Congress To Oversee CIA More Closely

From The Washington Times: In a rare gesture, House intelligence committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes sent a letter this week to all CIA emplo...

Source: Hezbollah Admits Weapons Smuggling

From Middle East Times: CAIRO, April 30 (UPI) -- Suspects tied to an alleged Hezbollah cell plotting attacks on Egyptian soil admitted to fu...

A Person of Even More Interest

In " A Person of Interest ," we saw the way a man who killed two deputies was being tied in with militias and veterans. And now, a...

A Chilling Effect On U.S. Counterterrorism

From Stratfor: Over the past couple of weeks, we have been carefully watching the fallout from the Obama administration’s decision to releas...

Training Afghans As Bullets Fly: A Young Marine’s Dream Job

Corporal Conroy at Firebase Vimoto. In Corporal Conroy's war, two Marines train Afghans in weapons, tactics, first aid, hygiene and lead...

Blogger’s Events Get Hinky

I’ve also been denied access to a blogger’s gathering because I wasn’t up to their standards, and they didn’t like the company I keep. How w...

British Play Waiting Game In Helmand Before Arrival Of US Troops

Lance Corporal Nick Chauntry, of the Mercian Regiment, lights a cigarette with the help of his comrade Private Fletcher during a break on pa...

I KNEW I Forgot to Mention Something...

I had a nagging feeling after yesterday's " Faces of Death " post that I was leaving something out. It just hit me. Using off...

SAF Sues CA

The Second Amendment Foundation , The Calguns Foundation and four California residents today filed a lawsuit challenging a California state...

Provoking Further Research

Drinking water which contains the element lithium may reduce the risk of suicide, a Japanese study suggests... In an accompanying editorial,...