SecurityCommentary
Ex-Im Bank Isn’t Necessary for National Security
Who needs that Export-Import Bank? There is healthy debate going on in Washington. The side that wants Washington to agree to extend the bank charter… Read More
SecurityNews
New Mexico Officials Question Border Holding Facility
SANTA FE, N.M. — Trying to deal with a tide of thousands of undocumented immigrants, as many of 50,000 of them children, the U.S. Department… Read More
SecurityNews
House Passes Measure to Assess Grid Vulnerability to Electromagnetic Pulse
Members of Congress want to know more about whether America’s adversaries possess the capability to shut down the nation’s power grid. The intelligence authorization bill… Read More
SecurityCommentary
ISIS Tries to Tweet Its Enemies Into Submission
Social media sites are the latest battleground in the war on terror. On June 20, the Sunni terrorist group ISIS, which is on a rampage… Read More
SecurityNews
Price to Avoid Another Benghazi? House Leaders Question $461 Million Training Center
With the deadly Benghazi attacks providing impetus and momentum, the State Department announced this spring that it will build a $461 million training center for… Read More
SecurityNews
London Convention Discusses International Body to Control Internet
Thousands of political representatives, business lobbyists, and technical experts from around the world have congregated in London to discuss the future of the internet. At… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Asian Nations, Once Again, Among the Worst Human Trafficking Offenders
An estimated 30 million people are trapped in the mire of human trafficking, with over half of trafficking victims living in Asia. Profits from this… Read More
SecurityCommentary
House Intel Committee Chairman, Member Warn FCC Against Increased Cybersecurity Regulation
On June 16, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R–MI) and committee member Mike Pompeo (R–KS) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman… Read More
SecurityNews
Amid Iraq Crisis, Obama’s Approval Ratings Drop
The recent fallout in Iraq has hit President Barack Obama’s foreign policy ratings, knocking them to a steep low in the past month. A striking… Read More
Megyn Kelly Takes Down State Department Spokeswoman on Obama’s Iraq Rhetoric
Megyn Kelly went on offense last night. On “The Kelly File,” she aggressively questioned a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, on what the Fox News… Read More
SecurityNews
Humanitarian Crisis on the Border: Genevieve Wood Discusses Her Trip to South Texas
Thousands of illegal immigrants, predominantly unaccompanied minors from Central America, have flooded across the Texas border, “creating a humanitarian and security crisis.” Genevieve Wood, senior… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Three Frightening Facts About Iraq
What is going in Iraq has nothing to do with American politics. The enemies of America don’t care if the West Wing is run by… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Q&A: Is America’s Defense Effective Enough? This Test Showed We’re Getting Closer
On Sunday, the U.S. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) successfully intercepted a sophisticated long-range ballistic missile target. The target involved counter-measures. Counter-measures can be decoys or… Read More
SecurityCommentary
West African Countries Finally Create a Coordinated Intelligence Unit
After years of disconnected and uncoordinated counterterrorism efforts in West Africa and the Sahel, recent attacks by Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Venezuela: Government Uses Forged E-Mails to Quell Democratic Opposition
Venezuela has issued arrest warrants for three opposition leaders for allegedly trying to destabilize the country’s socialist government and assassinate its president. These people are… Read More
SecurityNews
Obama’s Approval Is Tanking on Foreign Policy, Immigration
A humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border and a series of foreign policy challenges have left President Obama with his some of worst public opinion… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama’s ‘No War, No Way’ Policy Isn’t Working
President Obama is fond of saying he was elected to “end” wars, not start them. He clearly is tapping into Americans’ well-known weariness of wars… Read More
SecurityCommentary
You Can’t Use the Military to Solve Every Government Problem
“What’s the point of having this superb military that you’re always talking about if we can’t use it?” —Madeline Albright, 1993, as she argued for… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Second Chinese Military Group Identified in Cyber Attacks
CrowdStrike, a private security technology firm, released a report last week condemning Unit 61486 of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for cyber espionage against U.S…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
EMP: Bigger Scare Than “Friday the 13th Solar Flares” on the Horizon
Last week’s “Friday the 13th solar flares” were one example of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event. Whether the event is natural or man-made, such an… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Russia Remains on Offense in Ukraine
The weak response by the U.S. and Europe to Russia’s illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea and continued machinations against the rest of Ukraine have… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Canadian BMD Gets a Boost
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) is continuing to gain significant support in Canada. On June 17, the Canadian Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defense… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Texas Won’t Wait on Washington to Secure the Border
Texas officials won’t wait on the federal government to secure their southern border with Mexico. Thousands of illegal immigrants, predominantly children from Central America crossing without… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Ukraine: Pro-Russian Forces Seizing Private Property
Thousands are fleeing the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, ground zero in the ongoing armed conflict between the Ukrainian army and Russian… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Nuclear Bombs Should Stay in Europe
A recent article in Foreign Affairs argued for the elimination of all U.S. tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed Europe. Throughout the article, Barry Blechman… Read More
SecurityNews
CNN Interviewed Alleged Benghazi Ringleader Nearly a Year Before Capture
Why did it take nearly two years to track down the alleged leader of the 2012 Benghazi attacks when multiple journalists had contact with him… Read More
SecurityNews
Mother of Benghazi Victim: ‘Why Can’t They Just Tell Me the Truth?’
Many Americans celebrated the capture of Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the alleged leader of the Benghazi attacks. But Patricia Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, one… Read More
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Major Obama Fundraiser Faces Scrutiny in Bid to Be Ambassador
In the wake of a difficult Senate confirmation, regional protest and international consternation, George Tsunis remains on track to become the next U.S. ambassador to… Read More
SecurityNews
Hillary Clinton: Child Border Crossers Should Be Sent Home
Hillary Clinton yesterday took a firm stand on how the U.S. should handle a wave of unaccompanied children from Central America who are migrating across… Read More
SecurityNews
Q&A: What You Need to Know About Benghazi Suspect’s Terror Group
As the vicious Islamist group ISIS upended the status quo in Iraq, another terrorist network — Ansar al-Sharia — broke into the headlines. Although relatively… Read More
