ON THE FIGHT
A former FBI agent who specialized in counterterrorism gives a seminar in what, exactly, the FBI can and cannot do on US soil.
ON THE FORCE
Top Navy officials took to the pages of Foreign Policy magazine yesterday to argue that the United States must maintain its current complement of carriers — and ensure they are ready to respond to any crisis, anywhere, at any time.
POTOMAC TWO-STEP
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley has announced his plan to step down June 21st as the Air Force’s top civilian leader after serving for nearly five years, the longest reign of any Secretary of the Air Force. He also served as the service’s top financial officer from 1989 to 1993. Secretary of Defense Hagel released a statement praising Donley and wishing him the best in all his future endeavors.
President Obama has revised his position on whether the violation of a red line would determine if the US would intervene in Syria to secure loose chemical weapons.
General Odienero takes exception to the idea that a sitting Congressman could question him and then leave without letting him respond — and he had no problem telling a Congressman just that this past week.
ON TECH
The Counterterror expo in London is always an extravagant affair, and 2013 was no exception…Bulletproof glass, tossable robots with miniature cameras, robots that climb walls — all present.
ON SECRECY – OR LACK THEREOF
In news sure to antagonize conspiracy theorists everywhere, authorities in New York may have discovered a lost piece of the Boeing jet that slammed into the Twin Towers.
Turns out Hezbollah has a thing for spying on tourists — Israeli tourists.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s National Counterintelligence Executive has released a personnel security report warning that modern society is fraught with danger — including the ability for someone to look you up with just your birth date or zip code.
The New York Times reports that TIDE, or Terrorist Information Datamart Environment, numbers over 700,000 names.
