I can’t believe I’m saying this: Thank you Ed Schultz
There is little I can agree with MSNBC commentator Ed Schultz on; however, during MSNBC’s post-inauguration speech coverage today, the progressive said what I was waiting for many on the anti-war left to say– Just More...
President Obama to nominate counterterrorism advisor John Brennan to head CIA, Chuck Hagel to Defense
President Barack Obama will nominate John Brennan, his chief counterterrorism adviser, to be the next director of the CIA, a senior administration official said Monday. President Barack Obama meets with John Brennan, More...
Raees Alam Qazi and brother Sheheryar Alam Qazi, arrested in Christmas terrorist plot to avenge drone attacks
A Pakistani-born man wanted to avenge the deaths of U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan by blowing up a New York City landmark but lacked the money and materials to carry out the plan, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. Raees More...
Homeland Security adds underwater fishlike drone, looks at other animal inspired robots
The latest weapon in Homeland Security’s increasingly high-tech arsenal, an underwater robotic fish designed to safeguard the coastline of America. The new robot, named BioSwimmer, is actually based on a tuna More...
Imran Khan, cricket star turned activist, leads Pakistani protest of US drone strikes
Imran Khan, a Pakistani “cricketer” now turned politician, led activists and thousands of protesters on a march against the US drone strikes on Saturday. Code Pink protested at the DNC (photo) but now More...
Pentagon investing in autonomous drones requiring less human interaction
The rise of the machines. Drone MQ-9 Reaper de l’US Air Force a l’atterrissage Photo/Air Force Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, are headed to the next step in their evolutionary scale, and the Pentagon More...
Imran Khan says U.S. drone strikes are ‘fomenting radicalization’
The Pakistani politician and former cricketeer said to the media this week that US drone strikes are pushing people towards terrorism. He said this in an interview with Channel 4 News Monday. Drone MQ-9 Reaper de More...
DOD ok’s sale of drones to 66 countries, waiting on Congress approval
In what appears to be the Department of Defense’s effort to placate weapons manufacturers, under new Defense Department (DoD) guidelines, up to 66 foreign nations are now eligible to purchase US made drones. Drone More...
Rand Paul throws the Fourth Amendment into the drone debate
Drone use in warfare is now a well established method and will certainly grow and expand. Some bad guys have been taken out; however, the number of innocent civilians, including children, is quite staggering as More...
Drone training involves targeting civilians in traffic
Holloman Air Base has been transformed into the number training facility for drone operators, but their practices may raise a few eyebrows. According to a NY Times article posted this week, the drone flies overhead More...
Texas researchers hack into drone using GPS spoofer
University of Texas at Austin ismaking headlines as a research team hacked into an unmanned US drone, taking control of the GPS systems. Public domain photo/US Air Force Professor Todd Humphreys and his team at More...
US Drone strikes in Yemen, killing 30 as air attacks continue
A US drone strike Wednesday on a house and car in Yemen’s restive southeastern Shabwa province killed nine people, believed to be al Qaeda militants, a tribal source said. Separate raids on al-Qaeda in Yemen More...
Drone bases are speckled all over the United States
For the average American sitting in front of his or her TV tonight watching the constant yada-yada on Fox News or MSNBC, the drone program only exist in some far off land where there is more sand than grass. However, More...
US Drone attack kills 9 in Yemen attack, Obama addresses drone program
Tthe U.S. officials are NOT denying the drone attack, drone activity or the targets. From a CNN, three drone strikes in Yemen targeted “militants” with “suspected links to al Qaeda” Three More...
Three bases being considered for ground control station for the remote-controlled Reaper and Predator drones
South Carolina’s Shaw Air Force Base is one of three possible sites where the Air Force would put a ground control squadron for the remote-controlled Reaper and Predator drones that have become key elements More...
