PlayStation-Controlled DIY Tank May Be the Wildest Weapon Yet in the Syria War
• http://www.wired.com, By Robert BeckhusenSyria’s rebels may have taken the concept of a videogame a tad too far.
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Air Force May Be Developing Stealth Drones in Secret
• http://www.wired.com, By David AxeThe Air Force’s multi-billion-dollar drone fleets may have helped against the insurgents of Iraq and Afghanistan.
U.S. Spies See Superhumans, Instant Cities by 2030
• http://www.wired.com, By Noah Shachtman3-D printed organs. Brain chips providing superhuman abilities. Megacities, built from scratch.
The Secret Weapons Behind The Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor
• http://www.popsci.com, By Krislyn PlacideToday marks 71 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor that catapulted the United States into World War II.
Defending the World, Bankrupting Ourselves
• http://reason.com,After decades of American protection, our friends can form their own alliances to confront any adversary.
Navy sends 2 more warships for N. Korean missile launch
• http://www.washingtontimes.com, Kristina WongThe Navy has positioned two more warships in the Pacific to monitor North Korea’s upcoming long-range missile launch.
EU War Council Meets to Plan Syria and Mali Invasions
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt NimmoEuropean Union apparatchiks convened in Brussels on Monday to plot moves against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and to plan for a “humanitarian” intervention in Mali.
Pax Americana is ‘winding down’, says US report
• ft.comChina will be the world’s largest economy by 2030 but the US will still remain “first among equals” in the international system, according to a new US government intelligence assessment of global trends.
Dulce et Decorum: And May You Get the Chance
Fred Reed.. if my country says to butcher, then butchery were no crime, but a source of honor. To kill for pure enjoyment, as Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer, is most contemptible, but to do it because Bush II, Tojo, Bin Laden, or Netanyahu commands it—this is vi
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Raid rescues U.S. citizen kidnapped by Afghan Taliban
• ReutersA U.S. citizen who was abducted by Taliban insurgents was rescued by U.S. forces in an operation in eastern Afghanistan early on Sunday, NATO-led forces said. The American, Dr. Dilip Joseph, had been abducted in Kabul province. It gave few details.
Syrian Bombs Are Now Filled With Chemicals — And Could Be Up for Grabs
• http://www.wired.com, By Noah ShachtmanThe Bashir Assad regime in Syria is loading of some of its weapons with deadly nerve agents, and mixing together the chemical precursors needed to carry out a sarin-laced attack.
Petraeus Should Have Been Fired Years Ago
•Hypocrisy writ large by a now erstwhile, all so powerful man. As Noam Chomsky put it, "For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit."
US Positions Navy Warships Off North Korea in Advance of Rocket Launch
• Common DreamsGovernment claims rocket will launch satellite by Dec. 22
Pentagon planning for multinational military operation in Mali
• www.washingtonpost.comU.S. military planners have begun to help organize a multinational proxy force to intervene next year in Mali, the famine-stricken, coup-wracked African country that has become a magnet for Islamist extremists, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
SpaceX gets its first military contract
• arstechnica.comWill send up a satellite mothballed during the Bush Administration
‘Stupid and criminal’: Lawyer for Bradley Manning speaks out
• RT.comThe lawyer representing Bradley Manning, the US Army private accused of leaking classified information to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, has issued a damning indictment of his client’s “criminal” treatment in solitary confinement.
Liberty Tour 2013 with Jordan Page and Oathkeepers
• Liberty TourWhat this tour seeks to accomplish is to provide a clear picture to our troops of what their oath to defend the constitution really means, and to empower them to do so through peaceful means.
MITCHELL: Obama making up drone rules as he goes
• http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Allyson MitchelAmericans need transparency of conventional warfare
US Ending the War in Afghanistan? It Depends on the Meaning of the Word ‘War’
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Dave LindorffIt is amazing to watch politicians trying to weasel their way around their promises. President Obama is providing us with a good illustration of the art.
Bradley Manning: a tale of liberty lost in America
• http://www.guardian.co.uk, Glenn GreenwaldOver the past two and a half years, all of which he has spent in a military prison, much has been said about Bradley Manning, but nothing has been heard from him.
Do We Really Need a Second Gitmo?
• http://www.motherjones.com, By Adam SerwerOne Senate Republican likes Gitmo so much she wants to build a new offshore detention center—or at least force President Obama to allow Guantanamo to accept new detainees, which it hasn't done since he first took office and issued an executive order
Ron Paul's facebook post says DIA is being expanded overseas to rival CIA in size
• Daily Paul.com"In 2010, I said in a speech that there had been a CIA coup in this country.
5 years since I felt compelled to share my story here on the Daily Paul
• Daily Paul.comWow time flies! A little over 5 years ago my then wife sat me down to watch a Ron Paul video, and I couldn't just tune out what I had heard and seen and continue the life path I was on then.
iRobot Founder Now Building Tiny Hovering Drone Spies
• http://www.wired.com, By Robert BeckhusenFour years ago, iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner stepped down from the company she helped turn into an all-important supplier of the military’s growing arsenal of ground robots.
Navy Will Have to Wait Before Amassing Its Robo-Copter Fleet
• www.wired.com, Noah Shachtman and Spencer AckermanThe Navy talks about its drone helicopter the way Apple geeks gushed over the first-generation iPhone in 2007.
West Pointer Quits Over Proselytizing
• Military.ComA West Point cadet slated to graduate this year will instead be heading home without a degree after resigning to make a point about religious proselytizing at the acclaimed military academy.
First direct harassment letter to Cadet Blake Page
Donna Hancock"Constitutional Rights are not awarded to those who ask for them politely or quietly await their arrival, rather to those who passionately demand them en masse."
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12-04-12 -- Mikey Weinstein (MP3 & Video LOADED)
Program Date:Mikey Weinstein (Military Religious Freedom Foundation) provides an update on MRFF and their quest to ensure that all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantees of religious freedom.
Why I Don't Want to Be a West Point Graduate
• Military Religious Freedom FoundationWest Point Cadet, MRFF Client sacrifices career in noble stance defending U.S. Constitution from religious zealots
Exclusive: U.S. Sees Syria Prepping Chemical Weapons for Possible Attack
• By Noah Shachtman and Spencer AckermanEngineers working for the Assad regime in Syria have begun combining the two chemical precursors needed to weaponize sarin gas, an American official with knowledge of the situation tells Danger Room.
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