The nearly 500 American troops sent to Baghdad to bolster security for the US embassy are equipped with Apache attack helicopters and small unarmed surveillance drones, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. President Barack Obama on Monday ordered 200 additional troops to
TUSCON, Arizona–The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that the parents of Sergio Hernandez, a 15-year-old Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa on June 7, 2010, could sue Mesa in U.S.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi helicopter gunships struck suspected insurgent positions in Tikrit on Sunday as part of a government offensive to retake the predominantly Sunni hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein from Sunni militants led by the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com We have Jean-Claude Juncker to kick around again Britain’s David Cameron hints at leaving EU because of Juncker The financial crisis in Greece continues USS Bataan with 1000 marines to join six other warships
A United States military official said Friday that armed American drones have been flying over Iraq over the past day to assist in the US’s continuing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance efforts. Until Thursday, the United States had only been flying
Any football historian could attest to the fact that spying and football are no strangers. But modern technology, specifically drones, might just take that to a whole new level. A column published in the Contra Costa Times recently raises this notion
The Iraqi military, fleeing major cities in the nation last week under assault by the terrorist jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), has begun to attempt a recovery of the city of Tikrit, one of the first
TUCSON, Arizona–It appears the United Nations knew about the growing humanitarian crisis on our southwest border before the White House did. On March 12, 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a report titled Children on the
Fernando “El Ingeniero” Sánchez Arellano, head of the once-powerful Arellano Félix Organization (a.k.a. the Tijuana cartel) has been captured, according to both US law enforcement and Mexican government sources. As of 9:00pm Pacific time on June 23, this information had not
CNN said Monday it was launching a research project with the Georgia Institute of Technology on how drones could be used for newsgathering by media organizations. The research will evaluate the technology, personnel and safety needs to operate effectively and
According to LA Weekly, the city of Los Angeles has acquired two used unmanned spy drones from Seattle. Technically, they are called Draganfly X6 drones. They are about 3 feet long, weight 3.5 pounds, and are basically helicopters with video
TUSCON, Arizona–Wednesday, June 18, marked the first day since over a thousand unaccompanied alien children (UACs) were shipped from south Texas to Nogales, Arizona ten days ago that reporters were allowed to see the inside of the Border Patrol holding
TUCSON, Arizona–As more and more unaccompanied alien children (UACs) from Central America have poured into south Texas–and subsequently transferred to Border Patrol facilities elsewhere along the border–US government officials are scrambling to find places to put them. However, based on
Los Angeles rioters destroyed a drone flying outside the Staples Center Friday night, chanting “We got the drone! We got the drone!” The downing of the drone occurred after the victory of the Los Angeles Kings over the New York
On June 13, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told reporters in a press conference that the federal government would do what was in the “best interest” of thousands of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) crossing the border into south Texas every week.
There’s no Maginot Line in the sky that can protect France’s World Cup team from the all-seeing eyes of drones. French Coach Didier Deschamps alleges that a drone has been spying on his team’s practices. The former star player for
On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that if a child turns 21 years old, or “ages out,” while his or her parent(s) has a pending application for a US visa, they will have to go to the back of
Friday on CNN’s “The Lead,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) told host Jake Tapper that it’s time to get U.S armed military drones over Iraq to help the Iraqi army fight off the invasion from the
The following is an excerpt from Breitbart Texas’ border security expert and contributing editor Sylvia Longmire’s new book, Border Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren’t Making Us Safer: Texas Governor Rick Perry is not a fan of the
On May 30 at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Japananese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe said Japan is stepping up the role it plays in regional security and will “support Southeast Asian countries” against a China threat. According to BBC News, Abe
Mary Meeker, long a mainstay at Morgan Stanley, now a partner at the venture-capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is one of the most important Internet analysts in America today. Which is to say, she’s one of the
The police department of a Chicago area forest preserve district used a local woman’s social media post as a basis to send her a citation in the mail after she made a Facebook post about a county park. The woman
Pakistani troops, artillery and helicopter gunships hit targets in the country’s tribal areas on Thursday, officials said, in a second day of military action against Taliban insurgents. The attacks in North Waziristan, a militant stronghold on the Afghan border, destroyed
President Obama announced plans to send 80 members of the United States Military to join the search for the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigerea by Boko Haram. A U.S. official tells the Wall Street Journal that a MQ-1 Predator drone will
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a federal appeals court nominee who helped develop the government’s legal rationale for using drones to kill American terrorist suspects abroad. The 52-43 vote cleared the way for a Thursday
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) may reprise his infamous 2013 anti-drone filibuster Wednesday to fight President Obama’s nomination of David Barron to a federal appeals court, hoping to shine a light on the would-be justice’s position on that same issue. “The nominee, David Barron, has
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration plans to disclose a secret memo describing its legal justification for using drones to kill U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism overseas. The Justice Department has decided not to appeal a court order requiring disclosure
India’s Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s record shows he is serious about strengthening ties with Israel, according to an Israel National News analysis. The Israeli government seems to agree. “On Friday, I spoke with the Prime Minister-elect of India. There, too,
The following is an excerpt from Breitbart Texas’ border security expert and contributing editor Sylvia Longmire’s new book, Border Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren’t Making Us Safer: Since the beginning of our government’s efforts to make our southwest
A spokesperson for South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense discharged a strongly worded statement during a press briefing that was extremely critical of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). The spokesman on behalf of South Korea said it
The Islamic Republic of Iran claimed it has fully replicated and reverse-engineered a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned spy plane. The UAV was downed in 2011 while it was surveilling Iran’s nuclear and military sites. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who
In March, an American Airlines flight crew reported a near collision over Florida with an unmanned aircraft, raising new fears of the dangers of drones. The pilots reported that the unmanned vehicle looked like a miniature military jet airplane like
A Defense One report argues the development and acquisition of weaponized drones is moving at such a pace that every nation will have one within a decade. Defense One reports “military experts” say this is happening so fast that there
On May 8th South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said three drones captured near the border between North and South Korea were sent by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the official name of the North Korean government. According to Xinhua,
(Reuters) – British low-cost carrier easyJet said it would be the first airline to use drones to help maintain its fleet to keep a lid on its costs. The airline said drones – aircraft that do not have a pilot
The National Park Service has issued a warning to amateur pilots that drone aircraft are not permitted in Yosemite National Park. Drones, some of which are available on the civilian consumer technology market, have reportedly been used by hobbyists to
Breitbart Texas Contributing Editor Sylvia Longmire joined Tavis Smiley on PBS recently to discuss her latest book, Border Insecurity and why Washington is unlikely to resolve matters in the short term. The televised interview addressed common myths involving border security
So much of the American border security discussion is dominated by issues in the south, leaving the debate over threats of drug smuggling and terrorist entry from Canada for another day. In Sylvia Longmire’s latest excerpt, America’s “open border” with
Peter Parker didn’t choose to get bitten by a radioactive spider. It just happened in true Marvel Comics fashion, and a friendly neighborhood web slinger was born. The new superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2, in theaters this weekend, embraces
Germany is using drones to locate deer hiding in tall grass and protect them from farm machinery. The project, which costs €2.5 million, has the backing of the country’s agriculture ministry. The project involves deploying small aerial drones, fitted with
