamas Commander Was Top Weapons Smuggler -- Voice of America The killing of Mahmoud al...

9/11 Trial News Updates -- January 31, 2010

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ( Reuters ) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Likely To Be 'Executed' If Convicted, Says White House Spokesman Robert Gi...

US Rushes Missile Defense Systems To The Middle East

Gen. David H. Petraeus said this month that Patriot missile batteries were deployed in Gulf countries. The systems will likely mean more U.S...

Disaster In Haiti -- News Updates January 31, 2010

US Sailors assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 prepare to load an injured Haitian man onto an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter in ...

Blowback From China On US Military Sales To Taiwan Continues

A handout photograph released on January 30, 2010 shows M60A3 tanks during an exercise in Taiwan on November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Taiwan Militar...

North Korean Arms Shipment Headed To Iran: UN Report

Photo: GROUNDED: From left, IIyas Issakov, 56, Alexandr Zrybnev, 53, both from Kazakhstan, Mikhail Petukhou, 54, from Belarus, Viktor Abdukk...

Yemen Civil War News Updates -- January 31, 2010

Yemen Rejects Cease-Fire Offer -- Wall Street Journal/AP SAN'A, Yemen--Yemen's government on Sunday rejected a cease-fire offer from...

Can't You Hear the Whistle Blowing...?

"I learned from an insider that other ATF Special Agents (not SA Cefalu) came forward and testified last week, called ATF bosses liars,...

We're the Only Ones Flushed with Embarrassment Enough

The loaded gun was found inside a women’s restroom. A police report identified a U.S. Customs Enforcement agent left it behind. [ More ] Not...

Bug-Out Bag Guns

The Survivalist Blog offers a selection. [ Read ]

A Common Sense Canadian Gun Owner

I know who's going to respond and how. Let me be clear: I am not one of those "pry it out of my cold, dead hands" guys. No one...

And Now a Word to Gun Owners

Two words, actually, from Peet's Coffee & Tea and California Pizza Kitchen . The first word starts with "F." The second o...

Is Pakistan's Taliban Leader Dead?

Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud. Pakistan's military is trying to confirm reports that he has been killed. Photograph: A ...

We're the Only Ones Handing Out Bonuses Enough

In police court documents, it is alleged that police supervisors encouraged improper conduct by setting quotas for drug arrests and even han...

Will Bellevue Chief Pillo Demonstrate How Easy It is To Convert a Semi-Auto To a Machine Gun?

If lawmakers are trying to enact legislation based on what she tells them is "easy," it shouldn't be too much to ask. [ More...

This Day in History: January 31

Lafayette’s 1779 memoirs record his January 31, 1778, meeting with the Board of War. According to Lafayette, at dinner in Gates’s quarters...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 31, 2010

Analysts and officials are warning the deaths of 44 foreign soldiers in January is a sign of things to come. Photo AFP January Death Rate Si...

World News Briefs -- January 31, 2010

Beijing Says US Arms Sale To Taiwan Harms China's National Security Chinese Vice Foreign Minister summons U.S. Ambassador in Beijing Sat...

A New Job For The Pentagon?

Asteroid Defense Let's not keep the proposals too long in committee, yeah? NASA/Don Davis U.S. Scientists Call For The Creation Of An ...

Did Russia Try To Destroy The U.S. Economy?

From Foreign Policy Blog: Via FP contributor Ashby Monk , here's an interesting story from Bloomberg News that hasn't gotten much...

The QDR-USAF-DOD Disception

F-35-Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter: B-Variant testing. (From Aviation Spectator ) From ELP Defens(c)e Blog: With the leak (?) of a weak...

Chinese Spy Rings Target Britain

From Times Online: THE security service MI5 has accused China of bugging and burgling UK business executives and setting up “honeytraps” in ...

To Solve Cyber Crimes, DARPA Wants A "Cyber Genome Program"

The U.S. Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command The U.S. military and intelligence arms are already defending the nation from cyber attacks....

China's Anti-Missile Defense Program -- An Analysis and Commentary

China's latest missiles on show last October. China says it has successfully tested missile interceptor technology. Photograph: Frederic...

Is Russia Becoming A Third World Country?

A Time And A Place For Russia -- Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, New York Times For Russia, the past decade started out on an optimistic note. The ...

Can The ICC Charge President Obama For Launching "Illegal Wars" In Afghanistan And Elsewhere?

International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. Photo from Radio Free Europe. International Criminal Court Proposes Powers To Try Politicia...