Nick Coffman

World War II veteran Tom Rice jumped into Normandy with the 101st Airborne Division’s 501nd Parachute Regiment. In the first segment of our interview, Tom talks about what it was like growing up in Coronado in the 1930’s, catching gofers for 25 cents for the fire department, and then using the money to go watch […]

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Collin Green has distributed a letter to the leadership within the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) command structure in which he acknowledges, “We have a problem.” CNN was the first news outlet to obtain the letter in which Admiral Green states, “Some of our subordinate formations have failed to maintain good order […]

This post is to officially inform the NEWSREP community that Jack Murphy is leaving to pursue other endeavors after more than seven years with our site. He has covered some massively important topics, including some that garnered national attention. Here are just a few examples out of many that could be listed: Why The White […]

According to a new NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll regarding the 2020 election, President Trump is trailing the current Democratic Party front-runners by up to seven points. But should anyone care what the polls say at this point in the race? Former Vice President Joe Biden leads Trump by nine points among registered […]

Editor’s note: This article was originally written and published by Justin Carroll on RevolverGuy.com. With permission, it is being shared on our site due to the ties that Tamatea Teai had with MARSOC Fox Company during their initial 2007 deployment. NEWSREP has covered the MARSOC 7 saga in depth for many years. After hearing how […]

Tired of managing your own health choices? Soon you’ll be able to let Comcast do it for you. If that sounds strange to you, don’t worry, it’s not the first company to offer this type of service and hardware. Apple has been testing health-tracking through its Apple Watch, Google is targeting senior living facilities with […]

Looking back at this 2016 article from The Washington Post, one really shouldn’t blame them for their optimism regarding WhatsApp’s “end-to-end encrypted” capabilities. The encryption (e.g. security) behind WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, is actually quite good at its core. But what couldn’t have been so easily predicted by the Post is what I’ll call the […]

In the past few weeks, reports regarding WhatsApp spy software, a Microsoft cyber weapon computer bug, and former Google CEO’s defense of censored Chinese search engine indicate that much more happens beyond our screens than most of us realize. WhatsApp This week, The Sun reported that hackers were able to install spy software on a […]

Since the inception of smart-speaker assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, and others, consumers have to live with the fact that by using these products and services, their data is being collected. How much, though? This is a frequent topic of debate. Some experts say the sheer bandwidth and storage required would […]

Change isn’t always easy, or desired. But it’s often necessary. Over the years, NEWSREP had many contributors come and go. A lot of our readers and subscribers often expressed confusion about why a certain writer is no longer with the site. To answer that type of question isn’t easy. It involves a lot of variables […]

In a Reuters article from May 1, 2019, European Council President Donald Tusk warned of the rising power of tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. According to Reuters, “In the East, we see the rise of those capable of controlling everyone’s behavior, and in the West we’ve seen the rise of an […]

In the wake of high-profile data breaches, widespread privacy concerns, and a wave of blatant disregard for your personal privacy by well-known companies (looking at you, Alphabet), Apple is taking a hardline stance against the collection and selling of personal information. While this is a breath of fresh air for those concerned with protecting their […]