Noah Rothman, The nature of the threat the Islamic State poses to the West is a subject of much debate. Some indicate that the group is planning to execute attacks in the West at its nearest opportunity, while others say that the organization has designs only on capturing and holding territory in its neighborhood – […] Read More → 
A cheating ring that operated undetected for at least seven years at a nuclear power training site, and 10 others are under criminal investigation, the admiral in charge of the Navy’s nuclear reactors program told The Associated Press. The number of accused and the duration of cheating are greater than was known when the Navy announced […] Read More → 
A cyber attack at a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees compromised data of at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, agency officials said on Friday. The breach at Falls Church, Virginia-based US Investigations Services (USIS) exposed highly personal information of workers at the Department of […] Read More → 
The lofty motto of the Environmental Protection Agency is “protecting people and the environment.” In practice, however, EPA bureaucrats faithfully protect their own people and preserve the government’s cesspool of manipulation, cover-ups and cronyism. Just last week, Mark Levin and his vigilant Landmark Legal Foundation went to court to ask federal district judge Royce Lamberth […] Read More → 
The papers spent years hidden in a milk churn beneath a Russian dacha and read like an encyclopedia of Cold War espionage. Original documents from one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history — a who’s who of Soviet spying — were released Monday after being held in secret for two decades. The files smuggled […] Read More → 
In the weeks after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, prosecutors charged three of the surviving suspect’s friends with obstructing the investigation or lying to authorities. More than a year later, they charged a fourth friend for deleting computer files and lying about certain details of his relationship with […] Read More → 
XP user, I am talking to you. In April 2014, your favorite operating system stopped being officially supported by Microsoft. Now, there’s no reason for panic, but this is a good opportunity to start considering alternatives. Without going into too many details, the free and exciting option is to try Linux. Indeed, today, we will […] Read More → 
Since the IRS asserted a hard drive crash led to the disappearance of countless emails relevant to the ongoing investigation into misbehavior by the agency, many critics contend there must be some way to retrieve that information. According to a number of recent reports, however, the IRS apparently went a step further in making sure […] Read More → 
A well-known protester who says he’s running against Congressman Paul Ryan because they share a last name should be kicked off the primary ballot for misleading prospective voters into thinking they were signing up to legalize marijuana, Wisconsin Republicans argued Thursday. The state party asked elections officials to disqualify Jeremy Ryan, the lone primary challenger […] Read More → 
The National Security Agency is collecting millions of images of people through its international surveillance network to be implemented in a number of other facial recognition programs, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Thanks to rapid advances being made in the field of facial recognition technology, the NSA is much better equipped to “exploit the […] Read More → 
Larry Provost As the VA scandal grows, and the administration lies about the position of The American Legion, I recall how I saw government insistence on numbers, at the expense of people’s lives, firsthand. Almost a year ago that I stood in the office of the advocate, who worked for a Veteran’s organization, in a […] Read More → 
After the 9/11 attacks, tens of thousands of young men and women joined the military, heading for the rugged mountains of Afghanistan and dusty deserts of Iraq. Many of them now are officers in the Army with multiple combat deployments under their belts. But as the wars wind down and Pentagon budgets shrink, a lot […] Read More → 
The US State Department is unable to explain how it spent billions of dollars worth of contract funds in areas throughout the world, according to a newly unveiled report by the department’s internal watchdog. The Office of Inspector General explained in a March 20 “management alert” to department leaders that approximately $6 billion has gone […] Read More → 
The latest news from the Washington Free Beacon won’t look good on Hillary Clinton’s resume, which thus far consists mostly of bloody disasters, cover-ups, and loads of frequent flyer miles: The State Department misplaced and lost some $6 billion due to the improper filing of contracts during the past six years, mainly during the tenure of former […] Read More → 
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s lawyers have circled the wagons around documents, photos, videos, and, most recently, newly discovered audio recordings—likened to the Nixon tapes—held at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. After the government watchdog group Judicial Watch sued to force the Clinton Library to release the literally millions of files, the Library released a […] Read More → 
With the 20th anniversary of the suicide of Kurt Cobain coming up next month, Seattle police knew they’d be getting plenty of questions about the Nirvana frontman. So a detective reviewed the case files - including evidence photos and statements. He found no new information to change the police conclusion that Cobain took his own […] Read More →