The events that led to the publication of claims about the NSA by Edward Snowden have become clearer with Snowden’s admission that he intentionally took a job at NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton for the express purpose of gathering information
It has been 23 years since Ken Burns released his Magnus Opus documentary on the Civil War, but it left a lasting impression on how Americans view that war. No single individual in the series made more of an impact
Flags will fly at half staff Monday on official buildings in New Jersey as a mark of respect for “The Sopranos” star James Gandolfini, a native of the northeastern US state, officials said. In an executive order issued Friday, Governor
From Robert Stacy McCain’s profile of Michael Hastings at ViralRead, the left-wing Buzzfeed reporter who died in a one-person car crash in Los Angeles earlier this week. McCain points out that Hastings was “openly contemptuous” of journalistic objectivity, fantasized about
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Afghan peace talks collapse day after they’re announced Prisoner exchange driving the Afghan ‘peace talks’ IKEA tests a new refugee shelter to replace the tent Afghan peace talks collapse day after they’re announced Hamid
Against a backdrop that evoked historic speeches by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, President Barack Obama vowed to “move beyond [the] Cold War” and to begin a push for reducing nuclear weapons, eventually eliminating them: “As long as
On Sunday, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said that the Obama administration would not be rushing to war in Syria, and implicitly accused the Bush White House of rushing to war in Iraq. “We’ve rushed to war in
By NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHYAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran’s reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting Saturday, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a race that once appeared solidly
Thousands of Islamists rallied in the Egyptian capital on Friday in support of calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The demonstration took place outside a Cairo mosque where Saudi
Matt Boyle has a video of heartbreaking testimony from a Los Angeles man whose 17-year-old son was murdered on his front lawn by an illegal alien gang member in 2008. The slain youth’s mother was serving in Iraq at the
With the announcement Thursday that the U.S. will send weapons to rebel forces in the Syrian civil war, President Barack Obama’s hypocrisy on war is now complete. When he directed U.S. forces to join the fight against Libyan dictator Muammar
Influential Sunni clerics from several Arab states including Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on Thursday for a holy war against the “sectarian” regime in Syria. Lebanon’s Iran-backed Shiite movement has been fighting alongside the forces of President Bashar Al-Assad, a
Developments in Syria are unfolding quickly, as the country’s civil war takes new twists and turns every week, and the impact of the conflict on the Middle East (and beyond) is growing. After two years of fighting and at least 80,000
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Iran seeks to avoid repeat of humiliating 2009 election Reform candidate Rouhani advances in Iran’s presidential polls Prism revelation is already damaging national security Syrian rebels changing strategy after disastrous Qusair loss Iran seeks
As Memorial Day passed and the 4th of July approaches, we are reminded of our nation’s greatest leaders. Presidents Washington, Eisenhower, and Truman all had one thing in common – they were veterans. Their legacies were not defined by any
(AP) – The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class. Except that the students in this case were al-Qaida fighters in Mali. And the
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called whistleblower Edward Snowden “a hero” and says he has been in indirect contact with the ex-CIA employee who exposed a vast US surveillance programme. Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in
Pundits examining daily poll numbers to gauge the impact of current scandals on President Obama are missing a bigger trend. Even before recent revelations of misconduct by his Administration, Obama’s approval ratings have been declining throughout the year. On Monday,
A suicide car bomb targeting a Baghdad police station killed six people on Sunday, the latest in a string of bombings and attacks that have revived fears of all-out sectarian war in Iraq. The blast, which struck during morning rush
IllinoisChannelTV: From the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC: Senator Barack Obama delivers a policy address on fighting global terrorism. This speech is one of the major foreign policy components of Senator Obama’s Presidential campaign, in which he discusses
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria and Hezbollah gloat over victory in town of Qusair Assad’s Qusair victory renews debate about military intervention Thousands of American troops to Jordan for ‘Eager Lion’ Syria and Hezbollah gloat over victory in
To Jon Stewart and many fellow liberals, the Iraq War was all about the United States’ zest for oil, not to improve global security, free a country from tyranny or punish Saddam Hussein for treating UN mandates like so much
Kristen Stewart no longer has the Twilight franchise to power her big screen career. Her next project should endear her to her industry peers all the same, given the blurb of information released Tuesday at Deadline.com. Stewart will headline Camp
While at this point in time it remains unclear if business magnate Donald Trump may or may not run for president in 2016, he told Breitbart News his friends are encouraging him to consider it. “Well it’s very, very early,”
(AP) Lawyer: Manning wanted to enlighten US about warBy DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressFORT MEADE, Md.The second day of the military trial for Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning is expected to focus on evidence prosecutors say was found on
