How Many Suspected Terrorist are in America to Buy a Gun Every Two Days?

It’s a classic case of partisan paralysis in the face of overwhelming public demand for change: A recent Huffington Post-YouGov poll found that 86 percent of Americans support a law preventing individuals on the watch list from buying guns. Democrats and Republicans are united on the question, with 87 percent of each group supporting such a ban.

Marine vet’s quick actions saved dozens of lives during Orlando nightclub shooting

A Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan is being hailed as a hero for helping scores of people escape from an Orlando nightclub targeted by a terrorist. When Imran Yousuf, a bouncer at the Pulse nightclub, heard the gunfire break out early Sunday morning, he told CBS News that recognized it immediately. “You could just tell it was a high caliber,” […]

FBI using 400 million photos for facial recognition

You may be right to be paranoid about government surveillance and tracking, because the FBI may not be playing by even its own rules. A report released Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that the FBI’s facial-recognition systems have access to 411.9 million photos of individuals, far more than the 29.7 million […]

US Navy SEAL arrested in stabbing death of California man

Authorities in Southern California said Wednesday that a Navy SEAL had been arrested on suspicion of beating and stabbing a man to death about an hour after the two were involved in a fistfight. Santa Monica police Lt. Saul Rodriguez said Theo Andrew Krah, 28, was arrested in San Diego Monday in connection with the […]

Terrorism fears are bad news for airlines

Delta, JetBlue, American and other big U.S. carriers had been rewarded on Wall Street for the past few years thanks to increased demand from business and leisure travelers, a boost in revenue from all those annoying extra fees and, of course, low oil prices. That combination led to big earnings for an industry that often […]

Obama meets Orlando massacre survivors, assails homegrown terrorism

President Barack Obama on Thursday met survivors of a massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub and relatives of the 49 people killed and said the United States must act to control gun violence and fight what he called homegrown terrorism. “The last two terrorist attacks on our soil – Orlando and San Bernardino – were […]

Mom Reveals Her Secret Spy Life to Her Kids

As we turned into the main CIA entrance drive, seeing it through their eyes, I realized the guard house ahead appeared disappointingly unimpressive. I had registered them as official guests earlier that day.

We need a better way to stop terrorism and keep America safe: ex-CIA agent

Government’s responsibility to provide for the common defense is written explicitly in the preamble of our constitution. It identifies protecting our homeland as the most important responsibility of the federal government. When I was 22 years old, I had the honor of directly participating in this role as an undercover officer in the Central Intelligence […]

Terrorism Suspect’s Use Of ‘Facebook Live’ Stream Highlights Challenges Of Live Video

Facebook on Tuesday shut down the account of a suspected terrorist who live-streamed a video on “Facebook Live” in which he threatened attacks on the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. The social media company quickly removed the video from its platform. The terrorism suspect, identified by Paris Prosecutor François Molins as 25-year-old Frenchman Larossi Abballa, killed a […]

CIA IG: Inmate Shackled Naked ‘Contributed’ To His Death

The CIA black site prison had 20 cells. Described as “stand-alone concrete boxes,” the cell block was outfitted with stereo speakers that played music 24 hours a day to prevent captives from communicating with each other. Captives, who first arrived there in September 2002, were often held in total darkness. Some were subjected to mock […]