Category Special Operations

U.S. Special Operations Commander Says LEAKS To New York Times Are The Reason Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Escaped U.S. Forces And Is Likely Still Alive

July 23, 2017 · by · in CIA, Covert OIperations, Department Of Defense, DIA, Encryption, espionage, spying, identity management, Intelligence Community, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, national security, NSA, Open Source Intelligence, social media, Special Operations, Syria, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

U.S. Special Operations Commander Says LEAKS To New York Times Are The Reason Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Escaped U.S. Forces And Is Likely Still Alive http://www.fortunascorner.com      General Raymond ‘Tony’ Thomas, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), told an audience at the Aspen Security Forum last week, that Islamic State leader Abu […]

How ISIS Nearly Stumbled On The Ingredients For A ‘Ddirty Bomb’

July 23, 2017 · by · in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, CIA, DIA, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Israel, national security, Science & Technology, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military, Weapons Of Mass Destruction · Leave a comment

How ISIS Nearly Stumbled On The Ingredients For A ‘Ddirty Bomb’ By Joby Warrick, Loveday Morris, www.washingtonpost.com View Original July 22nd, 2017 A classroom at the University of Mosul after the city’s liberation in June. Islamic State occupiers tried to use labs to build weapons.Photo by: Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP/Getty Images On the day the Islamic State overran the Iraqi […]

Project Maven To Deploy Computer Algorithms To War Zone By Year’s End

July 23, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, artificial intelligence, big data, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, quantum computing, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, US Military · Leave a comment

Project Maven To Deploy Computer Algorithms To War Zone By Year’s End By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity By Contact Author, www.defense.gov View Original July 21st, 2017 WASHINGTON, July 21, 2017 — Winning wars with computer algorithms and artificial intelligence were among the topics that Defense Department intelligence officials discussed during a recent Defense One Tech Summit […]

Quadcopter That Swims And Flies Could Be Used For Navy Special Ops

July 22, 2017 · by · in CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Drones, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, Robots In War, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, Unmanned aerial systems, US Military · Leave a comment

Quadcopter That Swims And Flies Could Be Used For Navy Special Ops https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/07/21/quadcopter-swims-flies-used-navy-special-ops/? Marco Maia from Rutgers University operates “Naviator,” the first unmanned hybrid aerial-aquatic vehicle to seamlessly transition from airborne to underwater operations and back again, during the Naval Future Force Science and Technology EXPO at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (U.S. Navy/John […]

CIA Dir. Hints U.S. Is Looking Into Fostering Regime Change In North Korea

July 21, 2017 · by · in China, CIA, counterinsurgency, Covert OIperations, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Japan, military history, national security, North Korea, Nuclear, POTUS, Russia, South Korea, Special Operations, US Military, Weapons Of Mass Destruction · Leave a comment

The CIA Director Just Dropped Some Heavy Hints That The U.S. Is Looking Into Regime Change In North Korea By Alex Lockie, www.businessinsider.com View Original July 21st, 2017 Pompeo talks tough on North Korea. Joe Raedle/Getty Images CIA Director Mike Pompeo dropped heavy hints at the Aspen Security Forum Thursday that the US was looking into regime […]

If You Have An Apple IPhone/iPad, Etc. – Upload Security Patch NOW!

July 21, 2017 · by · in artificial intelligence, CIA, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Defense Industrial Base, DIA, Encryption, FBI, Intelligence Community, Internet, national security, NSA, Science & Technology, social media, Special Operations, technology & innovation, U.S. Cyber Command, Weapons of Mass Disruption · Leave a comment

Update Your Apple Devices. Right Now. By Brian Fung, www.washingtonpost.com View Original July 20th, 2017 Apple has released a software update to iOS and macOS that you should download right away. The security update patches a dangerous vulnerability in WiFi chips that allows hackers to “execute arbitrary code” — industry-speak for taking over your device. Through the WiFi chip, a hacker may […]

After Mosul, Islamic State Digs In For Guerrilla Warfare

July 20, 2017 · by · in Al Qaeda, Argentina, CIA, counterinsurgency, Department Of Defense, DIA, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, military history, national security, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

The comments highlighted in blue below are by/from Col. (Ret.) David Maxwell and his contact info is at the bottom of this page.  RCP, fortunascorner.com David Maxwell: And what do we think happens if they are defeated in the 3d phase of protracted warfare (War of Movement or Conventional War Phase)?  Would we expect anything […]

Trump Ends Covert CIA Program To Arm Anti-Assad Rebels In Syria, A Move Sought By Moscow

July 20, 2017 · by · in Al Qaeda, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, military history, national security, NSA, POTUS, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Excerpt: Officials said Trump made the decision to scrap the CIA program nearly a month ago, after an Oval Office meeting with CIA Director Mike Pompeo and national security adviser H.R. McMaster ahead of a July 7 meeting in Germany with Russian President Vladimir Putin. … After the Trump-Putin meeting, the United States and Russia […]

Unusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears At Special Operations Exercise

July 19, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Intelligence Community, military history, national security, NSA, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, US Military · Leave a comment

Unusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears At Special Operations Exercise thedrive.com · by Joseph Trevithick · July 17, 2017 German company Grob only ever made five G 520s and one showed up for drills in Indiana. By Joseph Trevithick North Vernon Municipal Airport SHARE The U.S. military, including the U.S. Coast Guard, has a long history of operating high-flying surveillance aircraft […]

POTUS Trump To Nominate Key Admin Personnel — Including USD(I)

July 18, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, CIA, Congress, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Defense Industrial Base, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, FBI, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, NSA, POTUS, Special Operations, U.S. Cyber Command, US Military · Leave a comment

Note VADM Kernan for USD(I) President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent To Nominate Personnel To Key Administration Posts https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/17/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration: Peter Henry Barlerin of Colorado to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America […]

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