War Tourist Dispatches #1: Crossing the Thai-Cambodian Border

War Tourist Dispatches #1: Crossing the Thai-Cambodian Border

I am not crossing into Cambodia because I want to, but because borders now behave like quiet intelligence services, and once you have been attached to a war, even a routine visa run starts feeling like you are moving through someone else’s threat matrix.

Whispering Death: Lobaev Sniper Rifles at War

Whispering Death: Lobaev Sniper Rifles at War

If Lobaev’s catalog reads like a roll call of overbuilt, mile-plus problem solvers, it is because these boutique .308-to-.408 CheyTac bolt guns and suppressed urban counter-sniper rigs were engineered to punch holes in physics, wallets, and anyone unlucky enough to be downrange when the “whispering death” models start working.

The Bolduc Brief: The Legality and Necessity of Vessel Seizure in Counterterrorism Efforts

The Bolduc Brief: The Legality and Necessity of Vessel Seizure in Counterterrorism Efforts

The tanker seizure off Venezuela, executed under a lawful warrant and powered by tight interagency teamwork from the Coast Guard, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Department of Defense, shows how the United States can hit terrorist-linked maritime networks where they move money and materiel while staying inside the lines of due process.