Like a stand-up comedian with a political edge, Rand Paul deployed some witty one-liners after President Barack Obama’s comments on Friday about reforming the National Security Agency. “What I think I heard is that if you like your privacy, you can keep it,” Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky, said in an interview with CNN’s… Read More “If you like your privacy, you can keep it”
Robert Gates claims Obama was “skeptical, if not outright convinced it would fail.” A new book by former U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates harshly criticizes President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy, saying the president “eventually lost faith in the troop increase he ordered,” and that Obama was “skeptical, if not outright convinced it would fail.” Excerpts… Read More Gates: Obama “lost faith” in Afghanistan policy
The US military hopes that drones will be capable of changing their own missions, altering course without a human command. This is mentioned in a new Defense Department report, to be the reality within the next 25 years. The US Department of Defense (DoD) explained its hopes for the upcoming decades in its Unmanned Systems… Read More The insane global onslaught of flying US robots
“Arabs living in Israel have a better life than the Arabs living in the rest of the region.” These are the words of Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempse. He said on Monday that if Israel were to strike Iran in an effort to damage the country’s nuclear program, the… Read More US General: Arabs have better life inside Israel than outside
Google has expressed outrage following a report that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has hacked its data links. An executive at Google said it was not aware of the alleged activity, adding there was an “urgent need for reform”. The comments follow a Washington Post report based on leaks from Edward Snowden claiming that… Read More Google “outraged” at alleged NSA hacking
National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after being given the numbers by an official in another US government department. This is according to a classified document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The confidential memo reveals that the NSA encourages senior officials in its “customer” departments, such the White House, State… Read More The Guardian: NSA spied on 35 world leaders
Amnesty International says US may be guilty of war crimes over its use of drone strikes after finding evidence of civilian deaths. A new report by Amnesty International details how civilians have been killed in Pakistan – including a 68-year-old grandmother who died in her family’s fields – and warns the US that some deaths… Read More US could be guilty of war crimes with drones
