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To Waterboard or Not to Waterboard?
Waterboarding by the military has been front and center in the news media. For nearly 10 years, American officials have been criticized for waterboarding and have been accused that waterboarding interrogation techniques are a form of torture. A former CIA intelligence officer has revealed insights on this practice.
Jose Rodriguez, Jr. is the former chief of …
Post the Words “Mexico” or “S...
What U.S. Homeland Security does to protect the U.S. is interesting to many, but now you can find out how your own online activity might trigger Homeland Security to monitor you. Under the Freedom of Information Act, the department had to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to look for signs of terrorist …
Where are the Most Wanted Terrorist...
Three of the top 5 on America’s Most Wanted list of terrorists are in Pakistan. Furthermore, only one of them is in hiding. Bruce Riedel is a former CIA analyst, the former senior National Security Council official in the Clinton Administration, and is currently a fellow in a DC-based conservative think tank. He identifies the 3 …
Top-Secret Papers & Spy Gadget...
A Navy ship captured by North Korea in 1968 during the Cold War has been opened as a museum in North Korea. The ship is riddled with bullet holes and has dirty floors and unpainted walls, a testimonial to the nightmare faced by the men on this ship, the USS Pueblo. The ship is equipped with …
New Espionage Unit Established by P...
The Pentagon’s new espionage unit, called the Defense Clandestine Service (DCS), gives it the authority to focus on spy operations of high-priority targets outside of war zones. The new unit will work closely with the CIA, bringing together two organizations which typically have opposition between them. This expansion was made because in today’s times espionage in …
70 Year-Old Code Breaking Papers Ju...
Two 70-year-old papers by Alan Turing on the theory of code breaking have been released by the government’s communications headquarters, GCHQ. Even the date the papers were written is not definitive. GCHQ estimated their age by an item that mentions Hitler’s age. The two papers are now available to view at the National Archives at Kew …