U.S. intercepts capture senior Russian officials celebrating Trump win

U.S. intercepts capture senior Russian officials celebrating Trump win

Senior officials in the Russian government celebrated Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton as a geopolitical win for Moscow, according to U.S. officials who said that American intelligence agencies intercepted communications in the aftermath of the election in which Russian officials congratulated themselves on the outcome. The ebullient reaction among high-ranking Russian officials — including […]

President-Elect Trump and Twitter: A brief brief

President-Elect Trump and Twitter: A brief brief

One thing has become painstakingly clear – we don’t know when and where a “hack” or infiltration may occur. The skill set has long been around and many of its practitioners are more sophisticated than before. As an individual, you’re vulnerable to identity theft and hacking. We’ve all had friends who post that their Instagram […]

Trump picks former U.S. Senator Coats as director of national intelligence

Trump picks former U.S. Senator Coats as director of national intelligence

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday picked former U.S. Senator Dan Coats as his director of national intelligence, two senior transition officials said, as he puts his stamp on a U.S. intelligence community that he frequently criticizes. The official announcement was expected this week as Trump makes decisions on some of the remaining major positions he […]

Pentagon announces they will pay back CA Soldiers who had enlistment bonuses recouped

Pentagon announces they will pay back CA Soldiers who had enlistment bonuses recouped

On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that it would be repaying California Army National Guard soldiers and veterans who had their bonuses recouped in recent years for being “improperly awarded” between 2004 and 2010. Federal investigators found that thousands of enlistment bonuses promised to members of the California National Guard had been improperly processed or granted […]

Report: Trump plans to shrink top intelligence agencies, including CIA

Report: Trump plans to shrink top intelligence agencies, including CIA

President-elect Donald Trump is planning to restructure two of the nation’s top intelligence agencies, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Wednesday. The newspaper writes that Trump plans to reduce the size of the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the CIA, fearing the agencies have become too large and politicized. […]

Trump has ‘very positive’ talk with new UN Secretary-General about US/UN Relations

Trump has ‘very positive’ talk with new UN Secretary-General about US/UN Relations

President Elect Donald Trump, set to take office in three weeks, spoke with new United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the first time on Wednesday. According to a U.N. spokesman, the two world leaders had a “very positive discussion on U.S./U.N. relations,” despite the incoming President’s recent Twitter comments about the validity of the global […]

Incoming Secretary of Defense Mattis backs F-35 program criticized by Trump

Incoming Secretary of Defense Mattis backs F-35 program criticized by Trump

Less than two weeks ago President-elect Trump tweeted that the F-35 program was over budget and that he was requesting a bid for a ‘comparable Super Hornet’. Today we have word that his incoming Secretary of Defense, Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis supports the program with a “clear commitment” to its continuation.   Watch Raw […]

Secretary of State Kerry, President-elect Trump, and Israel: Peace in someone else’s time

Secretary of State Kerry, President-elect Trump, and Israel: Peace in someone else’s time

As the Obama administration sees its end in less than a month, Secretary of State Kerry’s hopes of an Israeli/Palestinian peace accord are quickly vanishing. In a speech made on Wednesday, Secretary Kerry came down a bit hard on Israel for the so-called “right-wing” settler issue. He went on to state, “preserving the two-state solution […]

White House issues sanctions against Russia for election hacking, expels 35 diplomats

White House issues sanctions against Russia for election hacking, expels 35 diplomats

President Barack Obama issued a series of executive orders against Russian individuals and intelligence agencies on Thursday in retaliation for their efforts to influence and subvert November’s presidential election. “Russia’s cyberactivities were intended to influence the election, erode faith in US democratic institutions, sow doubt about the integrity of our electoral process, and undermine confidence […]

Former Navy SEAL and CIA Officer’s take on the rift between Trump and the CIA

Former Navy SEAL and CIA Officer’s take on the rift between Trump and the CIA

It is no secret that things have been “testy” recently, at least in public, between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the President-elect, Donald J. Trump.   To hear it spoken of in the media, you would think that the CIA is filled with Trump haters looking to stymie the newly elected incoming POTUS, and […]

Mozambique’s descent into an old civil war, from a Marine who helped train them

Mozambique’s descent into an old civil war, from a Marine who helped train them

In the latter half of the twentieth century, the people of Mozambique have known very little peace.  After a ten-year war for independence from Portugal, Mozambique enjoyed just two short years of recovery before civil war broke out in 1977.  The two factions found themselves fighting their fellow countrymen in a proxy war funded and […]