National Security

The State Department’s authorization of a $5.3 billion Taiwanese bid to upgrade their 145 F-16A/B Block 25 fighters, instead of adding 66 new F-16C/D Block 52 planes as the ROC had originally requested, is the big defense news of the

Franco Frattini: Western moral clarity on Pastor Nadarkhani’s “apostasy” conviction. The fate of Iranian “apostate” pastor Youcef Nadarkani still hangs in the balance. Contra Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s rather tepid statement that the “US stands with the international community”

From Defense News: Officials oversee destruction of Libyan missiles The NTC [ Libya’s National Transitional Council] estimates that almost 5,000 SAM-7s from Gadhafi’s stockpiles are still unaccounted for – raising concerns that the missiles could fall into the wrong hands

Last week, death of American Jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki spread across the globe. Numerous American leaders, to include President Obama, immediately jumped on airwaves spreading this news. As I mentioned on at least fifteen Fox Affiliate radio stations last Friday, “let’s

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Greece misses requirements for next bailout payment * Greece’s banks face nationalization * Terrorist groups in Pakistan are splintering into smaller groups * US aids Uzbekistan despite human rights record * Defense Secretary

Yesterday’s New York Times reported that President Barack Obama has dispatched Vice-President Joe Biden to reassure wavering Jewish voters about the administration’s foreign policy towards Israel. (Biden? That’s when you know they’re in trouble.) During a meeting with rabbis in

What course will China chart in the future? The soon-to-be captain of the ship is Vice President Xi Jinping. And there is growing evidence that far from being a reformer, he will be aggressive leader who will resemble Mao more

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For current Mexican peso exchange information Google “MXN Mexican Peso Chart.” Over the past few months there has been some volatility with the Mexican peso. In early July it was 11.50 to the US dollar. In September it fell to

Almost 90 years ago, in his 1924 The Law of Apostasy in Islam, Samuel Zwemer made these observations, regarding the post World War I “Arab Spring” of that era: The story is told that Damocles, at the court of Dionysius

Editor’s note: Edward Jay Epstein has been a superior writer on intelligence and espionage for decades. I strongly suggest that anyone interested in intelligence pick up this excellent new work. James Jesus Angleton may have been the CIA’s most extraordinary

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This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Nato captures Haji Mali Khan, senior Haqqani network commander in Afghanistan * Afghan leader Karzai gives up talking to the Taliban * Al-Awlaki killing solidifies Obama strategy on targeting terrorists * U.S. warns

From the Navy Times: Heading off into history… The Navy’s 2nd Fleet — the command that quarantined Cuba in 1962, led the Navy’s responses to Hurricane Katrina and oversaw East Coast Navy combat training for much of its 6 decades

David Gockley, general director of the San Francisco Opera, has commissioned an opera, “Heart of a Soldier,” on the life of the hero Rick Rescorla, the man who predicted the NY World Trade Center 9/11 attack. The director is Francesca

From Sweden’s English-language publication The Local: Despite the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) threatening that they would take a hard line on hospitals placing patient beds in corridors and too many cramped rooms, the problem still persists, and in the

Tonight on Secure Freedom Radio: Frank has the rare privilege of sharing his microphone with Lt. Gen. Jack Klimp, retired Marine and President of the National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS). The mission of NAUS and its support of the

I wasn’t quick enough this morning to head this off. I knew it was coming and that it would only be a matter of time before the Left reacted to Anwar al-Awlaki’s death. From the heart and mind of Glenn

Ahmadinejad’s regime once again boasts its military capabilities by threatening the coast of the United States with its “supreme naval might.” Security experts have immediately discounted Iran’s recent claims. But could Iran actually conduct a naval operation against the U.S.

Note: This story is based on reporting with sources knowledgeable about the Awlaki operation, including three law enforcement and intelligence officials. Anwar Al Awlaki, killed Friday morning in an American strike in Yemen, has been on the U.S. radar for

Imam Anwar al Awlaki held two important positions in the cobweb of international Jihadi terror. First, he was one of the emerging younger leaders of al Qaeda after the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Out of Yemen, from which his

Does French decadence have no bounds? From The Local, an English-language publication in France: Several hundred French schoolchildren went on the rampage on Friday after false rumours spread that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government wants to take away a large slice

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * American al-Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki killed by drone strike * Demonstrations in Syria grow increasingly violent * U.S. Congress blocks $200 million in aid to Palestinians * China deeply suspicious about America’s strategic

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