“Where will the impulse to purge the past of its sins end? Should Washington, DC, named after a slave owner, adopt a new title? Should the Jefferson memorial be torn down?” -Jacob Heilbrunn George Orwell once remarked that Stalin’s Soviet Union was a place yesterday’s weather could be changed by decree. America, it seems,…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
If you have to Meet a Terrorist, would you Rather be in Texas or France?
This is an easy one for me, since Texas is my home and the BEST state in the Union, but I thought it made a good point.-SF When the next terrorist attack strikes, I don’t want to be in England or France. I’d rather be in Texas. Better yet would be South Dakota, Indiana or…
Third Paris Stadium Jihad Suicide Bomber Identified as Refugee who came via Greece
OK, this settles the very tired debate of letting Syrian Refugees into this Country IMO..not one, not two, but three of the Paris Terrorist came into France as, you guessed it, “Refugees”. I think that shows a pattern in how these people operate. -SF The solution offered by the media and political elites: bring in…
Cartel Corner #30: Crooked Border Patrol Agent Caught with 50 Bricks of Cocaine, Human Smuggling Chase Ends in Disaster
Arizona state police arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent following a traffic stop where they found four suitcases with 50 bricks of cocaine. The agent said was traveling to Chicago where he was going to receive $50,000 for the trip. Last week, Juan Pimentel went before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce McDonald who formally charged him with…
Intel Tradecraft: Geo-Tagging and Identifying a Picture by it’s Background (Similar Image Search)
In the most recent episode of Homeland, Carrie while trying to figure out what direction to go in searching a stolen laptop for intel, is distracted by the computer’s screen saver which is a picture that shows the suspect in a beachfront bar in what appears to be a tropical location. Thinking back, Carrie remembers…
OPSEC and Burner Phones
This was published in several places, but I wanted to re-post it for reference..some good stuff in here. Original Source Article can be found HERE
13 Syrians Caught at the Texas/Mexico Border So Far…
I told a buddy the other day, I have stopped trying to keep up with every time they catch a Syrian or “other muslim” trying to cross the border illegally, it’s like playing a game of whack-a-mole. -SF Obama is avid to bring in Syrian refugees legally. So why sneak in, unless one has nefarious…
Humor
It’s been a Bit Serious Around Here this past week, and if there is one thing I learned over the years, you gotta keep your sense of humor if you are gonna survive..so have a laugh on me.-SF This one I call “BABY GARGAMEL”
The Truth about Terrorist and Encryption Technology
Terrorists were using encryption technology to evade detection long before Snowden and the Paris attacks By Natasha Bertrand A wave of coordinated terror attacks that killed at least 130 people in Paris last week have had experts grappling with how French intelligence could have missed an operation that was most likely months in the making….
ISIS and The “Law of Lawless Places”
Read this article slowly and consider the ancient and modern historical background information. If you understand the fundamentals of Counter-Insurgency Warfare, this is basically a re-cap on the basics… it is too bad the U.S. Govt. has yet to grasp this simple fact. -SF The Latin phrase hic sunt dracones translates roughly to “here be dragons,”…