Ex-Blackwater Firm Will Teach Military Spies Self-Defense
Now that the private security company formerly known as Blackwater is under new ownership, it's entering into a new partnership with the Defense Department. The U.S. military's intelligence service is...
View ArticleLibya Could Be An Opportunity For CIA, If Spies Stick Around
The attack of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi has been a disaster for the CIA's efforts in the region. if American operatives are able to capitalize on it. The aftermath of the attack shows widespread...
View ArticleObama Defends Free Speech After Asking YouTube to ‘Review’ Anti-Islam Movie
As riots across the Mideast targeted U.S. embassies and consulates, the White House quietly asked YouTube to "review" whether an anti-Islam film allegedly fueling the chaos violated any terms of use....
View ArticleWith Foreign Policy Speech, Romney Runs for Obama’s Second Term
Mitt Romney will give a speech Monday morning outlining how he'll run the world differently from Barack Obama. But Obama might fairly read it and object: I built that.
View ArticleAfter Libya, U.S. Seeks to LoJack Its Diplomats
Among the horrors of the September assault on the Benghazi consulate was that security personnel at the diplomatic compound lost track of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens for hours. They next saw...
View ArticleFrappe-Sipping Libyan Militant Laughs at U.S. Manhunt for Benghazi Killers
No one from the FBI has interviewed him. Libyan security forces haven't brought him in for questioning. But one of the leading suspects behind last month's bloody assault on the U.S. consulate in...
View ArticleNewest Benghazi Scapegoat: CIA’s David Petraeus
There's an unexpected casualty of the September assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya: the reputation of David Petraeus, the celebrated Army general turned CIA director. For among the first...
View ArticleU.S. Commandos Were Too Late to Stop Libya Attack (But Might Avenge It)
Two elite commando units arrived too late to an airbase in Italy to stop September's assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the Pentagon said on Friday. But they might play a role in avenging the...
View ArticleBenghazi Commission Practically Demands Pain Rays at Embassies
Of all the proposed fixes for embassy security in the wake of the Benghazi disaster, the need for "non-lethal" technologies endorsed by the independent commission into Benghazi is the most exotic.
View ArticleBlackwater Wins the Battle of Benghazi
U.S. embassy security in the post-Benghazi era is shaping up to be a financial bonanza for security contractors.
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Strikes U.S. Embassy in Turkey
A suicide bomber attacked the U.S. embassy in Ankara, the capitol of Turkey, killing at least two in the first major attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility since the assault on the U.S. consulate in...
View ArticleBenghazi Rescue Was Impossible, Pentagon Swears
A four-man Special Operations team in Tripoli ahead of last September's deadly Benghazi attack couldn't have saved U.S. diplomats, the Pentagon says.
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