January 12, 2017 The Benghazi Transcripts: US military woefully unprepared for attack, documents show Hundreds of pages of declassified transcripts from the U.S. military's top commanders present a picture of a woefully ill-postured military force whose assets were not in a position to quickly respond to the Benghazi terror attack -- or other hot spots across Africa and the Middle East.
January 12, 2017 Taliban flexing muscle with high-profile attacks ahead of US drawdown The Taliban are flexing their muscle with a series of high-profile attacks in recent weeks, showing they are far from defeated as the U.S. prepares to withdraw most of its forces from Afghanistan at year’s end.
January 12, 2017 France-born bomb maker for Khorasan Group believed killed by Syria drone strike A U.S. drone targeted and is believed to have killed French bomb maker David (Daoud) Drugeon, a 24-year-old convert to Islam and member of the Khorasan Group, ӣƵ has learned.
January 12, 2017 US conducting 'serious review' of latest Iran missile test The US is conducting a “serious review” of Iran’s second ballistic missile test in as many months in apparent violation of two UN Security Council resolutions, according to the State Department and the US Ambassador to the United Nations. ӣƵ first reported the Iranian missile launch Monday.
January 12, 2017 Security vs. liberty: Here's what I choose I wish I were as confident as many politicians and news commentators. They know what America should do about ISIS and terrorism.
January 12, 2017 Obama to decide on declassifying 9/11 documents within 60 days President Obama will decide whether to declassify 28 pages of sealed documents — which some suspect show a Saudi connection to the 9/11 attacks — within 60 days, according to a former senator who co-chaired the 2002 joint congressional inquiry into the attacks.
January 12, 2017 Time to lock it down? Ebola fears spur calls for travel bans The first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States, along with concerns that others might have been exposed, have spurred calls for the Obama administration to at least consider more severe measures to contain the virus – including blocking flights from Ebola-stricken countries.
January 12, 2017 Paris-bound train attack a ‘wake-up call’ for American rail security The narrowly averted tragedy on a Paris-bound train, where Americans helped take down an AK-47-wielding gunman, is being seen as a "wake-up call" for U.S. rail security.
January 12, 2017 ISIS name giving terror license to loose, growing network of offshoots Islamic State 'affiliates' seem to be emerging at an alarming rate. But a closer look, according to analysts, shows these ISIS offshoots are likely operating under little supervision.
January 12, 2017 For US taxpayers, Guantanamo Bay was real estate deal of the century As the debate flares anew over whether to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, supporters of the prison camp are pointing to an often forgotten factoid: Gitmo is one of the best real estate deals the U.S. taxpayers have ever seen.