As Cold War turns to Information War, a new fake news police combats disinformation

As Cold War turns to Information War, a new fake news police combats disinformation

PRAGUE — The target of high-stakes Kremlin power plays during the Cold War, the Czech Republic is again on the front lines of a contest with Russia and its sympathizers — this time in the Information Wars. Inside a mustard-yellow stucco building in northwest Prague, Benedikt Vangeli is a commander in that fight — leading […]

Trump, Netanyahu discuss Iran and Israeli-Palestinian peace process

Trump, Netanyahu discuss Iran and Israeli-Palestinian peace process

President Donald Trump spoke Sunday by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about ways to strengthen relations between their two countries and “threats posed by Iran,” according to the White House. Mr. Netanyahu’s office described the conversation as “very warm” and Mr. Trump invited the prime minister to come to Washington to meet sometime […]

Ex-CIA director John Brennan: ‘Trump should be ashamed of himself’ over CIA remarks

Ex-CIA director John Brennan: ‘Trump should be ashamed of himself’ over CIA remarks

Former CIA Director John Brennan said President Donald Trump “should be ashamed” for using a speech at the agency’s headquarters to boast about himself, his former deputy chief of staff said Saturday. “Former CIA Director Brennan is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump’s despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA’s Memorial Wall of […]

Intercepted communications, financial transactions are the focus of a US investigation into possible ties between Trump advisers and Russia

Intercepted communications, financial transactions are the focus of a US investigation into possible ties between Trump advisers and Russia

Intercepted communications and financial transactions have become the focus of a wide-ranging US counterintelligence investigation into potential ties between Russia and people associated with President-elect Donald Trump. A report from The New York Times published Thursday night said the counterintelligence inquiry focused on at least three advisers associated with Trump — former campaign manager Paul […]

Senate confirms retired generals as first two Trump cabinet members

Senate confirms retired generals as first two Trump cabinet members

The U.S. Senate confirmed the first two members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet on Friday, voting overwhelmingly to approve two retired four-star Marine generals as his secretaries of defense and homeland security hours after Trump was sworn in as commander-in-chief. The Senate voted 98-1 to confirm James Mattis to lead the Pentagon, and 88-11 to […]

SOFREP attended the 2017 Presidential Inauguration

SOFREP attended the 2017 Presidential Inauguration

It was an honor to attend the Presidential Inauguration and a first for this citizen. To be able to be present for the historic day was a privilege. The entire affair was not hectic and near the Capitol at the ceremony, was peaceful. It was crowded and rainy. There were protesters, I was told to go […]

Watch: Air Force Practices for President Trump’s Inauguration Flyover

Watch: Air Force Practices for President Trump’s Inauguration Flyover

The Air Force has been practicing for the Presidential Inauguration. Four Air Force jets, representing multiple generations of fighters rehearsed the fly over at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. One F-15 Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Shaw AFB, South Carolina, an F-22 Raptor from JB Langley-Eustis, […]

The age of Trump begins Friday amidst the clouds of controversy

The age of Trump begins Friday amidst the clouds of controversy

The 45th president will be inaugurated this Friday on the 20th amid a storm of controversy which has been brewing for months. According to some reports, President-elect Trump takes his oath amid the lowest opinion polls since George W. Bush who was also sworn in after a controversial election win over Democrat Al Gore. What’s […]

Trump’s attitudes toward the EU and NATO could lead to ‘unprecedented changes in US foreign policy’

Trump’s attitudes toward the EU and NATO could lead to ‘unprecedented changes in US foreign policy’

If President-elect Donald Trump’s recent statements on the European Union and the NATO are any indication, his administration could bring unprecedented changes to longstanding alliances between Western countries. In an interview published Sunday with the Times of London and Bild newspapers, Trump questioned the value of the NATO alliance when he was asked whether he […]

Amid Trump’s NATO blasts, U.S. Marines’ Norway mission goes on

Amid Trump’s NATO blasts, U.S. Marines’ Norway mission goes on

Nearly 300 U.S. Marines landed in Norway on Monday with a clear assignment from the outgoing Obama administration: Train with allies and help reinforce the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s northernmost border with Russia. But the latest comments from President-elect Donald Trump—who referred to NATO as “obsolete” in a newspaper interview—have left the U.S. military in […]

Explosive memos suggest that a Trump-Russia quid pro quo was at the heart of the GOP’s dramatic shift on Ukraine

Explosive memos suggest that a Trump-Russia quid pro quo was at the heart of the GOP’s dramatic shift on Ukraine

An unverified dossier provided to US intelligence officials alleges that President-elect Donald Trump “agreed to sideline” the issue of Russian intervention in Ukraine during his campaign after Russia promised to feed the emails it stole from prominent Democrats’ inboxes to WikiLeaks. The dossier was part of an opposition-research project conducted by a former British spy, […]