An accord signed by G-20 foreign ministers on June 28 to stamp out the remnants of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and to halt the expanding terror of ISIS-related groups in the Sahel of Africa was greeted with dismay by prominent Nigerians. The Western powers missed an opportunity to identify the world’s fourth deadliest…
Linguist With Top-Secret Security Clearance Sentenced to 23 Years for Sending Classified Information to Terrorists
A Defense Department Linguist was sentenced to 23 years of imprisonment on June 23 for transmitting highly sensitive classified information related to national defense to a foreign government. Mariam Taha Thompson, 62, from Rochester, Minnesota, pleaded guilty on March 26, admitting that she was aware that the information she passed on to a Lebanese national…
Remembering the Great Olympic Gold Theft Humiliation and Horror at 1972 Munich Games
Commentary With the Olympic Games in Tokyo only weeks away, National Basketball Association professionals such as Damian Lillard, Devin Booker, and Jayson Tatum are joining the roster. Americans may be unaware that prior to 1992 the U.S. Olympic basketball team was all collegians. Back in 1972, Mike Bantam, Jim Brewer, Tom Burleson, Doug Collins, Kenny…
How the CIA Failed America on 9/11
Commentary Last month, Washington Post columnist George Will proclaimed, “I would like to see January 6th burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11 because it was that scale of a shock to the system.” For Conrad Black, George Will “seems to have taken leave of his senses,” and the comparison wasn’t even close….
Gun Attack on Ugandan Ex-army Chief Kills Daughter, Driver: Military
KAMPALA—Gunmen opened fire at a car carrying a Ugandan government minister in an attempted assassination on Tuesday, wounding the former army commander and killing his daughter and driver, the military and local media said. Four attackers on motorcycles sprayed bullets at a four-wheel-drive vehicle carrying General Katumba Wamala, the minister of works and transport, in…
9/11 Plus 20: Lessons Not Learned
Commentary “When these attacks occur, as they likely will, we will wonder what more we could have done to stop them.” That was National Counterterrorism Coordinator Richard Clarke, in a May 29, 2001 memo to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and her deputy Stephen Hadley. The statement, which warned that “hundreds” of Americans might be…
MI5 Chief Accuses Facebook of Giving a ‘Free Pass’ to Terrorists
The head of MI5 has accused Facebook of giving a “free pass” to terrorists with its plans for end-to-end encryption. Ken McCallum said the plans by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg would enable terrorists to plot attacks without being visible to the security services. In an interview with Times Radio, McCallum said they were not seeking…
UK Troops Seize Weapons Cache Hidden by Islamic Terrorists in Mali
UK troops have battled a sandstorm to seize a cache of weapons hidden by terrorists in Mali, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Saturday. Around 100 soldiers from the Light Dragoons and Royal Anglian Regiment found AK47 rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, camouflage clothing, radios, mobile phones, and hundreds of litres of fuel…
US-Backed Syrian Forces Raid Camp of ISIS Families, Arrest 9
BEIRUT—Thousands of Kurdish-led forces, with assistance from the U.S.-led coalition, launched a military operation Sunday at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria, in a new effort to identify and arrest ISIS terrorists and tamp down escalating killings and violence in the camp. The security sweep at the al-Hol camp will continue over time and is being…
Syria Foils Suicide Bombing Plot in Capital Damascus: State News Agency
BEIRUT—Syria foiled a suicide bombing plot in the capital Damascus with security forces killing three people they described as terrorists and arresting three others, state news agency SANA said on Monday. SANA quoted a security source as saying the plot, which involved the use of explosive belts, was thwarted with the cooperation of residents of…
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