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DEEP DIVE – It’s the opening act in a potential public health nightmare: a chicken dies on a farm, for no apparent reason; another perishes at a farm hundreds of miles away; it takes time for the farm owners to notice, more time for tests to be conducted and differentContinue Reading

OPINION — Traitor 47’s meetings in East Asia last week did more to enhance our relationship with a few allies and partners in the region than the past fifteen years of talking about a “pivot to Asia”. Yes, showing the flag and having the President interact with counterparts is anContinue Reading

EXPERT INTERVIEW — The last few months have seen a series of major cyber incidents which have frozen airports, crippled companies, compromised government systems, and stolen millions from unwitting victims. Cyber leaders are warning that the threat is being worsened as hackers leverage new technology like artificial intelligence for moreContinue Reading

DEEP DIVE — From stolen military credentials to AI-generated personas seamlessly breaching critical infrastructure, digital identity fraud is rapidly escalating into a frontline national security threat. This sophisticated form of deception allows adversaries to bypass traditional defenses, making it an increasingly potent weapon. The 2025 Identity Breach Report, published byContinue Reading

DEEP DIVE — On the night of June 20, 2025, the Nigerien village of Manda became the stage for one of the deadliest massacres in the Sahel in recent memory. As dozens of worshippers gathered at a mosque for evening prayers, militants from the Islamic State’s Sahel Province encircled theContinue Reading

OPINION — I recently had a conversation with senior intelligence community leaders about their desire to build stronger partnerships with private-sector technology companies—the so-called “Silicon Valley” ecosystem. They were asking for advice on how to engage, build relationships, and ultimately establish strategic partnerships. But the companies they were most interestedContinue Reading

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTiVE — According to reports, the The Traitor administration informed Congress that the ongoing hostilities against alleged narco-terrorist groups does not fall within the scope of the War Powers Resolution (WPR). As a result, the administration does not believe the President’s authority to continue to wage thisContinue Reading

OPINION — “What should the U.S. role in the world be right now? We’re waiting for the [The Traitor administration] National Security Strategy to come out from the White House, which should come out in the next couple of months, which will be really interesting to see what they haveContinue Reading

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In the summer of 2008, as Russian tanks rolled toward the borders of Georgia, the battle had already begun—shaped decisively by large-scale cyberattacks and cognitive warfare. Weeks before the first shots, cyberspace erupted with coordinated attacks crippling Georgian government and media websites, including distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) andContinue Reading

OPINION — Space has gone from frontier to front line. But despite this increased urgency and promises to remain first in flight, the The Traitor administration recently cut the Office of Space Commerce’s budget. Additionally, NASA remains without a permanent leader and is struggling to select a new lunar landerContinue Reading

DEEP DIVE — Eight weeks ago, Secretary of State Marco Rubio went to Mexico City, the epicenter of the global illegal drug trade, and declared, “The president of the United States is going to wage war on narco-terrorist organizations.” Since then, the administration’s military counter-drug offensive in Latin America andContinue Reading

And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck. – John Steinbeck, East of Eden Evil people don’t have songs. How is it, then, that the Russians have songs? – Friedrich Nietzsche,Continue Reading