From lone wolves to high tech: ISIL’s post-Snowden evolution

From lone wolves to high tech: ISIL’s post-Snowden evolution

Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com Did the actions of Edward Snowden enable Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) to formulate a blueprint that led to the evolution of its “caliphate”? Several experts say that, in the wake of Snowden’s revelations, investigators have intercepted far fewer of ISIL’s communications. The terror group is now […]

From one in the know: Snowden is a traitor and likely ‘agent of Vladimir Putin’

From one in the know: Snowden is a traitor and likely ‘agent of Vladimir Putin’

Special to WorldTribune.com Brett M Decker, Radix Charlie Speight is a retired executive from the National Security Agency, which he joined in 1975. During his time at the NSA, he was a National Intelligence Officer, analyst, watch officer, operational staff officer, interagency liaison, senior editor in the Strategic Communications Directorate, and communications officer for the […]

Close U.S.-Jordan intel ties revealed by NSA memo leaked by Snowden

Close U.S.-Jordan intel ties revealed by NSA memo leaked by Snowden

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has developed a close intelligence relationship with Jordan. A classified memorandum by the U.S. National Security Agency disclosed an intimate relationship with Jordan’s intelligence community. The NSA memo, leaked by former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, asserted that the cooperation with Jordan focused on the Palestinian Authority and […]

The NSA: Ominous and omniscient maybe, but what are the real bad guys up to?

The NSA: Ominous and omniscient maybe, but what are the real bad guys up to?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com WASHINGTON — Everybody here is talking about cyberspying. The National Security Agency has never had so much publicity. Until Edward Snowden came along, most people had never heard the initials “NSA.” Now President Obama is getting into the act big-time. In the hours after this newspaper comes out […]

GREATEST HITS 2013: While Obamcare stuns the U.S., ‘leading from behind’ unravels world peace

GREATEST HITS 2013: While Obamcare stuns the U.S., ‘leading from behind’ unravels world peace

Sol W. Sanders   Originally published Oct. 28, 2013 The U.S. is transfixed by the Obama administration’s massively bungled attempt to nationalize one sixth of the economy, the health welfare system. But the rest of the world watches the slow motion unfolding of another debacle: the loss of post-World War II American leadership of the […]

Israeli lawmakers seek investigation of suspected U.S. spying

Israeli lawmakers seek investigation of suspected U.S. spying

Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has been preparing for an investigation of U.S. espionage. Officials and parliamentarians said Israel would seek details of U.S. espionage operations in the Jewish state. They said Israel long suspected that the United States was monitoring the telephones and e-mails of officials. “We need to know if the United […]

While Obamcare stuns the U.S., ‘leading from behind’ unravels world peace

While Obamcare stuns the U.S., ‘leading from behind’ unravels world peace

Sol W. Sanders   The U.S. is transfixed by the Obama administration’s massively bungled attempt to nationalize one sixth of the economy, the health welfare system. But the rest of the world watches the slow motion unfolding of another debacle: the loss of post-World War II American leadership of the worldwide alliance for peace and […]

One thing Obama is good at is changing the subject

One thing Obama is good at is changing the subject

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto President Barack Obama has been embroiled in multiple, crippling scandals since the start of his second term. Consider: Benghazi, snooping on Associated Press reporters, the Justice Department’s surveillance of Fox News reporter James Rosen, IRS abuses, investigation into the death of Navy SEAL Team Six, the implosion of Obamacare […]

Surveying the damage one man did to U.S. intelligence

Surveying the damage one man did to U.S. intelligence

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey In the past few weeks media attention has been fixed on royal babies, and the saga of Edward Snowden, a former employee of the National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. organization that engages in the interception of communications of potential sources of important intelligence. Purportedly Snowden released information about […]

Democrat Feinstein confounds media, refuses to jump on anti-NSA bandwagon

Democrat Feinstein confounds media, refuses to jump on anti-NSA bandwagon

Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid With a few conservatives, such as Sen. Rand Paul, on board, the radical left is gearing up for a replay of its 1970s campaigns against the intelligence gathering activities of the U.S. Government. Back then it was the FBI and CIA. This time, the target is the National Security […]