U.S. firms are making billions selling spyware to dictators. By James Bamford Ricardo Martinelli resides in a condo at the Atlantis, a luxury high-rise on Florida’s Biscayne Bay made famous by the TV series Miami Vice. A hefty, white-haired billionaire, Martinelli, 63, was viewed just a few years ago as one of Latin America’s most…
Category: Tradecraft
Studies in Warfare: Russia Needs Three Days to Conquer Estonia and Latvia
In the event of an invasion, NATO’s options are ‘all bad’ according to a new study NATO has no way of stopping a Russian conventional invasion of Estonia and Latvia short of nuclear war, according to a new RAND Corporation study. That’s not surprising in itself. Russia has one of the world’s most powerful militaries,…
The Man Who Waited…
A Cautionary Tale about NOT being Self-Reliant and thinking 911 will save you. Prepare Now. Train Now. Act Now! -SF The man who waited…. “We are approaching ultimate inversion: where government is free to do anything, while citizens may act only by permission.” ~ Anon The family of man who froze to death in his…
Espionage Files: From Pacifist Sheep Farmer to One of Britains Greatest Secret Agents
Occupied France, 1944. Francis Cammaerts stepped from a train onto the railway station platform in Avignon. Almost immediately, German security forces at a checkpoint became suspicious and asked for his papers. The son of a Belgian poet and English actress, he was everything you would never expect in a secret agent. Cammaerts had been a pacifist and conscientious objector…
6 Lessons Being a Military Pilot Taught Me For Life
These are all tried and true Principles that every Armed Civilian can use..think about them and how they are all Applicable to you personally. -SF Lessons from being a military aviator can make your life better, Carl Forsling, a former MV-22B Osprey pilot, writes. Being a military pilot has some skills that cross over to…
10 Ridiculously Simple Ways to Protect your Home
Never worry about leaving your home unprotected again. Editor’s Note: This article by Jonathan Stern was originally published on Fatherly, a digital lifestyle guide for men entering parenthood. If somebody is trying to open your sliding glass door in the middle of the night, chances are they’re not Jehovah’s Witnesses. Because every house on…
Inside an IS Terror Weapons Lab
Experts describe the footage obtained by Sky News of a “jihadi technical college” as an intelligence gold mine. Terror group Islamic State is employing scientists and weapons experts to train jihadists to carry out sophisticated “spectacular” attacks in Europe, while also modifying weapons systems capable of targeting passenger jets and military aircraft. From a “jihadi…
Tradecraft: How to Pick a Lock
The reason you have stumbled upon this guide is likely to answer these two questions: Is it difficult to learn how to pick a lock? How do I learn this craft of lock picking? In regards to the first question, learning how to pick a lock is in fact a very simple skill to acquire….
Cyber-Espionage: The Biggest Dangers are the Ones You Will Never Know About
For years, I slept fitfully after a “friend” told me that it wasn’t the noisy mosquitos buzzing in my ears at night that were a problem. Instead, it was the female mosquitos that made no noise at all but laid eggs in your ears at night. That image wrecked my sleep until the Internet helped…
The Double-Edged Sword that is Open Carry
(Originally Published in March) Texas just got one step closer to joining the 13 other states in which Open Carry is Legal (with permit) with the Texas Senate Republicans passing the measure 20-11 in a straight party vote. Read that story HERE. As a PROUD Texan, I know many of you out there would…