After speaking with James and listening to his latest book, I can attest that this is definitely worth your time. -Jack “I believe in America, have faith that her values matter in this troubled world and that her light is a shining beacon of hope. That light has dimmed in recent years and even our […]

For a man who built an empire in pixels, Paul Le Roux seemed like a digital phantom. After his name surfaced in the press in late 2014, I spent the better part of a year trying to understand him through the same means by which he’d directed his massive pharmacy business: the Internet. Late at […]

Why was the Arab Spring perceived as being part of the warfare spectrum by the Gerasimov doctrine? Why has Arab Spring become an inspiration for the Gerasimov doctrine? Two reasons, really. The first is that many Russians genuinely believe, all evidence to the contrary, that the Arab Spring – like the “color revolutions” in post-Soviet […]

For almost 70 years, responsibility for conducting human intelligence (HUMINT) has fallen mainly to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).  Virtually since the agency’s creation in 1947, CIA HUMINT has included the recruitment of foreign nationals to conduct espionage, the use of travelers to gather intelligence, as well as the debriefing of defectors and other individuals […]

On 1 September 1956, six 10th Special Forces Group Operational ODAs and a staff element was designated as the Security Platoon, Regimental Headquarters, 6th Infantry Regiment, Berlin, Germany. As part of the 6th Infantry Regiment, Detachment A’s mission was to deploy ODAs from West Berlin into East Germany. The U.S. Commander of Berlin designated their […]

I met Sam Faddis this week at a cafe near Union Square, where we sat down to talk about intelligence reform and Sam’s run for Congress.

Colonel (ret.) Mark Boyatt is the former commander of 3rd Special Forces Group, and has written a book about returning Special Forces to their core mission.

It now appears China’s newest proxy soldier is Erik Prince, the former SEAL, the private military company CEO, and once CIA cut-out.

Editor’s note: This report is from 2018. Click here to see our coverage of the current unrest in DC. The capital hill visitors center in Washington, DC has been evacuated after shots fired was reported over the security radio net.  Standing by for more info… *Update 1* Officer shot, sustained minor injuries. *Update 2* Video […]

The power of social media is alive and well in Iraq where Iraqi SWAT team members are letting their instagram followers vote on whether or not they should execute a Daesh prisoner.  In a nod to the gladiatorial matches at the colosseum in ancient Rome, the polling results do not look very positive for this cat… […]

The Western media immediately picked up on the story, hailing the Russian “Rambo” who went out in a blaze of glory fighting ISIS savages.

Despite the hype and panic in the media, it does appear that the noose is slowly tightening around ISIS. The question remaining is what will Syria look like after ISIS is destroyed?