Category Archives: Domestic News
Secretary of Defense Panetta Stirs the Pot
With comments on an earlier pullout from Afghanistan, a Pakistani doctor and an Israeli strike on Iran. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta confided to reporters while on the way to a NATO conference that the U.S. would end its combat … Continue reading
NSF Meeting February 9th – “Militarization of the CIA”
“The Militarization of the CIA” Has the Central Intelligence Agency become the Tactical Intelligence Agency?” With Rae Huffstutler Former Executive Director, the CIA And other Intel community veterans The Ramada Inn, Thursday, February 9, 9:00 am Increasing attention has … Continue reading
The Defense Strategic Guidance: What’s New, What is the Focus, Is it Realistic?
President Obama went to the Pentagon to announce the Defense Department’s new “Strategic Guidance”, the document that will serve as the template for weapons acquisition, force sizing, military strategy, budgeting, and geographic focus for the future. It is highly unusual … Continue reading
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Marxist-Leninist doctrine predicted that capitalism would collapse on the “ash heap of history” as global communism triumphed as an economic system. Instead, 20 years ago Sunday it was the vanguard of the international communist movement, the Soviet Union, which disintegrated. … Continue reading
National Security Global Roundup
The Drone Dilemma: Iran has the real thing. Now what? High level defense sources confirm that the drone the Iranians have displayed on TV is, in fact, an intact RQ-170 Sentinel. The capture—however it was done—is a severe blow to … Continue reading
