Day: April 13, 2023
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REPORT: 21-Year Old Pentagon Leaker Had the Highest Level Security Clearance for Top Secret Info
Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested by FBI agents at a residence in North Dighton, Massachusetts on Thursday. The arrest was made in relation to a collection of classified documents that had been leaked online over the past few months. The FBI had been following a lead online over…
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PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence
Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…
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US Army teaching officers at Fort Leavenworth that white people can’t experience racism
The U.S. Army at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth is teaching officers in intermediate level education (ILE) that white people can’t experience racism, defining racism as “a complex system of believes and behaviors that result in the oppression of people of color and benefit the dominant group.” The definition of racism…
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McCaul Calls Being Sanctioned by China Over Taiwan a ‘Badge of Honor’
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) calls it a “badge of honor” that the regime in Beijing on April 13 sanctioned him in retaliation for his recent visit to Taiwan and asserted that his efforts send a “seriously wrong signal.” The Texas Republican lawmaker last week led a bipartisan delegation to democratically…
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Philippine military bases with US access won’t be used for offensive actions, says Marcos
The four additional Philippine military bases that the United States now has access to under a 2014 defence and security deal will not be used for offensive actions, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday. “China’s reaction is not surprising, since it has its own concerns. But the Philippines will not allow our bases to be used for any offensive actions.…
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Pics: American Military Historical Society brings military history and veterans’ experiences to life
The American Military Historical Society of Florida is a volunteer group of amateur historians who bring together displays of original militaria, mostly from the United States, from the late nineteenth century through the Vietnam War era. This includes a particular focus on World War One, World War Two, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.…
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Navy veteran who stormed Capitol gets 3 years on gun charges
A former Navy reservist who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison on firearms charges.
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Government ‘Getting Close’ to Finding Pentagon Documents Leaker: Biden
The U.S. government is “getting close” to identifying the individual who allegedly leaked highly classified military documents online, President Joe Biden told reporters while in Dublin on April 13. When asked to provide an update on the search, Biden said: “I can’t right now. There’s a full-blown investigation going on, as you know, with the…
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Leaked Pentagon Documents Could ‘Endanger Lives’ of UK Special Forces: Ellwood
The chairman of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee has warned the leaking of classified Pentagon documents that detail the involvement of UK special forces in Ukraine could “endanger lives.” The “top secret” files first appeared on the Discord social media app last month. Media outlets including the BBC and The Guardian reported one of…
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Biden downplays damage posed by Pentagon leak info
President Biden on Thursday said the Pentagon and Justice Department are “getting close” in their investigation into the source of classified government documents leaked in an online gamer chatroom.