National Security

Pentagon Sent Afghan Jewelers on Lavish ‘Months-Long Gem Training Programs’

Pentagon task force in Afghanistan spent taxpayer funds on frivolous travel

Adam Kredo
December 16, 2014
The USS Decatur fired an SM-3 interceptor missile from a point off Kauai, hitting the mid-range target's simulated warhead 100 miles above the Earth
National Security

State Department Backs Off Controversial ASAT Test Ban Proposal

Pentagon, military opposing space weapons testing ban

Bill Gertz
December 16, 2014
An Afghan farmer leaves a field with his cow after collecting dried plants to use for fire wood on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan
A masked militant wears a head band with Arabic writing that reads "the martyr, Abdul Qader Al-Husaini brigades" during the funeral of two Fatah militants, Marwan Sleem and Mazin Al-Jarba, who were killed by an Israeli airstrike, in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Monday, July, 7, 2014
National Security

Fatah Calls for Violence, Intifada Following Death of Palestinian Minister

Suggests assassination of Israeli official as retribution

Alana Goodman
December 15, 2014