James Powell

So it seems that two little words really can cause a stir. Presidential election, gun control, race relations. Then there is Jade Helm. While likely not burned into the memory of the average American, Jade Helm is more familiar to special operations and conventional military troops, as well as theorists (conspiracy and otherwise). According to […]

The CEO brought the group onto one of the colorful factory floors and turned toward them. Normally friendly and always wearing a smile, this time, his look was stern and he appeared circumspect. He swept his eyes over them before he spoke. “Now remember, no messing about. No touching, no tasting, no telling.” There was a […]

After the June 18, 1914 assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie at the hand of a Serb nationalist, the coming conflict forced nations such as Germany, Russia, Britain, and France to honor treaties and mutual-protection agreements that had been made. By the time Austria-Hungary officially declared war on Serbia on July 28, […]

The election could go either way. The senator had a better-than-even shot at winning the presidency, but events on the other side of the globe could could sway votes as much if not more than the domestic issues that the Democratic politician campaigned for. Revolution was brewing in one nation and war was raging in […]

Inexplicably, ISIS holds an allure to impressionable European and American youth. How do we prevent these disillusioned kids from joining them?

So it seems that yet another politician is being brought up on charges of corruption.  No surprise to anyone and the fact that the politician in question is none other than Senator Robert Menendez (D – NJ), whose 40 year political career has been littered with allegations of corruption, is likely no surprise either, especially […]

I recently had a chance to view SOFREP.com’s exclusive visit, tour, and interviews with the men of the elite Polish counterterrorism unit, GROM. They are Poland’s equivalent to the U.S. Navy SEAL teams, and this was the first time that a U.S. film crew was invited to the unit’s compound in Poland to observe their […]

Following the horrific murders of three Muslim North Carolina residents in mid-February, the Palestinian National Authority has condemned the attack as “terrorism” and requested that U.S. law enforcement allow its own investigators to participate in the case. The PA is not the only party labeling the murders as terror attacks and a hate crime. Multiple sources […]

This is us, this is me, and this will soon be you. Each of you will research and report on one of the names in this book, and I am betting you that once you do, you will never forget them or why they are in here.

“The Engineer.” In Afghanistan and a few other Muslim countries, it is a term of respect afforded to men in positions of authority or specialty based on their past education. For anyone with an engineering background, and specifically with an oil background, well, old brother ISIS just might have a job for you. Recent reporting […]

Author’s note: The following is a mix of author-generated hypothesis and researched fact, written to provide historic and modern intelligence operations parallels. I imagine that the conversation went something like this (with a lot of liberty taken here): Clerk: “Sir, there is someone here to see you. He says that you are expecting him, and that he […]

The Chinese leader and father of the Chinese Revolution, Mao ZeDong, when speaking on irregular warfare said, “The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.” Recent events in France have come to reinforce that such an attack can come at any time, and that the attackers can and will use […]