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Massive U.S. Military Social Media Spying Archive Left Wide Open in AWS S3 Buckets…

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Three misconfigured AWS S3 buckets have been discovered wide open on the public internet containing “dozens of terabytes” of social media posts and similar pages – all scraped from around the world by the US military to identify and profile persons of interest. The archives were found by UpGuard’s veteran security-breach hunter Chris Vickery during…

The Pentagon Has Detained a U.S. Citizen for More Than Two Months – and Said Little…

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For more than two months, the U.S. military has held an American citizen in detention in Iraq. Officials allege that the man fought alongside the Islamic State in Syria — but other than that, the Pentagon has provided little information about him. The man reportedly surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces on Sept. 12 and […]

Senate Sends Budget-Busting Defense Bill to Trump…

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The Senate gave final approval to the $700 billion compromise defense policy bill Thursday that would advocate a major military buildup called for by congressional defense hawks, but would bust through strict caps on defense spending to do it. The National Defense Authorization Act was quickly passed by voice vote, without any final debate or […]

House Votes to End U.S. Military’s Involvement in the War in Yemen…

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) had initially led a bipartisan effort with Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) to push a vote on a resolution to end the U.S. military’s involvement in the war against the Houthis in Yemen. The compromise resolution negotiated with leadership of both parties, the House Foreign […]

Raqqa’s Dirty Secret: Hidden Deal to Allow Hundreds of Islamic State Fighters Escape…

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The BBC has uncovered details of a secret deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their families escape from Raqqa, under the gaze of the US and British-led coalition and Kurdish-led forces who control the city. A convoy included some of IS’s most notorious members and – despite reassurances – dozens of foreign fighters. […]

Navy SEALs Suspected of Strangling, Killing Army Green Beret in Africa…

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Two Navy SEALs from SEAL Team 6 are reportedly “persons of interest” in the investigation to determine who strangled and killed an Army Green Beret in Mali, West Africa, in June. The New York Times first reported on Sunday that Navy criminal authorities are looking into whether or not two members of SEAL Team 6 […]

K-9 Medal of Courage Award Bestowed on Five Military Dogs…

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Five canines that served the U.S. military in war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan were awarded the American Humane Lois Pope K-9 Medal of Courage in recognition of their vital service saving American lives. Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) praised the dogs at a ceremony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the Washington Examiner reported. “By helping […]

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