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U.S. Says It Gathers Online Data Abroad By Charlie Savage, Edward Wyatt and Peter Baker The federal government has been secretly collecting information on foreigners overseas for nearly six years from the nation’s largest Internet companies like Google, Facebook and, most recently, Apple...

As Wars End, a Rush to Grab Dollars Spent on the Border By Eric Lipton The nation’s largest military contractors, facing federal budget cuts and the withdrawals from two wars, are turning their sights to the Mexican border in the hopes of collecting some of the billions of dollars...

Browsing through the threads after some time away I seem to notice an increase in the levels of unnecessary conflict. It's a mere opinion, a personal impression, so I may be perfectly wrong but people seem to have lost civility and log in, apparently, with the purpose of letting some steam go...

Andrew Moran: Fugitive who fled court recaptured at poolside in Alicante Andrew Moran, who vaulted from the dock during his trial for armed robbery in 2009, arrested during raid on luxury villa By Maev Kennedy A British man who vaulted from the dock and escaped during his trial for armed...

Authorities See Salafi Groups Popping Up Everywhere Inside Russia By Mairbek Vatchagaev The Russian government has been forced to admit it is worried not only about Islam’s proliferation in the North Caucasus, but also about the proliferation of ideas of the North Caucasian militants...

The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden... Is Screwed By Phil Bronstein For the first time, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden tells his story — speaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal aftermath for himself and his family. And the...

Arrest of Colombian Capo in Peru Could Swing Battle for Medellin By Hannah Stone The arrest in Peru of a boss of Colombia’s biggest criminal network, the Urabeños, not only has transnational implications, but may affect the battle for control of Medellin, the jewel in Colombia's criminal...

Mexico Drug War Violence Slowing: Report By James Bargent A new report analyzing the data behind Mexico’s drug war shows in 2012 organized crime related killings declined or leveled off while becoming increasingly concentrated in key strategic areas. The report, compiled by the San...

Europe: Staging Ground for Anti-Israeli Terror By P. David Hornik This week the Bulgarian government announced that Hizballah was behind the terror attack in Burgas, Bulgaria last July 28 that killed five Israelis, including a pregnant woman, and a Bulgarian bus driver. Bulgarian interior...

Afghanistan: What Went Wrong? By John M. Gillette It’s 2015 and across Afghanistan security institutions are failing. NATO wonders: What Went Wrong? Bernard Fall wrote that “When a country is being subverted it is not being outfought; it is being out administered†and that is has...

Mali War Shifts as Rebels Hide in High Sahara By Adam Nossiter and Peter Tinti Just as Al Qaeda once sought refuge in the mountains of Tora Bora, the Islamist militants now on the run in Mali are hiding out in their own forbidding landscape, a rugged, rocky expanse in northeastern Mali that...

Tribes and Terrorists: The Emerging Security Threat from Libya’s Lawless South By Andrew McGregor One of the reported demands of the terrorist group that seized the In Aménas gas field last week was safe passage to the Libyan border, some 30 miles away and the likely launching point for...

Just a piece of advice for free. Those posting in the "members looking for work" area should keep in mind that their previous posts are still available for those curious enough to search (unless they never posted before, that is), any... let's call it 'discrepancy' will appear uncovered in broad...

Russian Organized Crime in Sweden By Walter Kegö & Christina Wenngren The face of Russian organized crime has been different at various stages of its development. In the early 1980s they mainly smuggled goods and narcotics, but with a growing exchange between Sweden and Russia, Russian...

Shabaab formally joins al Qaeda By Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio Shabaab and al Qaeda have announced their formal merger, according to a video disseminated online today and translated by the SITE Intelligence group. In the video, Mukhtar Abu al Zubayr (a.k.a. Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed or...

Afghan private security handover looking messy By Heidi Vogt, The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — The push by Afghanistan's president to nationalize legions of private security guards before the end of March is encouraging corruption and jeopardizing multibillion-dollar aid projects...

Revolutionary Roadshow: Libyan Arms and Fighters Bring Instability to North and West Africa By Andrew McGregor Executive Summary: A year after the eruption of Libya’s spontaneous revolution, there are few signs of progress towards establishing internal security or a democratic...

Key Risks Facing Central Asia In 2012 And Beyond By Roman Muzalevsky Numerous countries continue to face instability and unrest amid fragile global economic conditions, failing political systems and inadequate responses to socio-economic challenges. In Central Asia, local autocracies will...

Meet Iran’s 3,500-Woman-Strong Ninja Army By Cyriaque Lamar, io9.com To round out their squadron of flying boats and UFO project, an estimated 3,500 Iranian women are training in Japanese ninjutsu, according to a state-run news station. It’s official — the Iranian government is in...

Colombia's Last Paramilitary Warlord Captured in Venezuela By Jeremy McDermott Venezuelan authorities have captured the last of Colombia's paramilitary chieftains, marking the end of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), which dominated the drug trade for over a decade and...