Well, today is turning out to be a Great Day..not only is it the USMC’s Birthday, but it also the day when one of the most grievous and totalitarian Executive Actions in the history of the Presidential Office, the “Immigration Amnesty Act” has been shot down by the courts. The Fifth Circuit Court of…
Category: Security
Espionage Files: The tradition of Russians Dying in D.C. Hotels under Murky Circumstances
The other day a former Putin spokesman died in a DC hotel. He was 57 years old. Seems young to me for a heart attack. This reminded me of poor old Walter Krivitsky, a top Soviet intelligence official who defected after his friend and colleague Ignace Reiss was machine gunned in Switzerland in 1937. American…
Tradecraft: Geo-Locating by Photos
They say photos say a 1,000 words; well in the 21st Century they can also tell your exact location. -SF Russian soldiers geolocated by photos in multiple Syria locations, bloggers say By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three serving or former Russian soldiers have been geolocated by photographs in Syria, including locations near Hama, Aleppo…
6 Things You Need to Know About Piracy
#1 THE PIRACY HIGH RISK AREA OFF SOMALIA HAS BEEN REDUCED But don’t relax your security measures As of October 2015, the High Risk Area (HRA) in East Africa has been reduced in size, with the Eastern limit shrinking from 078ºE to 065ºE. However, the old HRA zone is still a “voluntary reporting area” and vessels…
Security Alert: Jihad Stabbing Sprees have Come to the U.S.
Well, I hate to say “I told you so” but as soon as I heard about the stabbing spree at the California College of UC Merced yesterday, something clicked in the back of my mind and said “This was a muslim and an act of terror”, and whatta you know, I was right! …
Why Your Secure Building Isn’t
Better Security through Penetration Testing My book, Red Team: How to Succeed by Thinking Like the Enemy, provides the first in-depth investigation into the work of red teams in the military, intelligence, homeland security and private sectors, revealing the best practices, most common pitfalls, and most effective applications of their work. Below is an adaptation….
Tradecraft Notes: The Use of Clothing Disguises and the Manipulation of “Perceived Authority”
By Hammerhead While watching the new series “Sherlock” on Netflix the other day with my better half, I had an epiphany, well, more like a “fantasy ideal” I guess; I realized that if the average person had the heightened awareness of both his surroundings and other people that the borderline autistic savant Sherlock Holmes has,…
The Social Science of Online Radicalization
As Charlie Winter noted recently at War on the Rocks, the Islamic State’s robust social media apparatus has been propagating a remarkably effective, multi-faceted communications strategy that incorporates narratives of statehood, military success, and religious legitimacy. The Islamic State’s success in using social media to disseminateits extremist ideas and mobilize tens of thousands of foreign…
Is the U.S. Military Strong Enough?
This 4 Minute Video is worth a watch. Simple, Sobering and to the Point.
5 Tactical Mission Techniques For Taking Your Kid Trick-Or-Treating
Although me and my family never recognized nor celebrated Halloween, I thought this a relevant article for the security minded parent if you so choose to allow your kids to go door to door to complete strangers homes asking for candy that could be poisoned or tampered with. Just sayin’..there are much safer alternatives for…