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As Trump wages war on Harvard, a would-be embassy bomber gets cuffed, Iran edges closer to weapons-grade uranium, and the CIA warns the real threat might already have a badge—welcome to today’s national security gauntlet.
The future of naval warfare just pulled up to the dock—sleek, silent, and ready to ruin someone’s day.
Exploring the shadowy depths of the CIA’s Special Activities Center and Global Response Staff, this piece unveils the pivotal yet largely unseen roles these units play in shaping global events and safeguarding American interests through clandestine operations and covert warfare.
Three drones, one operator, and zero hand-holding—Palladyne and Red Cat just proved that the future of battlefield autonomy doesn’t need a joystick or a safety net.
Memorial Day doesn’t mean a three-day weekend to me—it means carrying the weight of names I’ll never stop hearing in the silence.
Welcome to Sunday, May 25, 2025. In a weekend of geopolitical whiplash, Russia and Ukraine pulled off their largest prisoner swap yet, Kim Jong Un’s prized warship flopped like a beached whale, Syria’s new leader cozied up to Turkey just as sanctions lifted, and a jet crash in fog-choked San Diego tragically exposed the cost of failing airport systems.
Good evening. From a knife attack in Hamburg’s busiest train station to Trump’s unapologetically muscular West Point speech and the sudden rollback of U.S. sanctions on post-Assad Syria, this weekend reminded us that the world isn’t getting any quieter—it’s just shifting where the noise comes from.
Sometimes the secret to winning a war isn’t brute force—it’s Britney Spears, balloon tanks, or a chainsaw-wielding Uncle Sam staring down a dictator.
In the Comey-verse, truth wears purple trunks and a smirk, strolling beaches not for justice, but for one last shot at bestseller relevance.
This isn’t leadership—it’s a petty vendetta wrapped in red, white, and blue packaging, and sold as justice to a crowd too angry to check the label.
The Trump administration just swung a wrecking ball through Washington’s national security and energy playbooks—gutting the NSC, greenlighting battlefield-ready nuclear reactors, and watching Kyiv burn under Russian missiles all in the same 48 hours. Welcome to Saturday May 24th, 2025, this is your SOFREP morning brief.
Review the day’s key developments in defense and global affairs with SOFREP’s Evening Brief – Friday, May 23, 2025.