Dozens of demonstrators occupied and vandalized a privately owned U.S. Border Patrol museum near El Paso, Texas, over the weekend, according to the site’s top official. Museum director David Ham told the Washington Examiner his staff and guests worried for their safety Saturday when a group of about 50 rowdy protesters entered the facility, defaced […]
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The Spy Who Wasn’t by James Bamford…
On a steamy Sunday last July, at about half-past noon, a caravan of unmarked SUVs exited the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office, an eight-story concrete building that exudes all the charm of a supermax prison. The cars moved swiftly across the city; speed was critical. There were indications that the target, who had canceled the […]
Inside El Chapo’s jury: A Juror Speaks for First Time About Convicting the Kingpin…
For the first time since the trial of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán ended on Feb. 12, a member of the jury has described what it was like be part of the historic case. In an exclusive interview with VICE News, the juror claimed that at least five fellow jurors violated the judge’s orders by following […]
Disturbing Image Shows ISIS Blowing Up LA Skyscraper…
Los Angeles Police Department and Homeland Security are investigating an image posted on social media by an ISIS-related group showing a photoshopped explosion to a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles. The disturbing image shows a massive explosion on top of the AON Center, located at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a terrorist holding an ISIS flag […]
Man Jailed After Police Find 3D Printed Gun and U.S. Lawmaker Kill List…
A Dallas man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after officers discovered a 3D-printed assault rifle and a hit list of US lawmakers in his backpack, despite a court order that banned him from owning a gun, stated US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. According to Cox, Eric McGinnis obtained a barrel, tactical stock, upper receiver, and a vertical grip […]
Oregon Official: Texts Show Police-Antifa Collusion…
A member of Portland’s city council said Thursday a newspaper’s report that the commander for the police rapid response team exchanged friendly text messages with a leader of far-right protests that have rocked the city confirms collusion exists between some police and right-wing extremists. “I am not shocked, and I am not surprised at today’s […]
Stephen Cohen on War with Russia and Soviet-style Censorship in the U.S….
On stage at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. this past week was Princeton University Professor Emeritus Stephen Cohen, author of the new book, War with Russia: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate. Cohen has largely been banished from mainstream media. “I had been arguing for years — very much against the American […]
China Is the “Greatest Long-Term Strategic Threat” to U.S., Top Pacific Commander Tells Congress…
After yet another US Navy sail-by operation in the South China Sea early this week, which sparked fury in Beijing, and following a series of provocative Taiwan Strait passes by US ships over the past months, the commander of US Indo-Pacific operations has again warned China to back off. Adm. Philip Davidson told lawmakers on Tuesday that China […]
Clandestine U.S. Program To Sabotage Iranian Missiles, Rockets Revealed In Leak To NYT…
Thanks to another felonious leak of classified information to the New York Times, we now know that the Trump administration has accelerated a secret American program aimed at sabotaging Iran’s missiles and rockets by sabotaging their supply chain with faulty components, “according to current and former administration officials.” The success of the effort is unknown, however the Times suggests that […]
Watch Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams Lose His Cool During Tense Exchange With Rep. Ilhan Omar…
Rep. Ilhan Omar clashed with newly minted Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams during a Wednesday hearing in front of the House Foreign Relations Committee discussing the role of the US military in Central America. “Mr. Abrams, in 1991 you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information from Congress regarding your involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, for which […]
Former Air Force Tech Sergeant Who Defected to Iran Charged with Spying…
A former Air Force counterintelligence specialist, a technical sergeant, who defected to Iran about five years after leaving the Air Force, has been charged with revealing classified information as well as research about her former colleagues to representatives of the Tehran government, prosecutors said Wednesday. A Justice Department indictment charges former Air Force Tech. Sgt. […]
The World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon Just Rolled Off the Assembly Line…
Last month, the National Nuclear Security Administration (formerly the Atomic Energy Commission) announced that the first of a new generation of strategic nuclear weapons had rolled off the assembly line at its Pantex nuclear weapons plant in the panhandle of Texas. That warhead, the W76-2, is designed to be fitted to a submarine-launched Trident missile, a weapon […]
El Chapo Found Guilty on All Counts, Faces Life in Prison…
The Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo was convicted on Tuesday after a three-month drug trial in New York that exposed the inner workings of his sprawling cartel, which over decades shipped tons of drugs into the United States and plagued Mexico with relentless bloodshed and corruption. The guilty verdict against the kingpin, whose […]
U.S.: Guantánamo Still an Option for Islamic State Captives in Syria Who Can’t Go Home…
Holding Islamic State suspects at Guantánamo is still a viable option, Trump administration officials say on the heels of a U.S. appeal to other nations to take home their nationals who are among some 700 suspected foreign fighters held by a U.S. ally militia in Syria. The remarks came two weeks after GOP senators Tom […]
Border Patrol Shoots Driver Who Refused to Stop at Arizona Border Crossing…
A federal officer stationed at an Arizona border crossing shot a driver who refused to stop and allegedly tried to run down the officer on the way into Mexico, according to local reports. Around 7 p.m. local time Thursday, an unnamed U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer working at the DeConcini Crossing in Nogales, Ariz., […]
It’s the Dead of Night, and the USS Fitzgerald Is on a Secret Mission to the South China Sea…
A little after 1:30 a.m. on June 17, 2017, Alexander Vaughan tumbled from his bunk onto the floor of his sleeping quarters on board the Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald. The shock of cold, salty water snapped him awake. He struggled to his feet and felt a torrent rushing past his thighs. Around him, sailors were […]
Ninth Circuit Blocks Trump’s Background Checks on Non-Citizen Soldiers…
The Trump administration must allow non-citizens to begin basic training at the same time as other recruits, a divided Ninth Circuit found Friday, upholding a lower court’s ruling. “Appellants’ motion to stay the district court’s November 16, 2018 order pending appeal is denied,” U.S. Chief Circuit Judge Sidney Thomas wrote on behalf of the majority […]
How Police Departments Make Millions by Seizing Property…
When a man barged into Isiah Kinloch’s apartment and broke a bottle over his head, the North Charleston resident called 911. After cops arrived on that day in 2015, they searched the injured man’s home and found an ounce of marijuana. So they took $1,800 in cash from his apartment and kept it. When Eamon Cools-Lartigue was driving […]
NATO: Statement on Russia’s Failure to Comply with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty…
Following nearly six years of U.S. and Allied engagement with Russia, on 4 December 2018, NATO Allies declared that Russia has developed and fielded a missile system, the 9M729, which violates the INF Treaty, and poses significant risks to Euro-Atlantic security. Allies strongly supported the finding of the United States that Russia is in material […]
Suicides Among Active-Duty Soldiers Are Up About 20 Percent…
The Army reported an uptick in active-duty suicides in 2018, according to service statistics, though deaths by suicide were slightly down in the total force. Out of 303 total reports, 138 came from the active-duty side ― 22 more than in 2017, Defense Department statistics show. “Like the rest of America, the Army continues to […]