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Man Responsible for Newark Airport Security Breach Pleads Guilty
On January 3, Haisong Jiang passed under a rope and entered the restricted boarding area at the Newark Liberty International airport to...
Mar 12, 20101 min read
House Limits Earmarks
In a move that surely sent shock waves across the Defense industry, House leadership decided on Tuesday to ban the awarding of earmarks...
Mar 11, 20101 min read
Jihad Jane Highlights "Homegrown" Terror Concerns
American Colleen LaRose, known on the internet as Jihad Jane, faces terrorism charges for her attempts to recruit others for terrorist...
Mar 11, 20101 min read
Iran Announces Missile Production
Iranian military officials announced this weekend that they have begun producing a line of short-range missiles. This announcement gives...
Mar 8, 20101 min read
Strapped For Cash, al-Qaeda Turns To Drug Trafficking and Kidnapping
In a sign that efforts by the international community are stemming the primary financing sources of al-Qaeda, the group has recently...
Mar 7, 20101 min read
Obama to Set New Nuke Policy
Every new presidential administration comes out with a Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) a year after coming to office to set U.S. nuclear...
Mar 7, 20102 min read
Somali Government Set to Take Back the Capital
The Somali government is preparing to launch a major offensive to take back Mogadishu and Somalia’s military chief says that America will...
Mar 6, 20101 min read
American Congressional Panel Jeopardizes Turkish/Armenian/Azerbaijani Future to Appease Lobbyists fo
Satisfying desires of the Armenian Assembly of America, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 23-22 to use the word “genocide” to...
Mar 6, 20102 min read
U.S. at Risk for Cyberattack
The United States would lose a cyberwar if it fought one today, warned Michael McConnell a former US intelligence chief. McConnell, a...
Mar 6, 20103 min read
Indonesian Military Training With US to Resume
The leaders of Indonesia’s controversial special forces division, known as Kopassus, were in Washington to meet with the Obama...
Mar 6, 20101 min read
Part I: ICRC Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under Inter
This will be the first part in a series of a weekly commentaries on the Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in...
Mar 5, 20101 min read
9/11 Trial Likely to Be Moved to Military Court
The Obama administration appears to be heavily weighing a decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the...
Mar 5, 20102 min read
Hoping Sanctions Work but Readying Gas Masks
After President Obama’s failed attempt to engage in talks with Iran last year, the United States and Israel have begun to work more...
Mar 5, 20101 min read
Congress Seeks to Extend Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Employees and Civilians Accompanying US Mis
On February 2, bills were presented in both the House of Representatives and Senate which would expand upon the jurisdiction granted...
Mar 4, 20101 min read
China Announces 7.5% Increase in Defense Spending, Lowest in Years
While the United States has announced this year that it is requesting from Congressional appropriators the largest Defense budget in...
Mar 4, 20101 min read
U.S. Declassifies Part of New Cybersecurity Plan
On Tuesday, the White House declassified parts of its previously top secret plan, aimed at protecting the nation’s computer systems from...
Mar 4, 20101 min read
President Obama Mulling an End to Ban on Indonesian Military Aid
Members of the Obama Administration are reportedly considering ending a ban on assisting an elite unit of the Indonesian military. The...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Co-ordinated Suicide Bombings Kill at Least 33 in Diyala Provice
Officials have estimated that at least 33 people were killed and another 55 wounded in three coordinated suicide bombings in Iraq’s...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Arab League Endorses Indirect Talks Between Israel and Palestine
More than a year after discussions deteriorated, the Arab League has agreed to back indirect talks between Palestine and Israel. Arab...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Kiyemba: Vacated and Remanded
On Monday, March 1, the Justices on the High Court vacated the D.C. Circuit Court decision in Kiyemba v. Obama and remanded to the lower...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
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