US officials did something unprecedented last night, formally denying that they were behind a pair of drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas. Officials rarely claim credit in the first place, but to officially deny them is unheard of, especially with the...
White House Denounces Dennis Rodman No, seriously, they did. The White House issued a whole statement condemning the Dennis Rodman visit to North Korea, and North Korea for allowing him to visit, insisting "celebrity sporting events" of this kind are unacceptable. The...
Efforts to ban the military from sponsoring NASCAR cars on the grounds that they are a waste of money and simply don't work have so far been foiled, with efforts to add a ban to military spending bill being removed after the fact. Controversy around it was enough to...
Israeli officials loudly and eagerly condemn the right of return as it relates to Palestinians stuck in multi-generational refugee camps across the region, but the Israeli government itself recognizes the right of return, if you're a member of the right religion....
“We have to produce security, not consume security." It's a statement beautiful in its simplicity, and straightforwardness. Security is desirable - we all want to be secure, let us produce some security. In context it is also a statement horrifying in its...
So late last week when John Glaser took apart the latest scare piece from the Associated Press' George Jahn, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists was mocking it as "amateurish and technically incorrect." I didn't personally notice that the graph was flawed on first...
"Lets you, and me, and all your money that's in all our banks talk." - a hypothetical French prospectus With its economy struggling like many others in the European Union, France is in bad need of foreign investment. And it'd like it to be in cash. And it's already...
The US already spends more on its "intelligence budget" than almost any nation spends on their entire military. Umpteen spy agencies track terrorists, dissidents, money launderers, and spy on virtually every nation on the planet. What was originally a pretty limited...
Bringing the September 11 attack on the Benghazi Consulate finally full circle today, a new analysis piece is reporting that the reason the Pentagon didn't respond to a multi-hour attack in a Libyan city is that, shockingly, the US doesn't have a massive military...
Faced with growing environmental concerns, the Israeli government is looking for ways to allow certain mammals to pass through the West Bank barrier unencumbered. Several groups were citing families of animals, including foxes, separated by the massive wall. "Many...
