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Because of the rising number of “home-grown terrorists,” the Escondido, CA, Police Department has developed an antiterrorist program that emphasizes the importance of establishing relationships… Read More
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What a mess. President Obama says he wants to take in at least 10,000 refugees from the Middle East. Meanwhile, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is sending fighter aircraft and… Read More
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Intelligence analysts can make no more serious a charge than to claim that somebody altered their work and their assessments. It goes to the very… Read More
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In the continuing debate over whether law enforcement and intelligence officials should have some sort of special access to encrypted communications, officials are arguing that… Read More
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Hundreds of thousands of migrants are leaving the Middle East, heading to what they see as the promised lands of Europe and, if possible, America…. Read More
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The debate about defense spending will likely reignite this month as Congress returns from recess and the end of the fiscal year draws near. Unfortunately,… Read More
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Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports will never be mistaken for a Tom Clancy novel. The editorial style is intended to be subdued and analytical—lest the… Read More
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Washington is waking up to the fact that America is an Arctic nation. But, as in a doomed polar expedition, the administration seems to be… Read More
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On this day in 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the National Security Act of 1947, which officially established the U.S. Air Force… Read More
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The Army will hold an Article 32 hearing for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl this week at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The hearing, which may… Read More
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David Zucker, the Hollywood filmmaker best known for his 1980s movies “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun,” is out with a new spoof on the Iran… Read More
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While the biggest names in the intelligence community testified last week on Worldwide Cyber Threats, news continued to break over another health insurance company being… Read More
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Syria’s raging civil war has transfixed the West’s collective consciousness two summers in a row: last summer with ISIS’s unspeakable barbarity and in 2015 by… Read More
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Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with saying some 200 years ago that “China is a sleeping giant. Let him sleep, for when he wakes, he will… Read More
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Friday is the 14th anniversary of 9/11, the deadliest terrorist attack in history. Four planes were hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists, who flew a plane into both… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation tracks Islamist terror plots and attacks since 9/11 and as the 14th anniversary of that fateful day approaches, it is important for… Read More
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Of the myriad of mind-blowing flaws contained in the Iran nuclear deal—a subject that has dominated the foreign policy debate across the country this summer—there’s… Read More
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Remember the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal in April, 2014 that exposed veterans had died as a result of waiting for healthcare? Veterans were placed… Read More
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North Dakota just legalized police drones to be outfitted with tasers, pepper spray, and other “non-lethal” weaponry. As the drone debate continues over right to… Read More
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The debate about defense spending will likely reignite in September as Congress returns from recess and the end of the fiscal year draws near. Unfortunately,… Read More
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The United States Navy has been shrinking for decades and is now at levels last seen in the 1930s. Politicians on both sides of the… Read More
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Last week, two female Army officers and West Point graduates made history when they successfully passed Army Ranger School, known as one of the most… Read More
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Plagues, nuclear threats, an electromagnetic pulse attack. Each could knock the United States off the power grid. These potential disaster strikes can seem daunting. “The… Read More
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The thwarted terrorist attack by three Americans on a Paris bound train last week exposed a flaw in terrorist tactics. Spreading fear with violence (the… Read More
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Winds of 127 mph ripped across Louisiana 10 years ago, leaving in its wake devastation of property, destruction of lives, and a death toll of… Read More
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Recent news on the illicit access of the IRS’s systems, back in May, now shows almost three times as many accounts were accessed than originally… Read More
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week President Barack Obama has “a great likelihood of success” in overcoming congressional opposition to his historic Iran nuclear deal…. Read More
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The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced earlier this week that it would extend the contract between the U.S. and the Internet Corporation… Read More
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Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, a key Democrat in the upper chamber, announced his opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran today, becoming the… Read More
