Justice: Delayed, Denied or Redacted?

Justice: Delayed, Denied or Redacted?

The Justice Department talks a big game about accountability, but at this point, they’d need a GPS and divine intervention just to locate their own spine.

Morning Brief: Israel and Syria Agree to Ceasefire, Epstein Files to be Unsealed

Morning Brief: Israel and Syria Agree to Ceasefire, Epstein Files to be Unsealed

On July 18, the world saw Israel and Syria shake hands after a week of bloodletting, the EU slam Russia with its harshest sanctions yet, and Trump’s DOJ crack open the Epstein vault—three headlines that read like a geopolitical fever dream, but here we are on Saturday morning, July 19, 2025. This is your SOFREP morning brief.

Benjamin Reed: War Tourist

Benjamin Reed: War Tourist

War didn’t greet me with a banner or a cause—it handed me a shovel, a borrowed rifle, and a promise that if I didn’t dig fast enough, I’d meet God before breakfast.

Three Die in Los Angeles Bomb Blast

Three Die in Los Angeles Bomb Blast

Three experienced bomb squad deputies lost their lives doing the dangerous work they were trained for—a dark reminder that even in controlled environments, the margin for error in this business is razor-thin.

Fifteen Transferable Military Skills that Land Jobs

Fifteen Transferable Military Skills that Land Jobs

You didn’t spend years dodging mortars and herding chaos just to get ghosted by a middle manager named Chad—translate your warfighting into workforce gold and make them pay you what you’re worth.

How CIA Predecessors Were Assessed and Selected

How CIA Predecessors Were Assessed and Selected

Back in the early days of the OSS, when the stakes were sky-high and the playbook still being written, candidates faced a gauntlet of tests designed to weed out all but the toughest, sharpest minds—because only a ‘PhD who could win a bar fight’ would survive behind enemy lines.