We’re all familiar with the Breathalyzer, the brand name for a roadside device that measures a suspected drunken driver’s blood-alcohol level. It has been in use for decades. Now there’s a so-called “textalyzer” device to help the authorities determine whether someone involved in a motor vehicle accident was unlawfully driving while distracted. The roadside technology is…
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Another Reason To Be Armed (With a Cane): 70 Year Old Veteran Shuts Down Would-be Robber
When I first read about this story I was reminded of Colonel Rex Applegate. Him and William E. Fairbairn were responsible for training OSS operatives in the “Black Arts” during WW2. Later in life, the late Colonel Applegate had to use a cane to get around and developed a literal arsenal of techniques for the…
Espionage Files: CIA Agent to Be Extradited to Italy to Face Charges of Kidnapping
First rule of being a Spy: Don’t Get Caught. If you are interested in reading more about this case, and the CIA Practice of Rendition that occurred Post 9/11, check out A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial. -SF The Portuguese Supreme Court has upheld a decision to extradite to Italy a former C.I.A….
In Memoriam: A Spy For All Seasons, Duane Clarridge, Dies at 83
Duane R. Clarridge, a pugnacious American spy who helped found the C.I.A.’s Counterterrorism Center, was indicted and later pardoned for his role in the Iran-contra scandal, and resumed his intelligence career in his late 70s as the head of a private espionage operation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, died on Saturday in Leesburg, Va. He was 83….
Students for Concealed Carry Statement on the Student Murder at UT-Austin
The recent murder of a female undergraduate on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin serves as a tragic reminder that college campuses, though typically safe, do play host to every form of violent crime found throughout the rest of society. No matter how much we want to believe that universities are safe…
What About the Protectors?
There was recently an incident in Israel that has really sparked controversy. Two pieceful palestinian Arab terrorists approached and pounced on a young 20 year old soldier at the guard post adjacent to the Tel Rumeida neighborhood and both stabbed him. They were “neutralized”, not killed, but “neutralized”. One of them was wearing a heavy…
Stand for Israel: Islam is Colonialism, Palestine is Colonialism
A Quick lesson to all the Jew Haters out there at the “Institutes of Higher” learning. Get your respective Head out of your Asses. -SF At Israeli Apartheid Week, campus haters claim to be fighting “colonialism” by fighting Jews. Columbia University’s Center for Palestine Studies, dedicated to a country that doesn’t exist and which…
This Norwegian Mercenary Instagrams His War on ISIS
A veteran of the war in Afghanistan is using social media to document and fund his one-man fight against ISIS. A millennial soldier of fortune who goes by the name ‘Mike’ is waging an independently funded war against the Islamic State. While his real identity remains anonymous, the Norwegian fighter came to Norway as an…
Espionage Files: Turkey Arrest Senior Official For Selling Weapon Plans to U.S. Firm
A senior official of Turkey’s state-run weapons manufacturer has been arrested on espionage charges, after he was caught selling weapons blueprints to the employee of an arms firm based in the United States. The official was named by Turkish authorities as Mustafa Tanriverdi, the general manager of one of Turkey’s largest weapons production facilities, located…
Modern Crime: China Suppliers Flood U.S. with Dangerous Opiates
China at this very moment is waging war on the United States on several fronts without ever deploying a military unit. This is the essence of Fourth Generation Warfare folks. Weaken your enemy from the inside.-SF The dozen packages were shipped from China to mail centers and residences in Southern California. One box was…
