National Security

In the wake of Mubarak’s resignation, amidst the ongoing Egyptian unrest, it is worth recalling what became known as the “Kamshish Affair” from April, 1966 (following the assassination of peasant leader Salah Husain Maqlad), and its aftermath. The events of

McAfee, the security company, has been tracking an unfolding story involving cyber attacks against large western energy companies. McAfee Chief Technical Officer George Kurtz has posted an important article about “Night Dragon” on the McAfee blog. As he puts it:

Wall Street used complex computer algorithms that were supposed to finely tune the functioning of financial markets. Remember how all of that leveraging was okay, because the big financial houses had all those mathematical formulas working for them? Well, that

Freedom is a addictive – once you taste it you just want more. It seems that in the last few weeks citizens of the Arab world are having their first taste of freedom. It began in Tunisia where violent protests

Attorney General has his finger out here, and has is finger in some issues that seem to support Fidel’s interests more than the those of the U.S. This week the U.S. Dept. of Justice, at U.S. taxpayer expense, transported a

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank astutely questions where the Director of National Intelligence, Jim Clapper, gets his intelligence. Particularly in light of the of his response to a question by Congresswoman Sue Myrick in which he characterized

If the Muslim Brotherhood gains prominence in a future Egyptian government, Imam Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a key spiritual guide, might return to his native land to help drive theological rule, writes Hudson Institute visiting fellow Lee Smith. Qaradawi, who now lives

Late Thursday morning, President Obama’s CIA Director, Leon Panetta (a former Congressman and White House Chief of Staff with zero intelligence community experience) testified to the House Intelligence Committee that Egyptian President Mubarak “will step down this evening.” Four hours

Egypt is in chaos today, after Egyptian officials first signaled president Hosni Mubarak’s intention to “meet all the protesters’ demands” (i.e., step down), but then did not step down. In his speech, he said he’d stay on until the September

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday after 29 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. “The people ousted the president,”

I remember several of my classmates reading this when I was in high school. Wired Magazine has the backstory: The next time a TSA goon manhandles your junk, thank a writer named William Powell. His Anarchist Cookbook, which turns 40

Report: CAIRO (AP)–Egypt’s powerful military backed President Hosni Mubarak’s plan to stay in office until September elections, enraging hundreds of thousands of protesters who deluged squares in at least three major cities Friday, marched on presidential palaces and broke through

Guess who said the following: “The earliest defenders of Islam would defend their more numerous and better-equipped oppressors because the early Muslims loved death — dying for the sake of almighty Allah — more than the oppressors of Muslims loved

On Friday February 11, the organization “Muslims for America” will sponsor a panel at CPAC at 1:00 p.m. with the innocuous title “The Importance of Faith & Religious Liberty in the US & Abroad.” Let’s hypothesize that groups sponsor panels

AP photo and caption: Afghans offer prayers over the coffin containing the body of Malam Awal Gul, an Afghan prisoner who died at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Cuba last week, during his burial ceremony in Jalalabad, east

We’ve reported here before that the Iranian government is taking credit for supporting and inspiring the uprisings taking place in Tunisia and Egypt. Now here’s an interesting development: opposition forces in Iran are planning demonstrations in Tehran to show their

Many in Germany want to honor the man who said “Tear Down This Wall!” and won the Cold War. You might assume that Berlin has named something after Reagan; a street or something? No way. In contrast, John Kennedy, who

Report: “Controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange allegedly boasted about fathering children all around the world and preferred his conquests to be 22 or under, according to an explosive new book. Former Wikileaks insider Daniel Domscheit-Berg describes Assange as a paranoid

There is never a good time for a great statesman and courageous leader to retire from the United States Senate. But it is hard to think of a more inopportune time to be losing Senator Jon Kyl, the chamber’s Number

The reliably pro-Hugo Chavez Pomona College Professor Miguel Tinker Salas attacked corporate media and the TEA party at a SEIU event in Los Angeles with Cynthia McKinney on December 11th. The talk was titled, “Resistance & Liberation in a Time

UPDATE: Not stepping down….will “delegate” powers to veep Report: WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. intelligence indicates “a strong likelihood” that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out and may step down as early as Thursday night, CIA Director Leon

The Obama administration has led with all the clarity of crude oil regarding Egypt, so it is left to others to point the way. Glenn Beck gave it a shot and posited a cunning plan with the American (and world)

It’s hard to be lighthearted about the terrible violence in Egypt. People are being killed, property destroyed, and widespread looting is taking place. But apparently at least some of the looters in Egypt need an IQ check. According to newspaper

In an article published last week, I asserted that the emerging unrest in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East has been fomented by an alliance of radical leftists and the Muslim Brotherhood. I also reiterated my longstanding view that

In the latest Great Debate on the Right — the “caliphate” Beck-oning in Egypt vs. Egypt Kristol-izing in the spirit of “1776” — I’ll take a front seat on Beck’s side of the divide. More to come because this subject