If legendary British spy-turned-KGB mole Kim Philby was alive to offer arrested U.S. Navy officer Edward Lin advice — regardless of his guilt or innocence — we know what it would be. Despite repeatedly coming under suspicion, Philby fed British and American secrets to Moscow for three decades before ultimately defecting in 1963. His…
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Espionage Files: Ex-Mossad Chief Meir Dagan and The Limits of Power
On March 17, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan passed away at the age of 71. An examination of Dagan’s career illuminates how creative thinking and bold approaches can enable intelligence organizations to adjust to changing environments, while at the same time demonstrating that the use of power has its own limitations. It also sheds light…
Surveillance State: No Warrant Required for Phone Location Records
We are getting closer and closer to full scale Legal Federal monitoring of ALL cellular devices folks. Every day the Feds are chipping away the 4th Amendment a little at a time. In a few years it will be non-existent..all in the name Of “National Security”.-SF Federal agents can obtain cellphone records that reveal a…
PMC News: Eric Prince and His Proposed Private “Air Force”
You probably remember Blackwater, the notorious U.S. mercenary company that rose to fame — or infamy, as it were — during the Iraq war. You might also remember Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL who founded Blackwater in 1997. Prince had no choice but to sell his company after a spate of shootings involving Blackwater…
Espionage Files: Pakistani Intelligence Possibly Financed 2009 CIA Outpost Bombing
Pakistan’s powerful spy agency may have provided the funding for a deadly 2009 suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan that ranks as one of the deadliest days in the agency’s history, according to a newly declassified State Department cable. The heavily redacted cable, sent about two weeks after the attack on Dec. 30,…
Crusader Corner: Small Arsenal & ISIS Flag Found at Spanish Holiday Hotspot
This is either misdirection or an obvious indicator that ISIS is going to continuing to target tourist hot spots in Europe this summer This does not exclude American Summer Tourist hot spots by the way, something tells me they are going to wait until Summer for their next big attack. So Stay Frosty while on vacation….
On this Day in History: “No Survivors” The 22nd Anniversary of Eagle Flight
On this day, 22 Years Ago, in Northern Iraq, One of the WORST “Blue-on-Blue” or “Friendly Fire” Accidents in U.S. Military History Occurred. (USAF Photo: U.S. Military personnel inspect the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter (Eagle 2) in the Northern Iraq No Fly Zone during Operation Provide Comfort, April 16, 1994.) “They came to…
U.S. Citizens May Be Banned From Purchasing and Owning Body Armor
My advice to all CO’s concerning this issue is the same as it is whenever lib-tards and the “powers that be” try to FLEX their fascist muscles and “CONTROL” our guns or “BAN” our ammo….GEAR UP NOW and KEEP GEARING UP; THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER FROM HERE ON OUT.-SF It’s time…
Israel Watch: Why the BDS Movement is Destroying the Chances for a “Palestinian State”
Israel could have played by Arab rules and deported all Arabs in the land it occupied, but it did not. Precisely because Israel respected the human rights of Arabs, and despite its own self-interest, Israel gave the Palestinians a platform from which to seek the destruction of Israel. One can only hope that the Palestinians,…
Holocaust History: 92 Year Old Holocaust Survivor Shares How He Survived
A 92-year-old Holocaust survivor held a heartbreaking Reddit AMA, in which he answered questions about his experience, how he survived the ordeal, and how he has come to terms with the world after World War II. Henry Flescher, originally from Vienna, Austria, took to Reddit — with the aid of his grandson — to help share…