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National Guard shooting victims identified
Social media video showed first responders performing CPR on one of the service members and treating the other on a sidewalk covered in broken glass.
US closes once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners
Southern Command said the Camp 7 prisoners were moved to Camp 5 “safely and without incident."
No, Chinese troops are not on the Canadian border — and the dangers of misinformation
Internet conspiracy theories can have dangerous consequences.
By Howard Altman
Robert Kehoe, ‘Jedburgh’ radioman who jumped into Nazi-controlled France after D-Day, has died
Robert Kehoe, a radioman in the clandestine Office of Strategic Services "Jedburgh" teams during WWII, passed away Friday at the age of 98.
By Jared Morgan
Photos show devastation unleashed on terror leaders by sword-carrying ‘Ninja bomb’
The presence of multiple blades, along with the warhead’s apparent nomenclature, yielded evidence of the devastation’s source.
By J.D. Simkins
Woman previously charged with trespassing at CIA, asking for ‘Agent Penis’ arrested once again
One does not simply get a meeting with Agent Penis.
By J.D. Simkins
Second ex-CIA contractor testifies on interrogations in 9/11 case at Guantanamo
A former CIA contractor who helped design a harsh interrogation program following the the Sept. 11 attacks sought Friday to minimize the severity of techniques used on the men facing war crimes charges for their alleged roles in the plot.
Ex-CIA contractor defends post-9/11 interrogations
An architect of the brutal CIA interrogation and detention program developed after the Sept. 11 attacks defended the agency and its practices on Tuesday as those techniques become the focus of an effort to dismiss key evidence against five men charged in the terrorist plot.
The corrosive impact of torture on the rule of law
Torture erodes the rule of law as it burns away the protections we treat as sacrosanct in our American system of justice, says the author of this commentary.
By Brig. Gen. John G. Baker
Hail Caesar and the other amazing members of the OSS
Caesar Civitella was an amazing character and, when I knew him, one of a dwindling number of living veterans of the Office of Strategic Services. We spent many hours talking about his exploits, like dropping into France to help the Maquis, or traipsing around Italy with a bunch of gold, searching for Mussolini.
By Howard Altman
Passing the paramilitary torch from the CIA to Special Operations Command
U.S. Special Operations Command is the organization best prepared to assume leadership of the U.S. government’s paramilitary efforts that are critical to supporting its national interests, the author of this commentary says.
By Douglas A. Livermore