US Says Venezuelan Forces “Aggressively Shadowed” a Navy Aircraft Over the Caribbean Sea
Russian-made Venezuelan Su-30MKV multirole strike fighters fly over a military parade to celebrate Venezuela’s 206th anniversary of its Independence in Caracas on July 5, 2017. Federico Parra/AFP/Getty A Venezuelan fighter jet “aggressively shadowed” a US Navy plane “at an unsafe distance” on Friday according to a new Pentagon statement, sparking concerns of a military confrontation…
“This Is Outrageous”: Elizabeth Warren Unloads on Trump’s Pentagon Nominee
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper testifies in front of the Senate Armed Services panel during his confirmation hearing to lead the Pentagon.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tore into Mark Esper, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Pentagon, during a series of heated questions at Esper’s confirmation hearing Tuesday morning. Esper was a top…
The US Government Has Done “Almost Nothing” to Stop Cyber Attacks
Kalousek Rostislav/CTK via ZUMA In 2004, as he sat before the commission investigating the 9/11 attacks, Richard Clarke famously declared, “Your government failed you, those entrusted with protecting you failed you, and I failed you,” before asking for understanding and forgiveness. Clarke, a former senior government counterterrorism official, told the world that before the terrorist…
If Dan Coats Leaves, Trump Might Just Pick This Far-Right Islam Critic to Take Over
National security adviser John Bolton (left) walks with Dan Coats (center), the director of national intelligence. President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to replace Coats with one of Bolton’s closest aides. Mark Wilson/Getty President Donald Trump is reportedly planning a shakeup of his national security team. The news site Axios reported Friday that Trump is…
New Ruling in Mar-a-Lago Intruder Case Raises Question of Chinese Espionage
Yujing Zhang at a court hearing on April 15, 2019.Daniel Pontet/AP Since Donald Trump was sworn in as president, his frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago, his private Palm Beach club, have raised counterintelligence concerns: Were foreign spies targeting the facility to gain access to Trump, his family, or his associates? On Wednesday, a federal judge in…
A Majority of Military Veterans Think the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq Were a Mistake
American soldiers patrol near the site of a US bombing during an operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in the Achin district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on April 15, 2017. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty It’s not just a majority of Americans who think the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were a catastrophic mistake. Military veterans now increasingly…