Dream on if you think spies will reveal their exploits
Governments will hide and exploit vulnerabilities as long as they can, even if that risks criminals getting their hands on them too
National Security
Watch: How a former extremist became a counterterrorism analyst
How this former extremist went from being wanted by the FBI to sought out by some of the top counterterrorism analysts in Washington.
Is nuclear the energy solution of the future? (Part 1)
The misconceptions around nuclear are profound. For example, did you know the smoke coming out of those giant tubes is just steam? You very well may have, but many believe it to be exhaust. It’s not toxic exhaust that’s going to cause fish to develop a third eye. The isotopes created by nuclear reactors that many fear – and, yet, those isotopes advance medical science and other fields.
A former CIA asset has become a U.S. headache in Libya
The Libyan soldiers under Hifter were trained by personnel from the CIA’s Special Activities Division, the agency’s paramilitary arm. The CIA declined to comment.
Troubling finds within the House probe of ‘Distorted’ intel on Daesh ‘ISIS’
CENTCOM established an intelligence “fusion center,” a specially equipped JIC facility staffed around-the-clock, to serve as a “focal point” for Daesh-related intelligence. Interviewees recalled only informal communications noting the center’s establishment, and some were also uncertain about the center’s organizational structure, responsibilities, and how it was determined which JIC analysts would participate.
Mexican president: No way we’re paying for a wall
ump’s characterizations of Mexicans that Trump used to kick off his presidential campaign, saying he “cannot agree with such a generalization for Mexicans” being rapists, drug dealers and criminals.
US: Brexit is no threat to US national security, or much else
Friday after the vote result was announced, Rice replied: “Bummer.”
Report: U.S. aircraft carriers’ ‘unchallenged primacy may be coming to a close’
The United States’ aircraft carriers have always been an almost untouchable deterrent, steel behemoths capable of projecting the full weight of the U.S. military wherever they deploy. Yet while many militaries could never hope to match the U.S. carrier fleet in size and strength, countries such as China, Iran and Russia have spent recent years adjusting their forces and […]
The U.S. Special Operations groups you may not know about
When it comes to taking down the worst of the bad guys and protecting the homeland, most people probably think of SEAL Team Six killing Bin Laden or the FBI arresting an ISIS sympathizer. While their feats are well-known, there are several other units within the U.S. military, intelligence community and law enforcement that you’ve probably never heard of. […]
So, You Want to be President?
Here at SOFREP, we collectively strive to be, and consider ourselves, a largely apolitical organization in that we do not often come down on one or the other side of the usually contentious left-right debate in America. True, we will occasionally weigh in on politically sensitive matters—see here, and here, and here—but, generally, we like […]
State of the Union Oversight: National Security and Foreign Policy Ignored
This year’s State of the Union address contained 6493 words, and only 855 of those were dedicated to foreign policy and national security.
