SecurityCommentary
Privatize Airport Screeners to Get Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Back on the Scent of Terrorists
In the wake of the New York and New Jersey bombings, and coming on the heels of the 15th anniversary of Sept. 11 last month,… Read More
SecurityNews
Illegal Immigrant With a Violent History Charged With Killing 5. Now a GOP Senator Is Asking Questions.
The Republican leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking further answers from the Obama administration about why an illegal immigrant charged with murdering five… Read More
SecurityCommentary
When Bureaucrats Edit the Facts of Islamist Terrorism to Fit Obama’s Narrative
In the early morning hours of June 12, an armed terrorist named Omar Mateen opened fire in a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The next morning,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Report Confirms Russia’s Responsibility for Shooting Down Malaysian Airliner
In interim findings, a team of investigators says Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile fired from an area controlled by Russian-backed fighters… Read More
SecurityCommentary
5 Statements From Top Military Brass That Should Concern You
Four of America’s top military officers recently testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on long-term budget challenges facing the military. While the hearing didn’t… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Remembering Douglas Munro, US Coast Guard Medal of Honor Recipient Who Helped Save Hundreds
Of the 3,498 Medal of Honor recipients in American history, only one was from the U.S. Coast Guard: Signalman 1st Class Douglas Albert Munro. On… Read More
SecurityCommentary
This Plan for Streamlining Oversight Would Enhance Homeland Security
Key government officials are ready to reform congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, something that is long overdue. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman… Read More
SecurityCommentary
It’s Now or Never to Save the Internet
We have, unfortunately, come to expect our elected representatives to shirk hard decisions. So it came as little surprise when the Senate released the text… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What’s Next for Arrested Ahmad Khan Rahami
Working with the FBI and other federal counterparts, police in New Jersey have located and taken into custody Ahmad Khan Rahami, the primary suspect in… Read More
SecurityNews
Republicans Vote to Take Legal Action Against StemExpress, Despite Democrat Walkout
The effort to hold the fetal tissue procurement company StemExpress in contempt of Congress moved forward Wednesday, despite Democrats walking out of the vote. After… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama Should Not Put Free Speech on Internet at Risk by Giving Up US Oversight
The incredible ingenuity of the American people invented the internet—one of the most transformational technologies in human history. But even though we created and paid… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New York Bombing May Be Another Terrorist Attack Inspired by al-Qaeda’s Anwar al-Awlaki
New York City and New Jersey dodged a bullet on Saturday. The terrorist bombings allegedly perpetrated by Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen… Read More
SecurityNews
Inspired Attacks Show Strength of Islamic State, Experts Say
After the terrorist attacks this weekend, President Barack Obama acknowledged a link between the central Islamic State and lone bad actors, even as the administration… Read More
SecurityNews
Conservatives Aim to Block Obama’s Plan for More Refugees
As President Barack Obama used his final address before the United Nations General Assembly to urge world leaders to help protect refugees, Republicans in Congress threatened… Read More
SecurityNews
White House: US Is in a ‘Narrative Fight’ With ISIS
The U.S. is in a fight with the Islamic State, but according to the White House it is a fight of words, not arms. “When… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We Shouldn’t Give Away the Internet to Authoritarian Regimes
The essence of human freedom, of civilization itself, is cooperation: cooperation between friends and family; businesses and customers; entrepreneurs and employees. History and human experience… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Weekend Attacks Across US Show Need for Renewed Vigilance
A series of bombings in New Jersey and New York City, along with a mass stabbing at a mall outside Minneapolis, have many Americans rightly… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama’s Absurd Double Standard on Defense Spending
This week we learned that the Obama administration has requested $2.6 billion in emergency funding for Louisiana flood relief. While the specifics of the Louisiana… Read More
SecurityNews
Why This Female Veteran Is Against Women in the Draft
Although the United States has not issued a draft since the Vietnam War in 1973, Congress is in the final negotiating stages for a measure… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What a No First Use Policy Would Mean for Global Security
As the clock is ticking, President Barack Obama is striving to cement his legacy in the realm of nuclear weapons policy. In the past, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
On 9/11 Anniversary, Remembering a Red, White, and Blue Nation Is Possible
Fifteen years ago, in the wake of the terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, I… Read More
SecurityCommentary
15 Years After 9/11, My Generation’s War Hasn’t Ended Yet
KYIV, Ukraine—My brother Drew, a former Air Force captain, told me one of the worst stories I’ve yet to hear from the wars in Iraq… Read More
SecurityCommentary
9/11 Anniversary: 10 Lessons Learned From the 15-Year ‘Long War’
Having been in the Pentagon on 9/11, it does not seem as if it was 15 years ago that our lives and national trajectory were… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Disturbing Steady Drip of Revelations About Obama’s Iran Cash Deal
Allegations that President Barack Obama’s administration doled out ransom payments to Iran in exchange for prisoners have been fueled by new revelations about additional cash… Read More
SecurityCommentary
4 Reasons the Pentagon Shouldn’t Play ‘Hardball’ With This Funding Gimmick
This week, Politico broke the story of a memo from senior Pentagon officials to the secretary of defense laying out how the Pentagon could “play hardball”… Read More
SecurityCommentary
North Korean Sub-Launched Missiles Threaten US Allies
North Korea conducted its most successful test launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Tuesday. The missile traveled 500 kilometers (300 miles), a considerable improvement… Read More
SecurityNews
Left-Funded Rally Aims to Pressure Lawmakers to Welcome More Refugees
Are you concerned about the plight of international refugees? Would you like to see the U.S. government take decisive, constructive action on behalf of displaced… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Another Travel Fiasco Courtesy of the TSA
I have long been a believer that, in most cases, a private company will do a more effective and efficient job than any government agency… Read More
SecurityCommentary
US ‘No First Use’ Pledge Would Degrade Allied Defense
In the waning days of his tenure, President Barack Obama is reportedly contemplating declaring a “no first use” pledge for U.S. nuclear weapons. Such a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Recent Actions Cast Doubt on Whether ICANN Is Ready for Transition
In the coming weeks, the Commerce Department is expected to end the current contract between the U.S. government and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names… Read More
