Travis Allen

About the author

is a former US Army Infantry Officer. While a Platoon Leader in Afghanistan, he was part of a joint Special Forces/Infantry team conducting Village Stability Operations in Kandahar Province. Travis graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 2010.

John McCain calls Kim Jong-Un a ‘crazy fat kid,’ North Korea threatens war

Senator John McCain (R-Az.) is currently involved in an ongoing indirect dialogue with the North Korean government after offending the sensibilities of the Dear Leader, Kim Jon-un. In a television interview earlier this month, McCain called the dictator a “crazy fat kid” who shows no rational thought or behavior. He also said that “we’re not […]

Italian police raid suspected terror cell in Venice

Italian police have raided an alleged terrorist cell in Venice today, arresting three men and a young woman who were planning to travel to Syria. The suspects were detained in the heart of historic Venice, in a series of raids conducted by police in the early morning. All four of the suspects are from Kosovo, […]

Internet outrage after teenage boy receives thorough TSA security pat-down search

A video of a boy receiving a pat-down search by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer is going viral on Facebook, and causing a considerable amount of outrage from people on the internet. The boy who received the 2-minute long search was stopped after his laptop triggered an alarm as it was put through security […]

FBI Director again warns of ‘terrorist diaspora’ of ISIS fighters returning home

In a speech at the University of Texas at Austin this week, FBI Director James Comey again warned of the coming ‘terrorist diaspora’ that will ensue following the collapse of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The Islamic State has attracted an unprecedented amount of international support since its inception in 2014. Tens of thousands of […]

Israeli intelligence weighs in on Hezbollah leader’s assassination

Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, said on Tuesday Israeli intelligence believes Hezbollah’s former military leader was murdered by his own men. Mustafa Badreddine was killed last year in an explosion, originally attributed by Hezbollah as an Israeli airstrike, and then an assassination from a rival Sunni militant group. A […]