DNI: Major Points of US Worldwide Threat Assessment

James Clapper, right, the US director of National Intelligence, testifies on 'World Wide Threats' on Capitol Hill Photo: REUTERS Ma...

Why It's So Hard To Cut A U.S. Defense Program

F-35 Story Shows Why It's So Hard To Cut A Federal Program -- McClatchy News WASHINGTON — For all its high-tech stealth and record price...

Picture Of The Day

An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 26, 2012. The F/A-18F crew is assigned to Strike Fighter ...

Is The US Fighting A Coward's War?

Photo: USAF With Its Deadly Drones, The US Is Fighting A Coward's War -- George Monbiot, The Guardian As technology allows machines to m...

Flu Research Is Being Compared To The Development Of Nuclear Weapons

A scanning electron microscope image of the avian flu virus. Details from recent bird flu virus studies could allow for the development of a...

Iraq Is The Achilles Heel In Oil Production And Prices

Forget Iran, Iraq Is Threatening Oil Prices -- CNN NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The deteriorating situation in Iraq is leading some analysts to wo...

Special Forces Are Now The 'In Thing' In Washington

Obama’s Special Forces Fascination -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat Barack Obama’s attraction to unconventional operations has perhaps only be...

Intense 2012 Firefight With U.S Marines And Taliban

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Beating The Internet Censors

The Invisible Revolution Is Online -- CNN Guided by an army of "geeks with a conscience," a network of digital activists, working ...

Why Is Israel So Chatty About Iran?

Why Is Israel So Chatty About Iran? Israeli Intelligence Journalist Ronen Bergman Explains To Yahoo News -- Laura Rozen, Yahoo News/The Envo...

German Satellite Was 'Minutes Away' From Crashing Into Beijing

The research satellite Rosat, seen here in a computerized reprodution, crashed to Earth last October. dapd/ EADS Astrium German Satellite Al...

Last Surviving Founding Member Of SAS 'Originals' Dies At 92

Storie, right, and a fellow 'Original' in the desert in 1941. Legendary Last Surviving Founding Member Of SAS 'Originals' Di...

Nigeria's War Against Boko Haram Intensifies

SPECIAL REPORT: Boko Haram: Between Rebellion And Jihad -- Reuters MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At about 10.40 one morning last August, Mo...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 31, 2012

Members of coalition special operations forces wait for an air drop of supplies in the Shah Joy district in Afghanistan's Zabul province...

World News Briefs -- January 31, 2012 (Evening Edition)

(Left-right) FBI Director Robert Mueller, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and CIA Director David Petraeus appear before the ...

Here Comes The British Navy

Photo: The £1bn ship is among the largest and most powerful air defence destroyers built for the navy. BBC Back Off! British Show Of Streng...

A Look At Syria's Assad Family

Meet The Assads: A Look At The Syrian Strongman’s Family -- Time As the conflict in Syria reaches a critical phase, TIME looks at some of th...

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 31, 2012

U.S. Spy Chief Says Syria's Assad Cannot Hold Power -- MSNBC/Reuters WASHINGTON — Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad cannot sustain his hold ...

Grassley on gunwalking: 'Clean hands' excuse 'doesn't pass laugh test'

“The idea that senior political appointees have clean hands in these gunwalking scandals doesn’t pass the laugh test, especially considering...

U.S. Intel Head : Greatest Threats In 2012

FBI Director Robert Mueller (left) and Director of National IntelligenceJames Clapper (right) are greeted by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia R...

Mossad Chief In Secret U.S. Talks On Iran Nuclear Threat

Photo: Mossad Chief Tamir Pardo. Moti Milrod Mossad Chief Holds Secret U.S. Meetings On Iran Nuclear Threat, Senate Panel Reveals -- Haare...

U.S. Intelligence Chief: Al Qaeda Will Continue To Fragment

Intelligence Chief Sees Al Qaeda Likely to Continue Fragmenting -- New York Times WASHINGTON — The nation’s top intelligence official said o...

American Intelligence Chief: Iran 'More Willing' To Attack On US Soil

FBI Director Robert Mueller, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and CIA Director David Petraeus appear before the Senate Select...

Pakistan Concedes U.S. Drone Strikes Are Effective, But Still Wants Them To Stop

U.S. Reaper drones at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. One is armed with two 500-lb bombs. Source: GlobalPost Pakistan Concedes Advantages ...

Drone Wars

Coming soon, to a neighborhood near you... [ Read ] To not only keep all of us who have nothing to hide safe and free, but to do it at barga...

President Obama Confirms That US Drone Strikes Occur In Pakistan

Obama Confirms Drone Strikes In Pakistan -- Voice of America U.S. President Barack Obama has publicly acknowledged for the first time that t...

We're the Only Ones Tweeting Enough

"Get those hacking (expletive). I'm a cop in the bay area CA. (sic) I would go at them with both guns!" Richmond police Sgt....

U.S. Air Strikes In Yemen Kill 15

Air Raids On al-Qaeda Bases In Yemen 'kill 15' -- The Telegraph Overnight air raids struck an al-Qaeda meeting and control post in s...

Prince Harry Getting Ready To Go To Afghanistan

Gurkha soldiers with Prince Harry in Afghanistan Prince Harry Hooded And 'Beaten' In Hostage Training Exercise Ahead Of Afghanistan ...

Does ‘fatally flawed’ minority report on gunwalking ‘absolve’ administration?

Unsurprisingly, the minority report would convince us senior administration officials are cleared of any knowledge and wrongdoing, and that ...

Heavy Fighting Reported Between Pakistani Troops And The Taliban

Pakistan: More Than 60 Killed In Fighting Between Military And Taliban -- The Guardian • 16 troops and 50 insurgents killed in Kurram since ...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 31, 2011

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy On The Ground In Afghanistan, A Taliban Whose Momentum Seems Any...