Defense
Former State Department Employee Admits to Cyberstalking, 'Sextortion'
Former London embassy staffer pleads guilty to phishing scheme targeting hundreds.
Defense
U.S. General: Russia Could Block Access to Baltic Sea
Moscow’s recent war games in its Kaliningrad exclave have included mock nuclear strikes, the top U.S. Army general in Europe said.
Defense
FBI Director: It’s Impossible to Ban All Encryption
The government can at least make it harder to hide from surveillance, James Comey says.
Defense
Carter Will Consider Sending Advisers, Helicopters to Ramadi to Fight ISIS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday the administration is prepared to send advisers and helicopters to aid Iraqi forces—if Iraq wants them.
Defense
Multiple Agencies Join Effort to Track ISIS-Damaged Antiquities
State Department initiative leads to Washington conference planned for Friday.
Defense
Defense Department: Trump’s Muslim Ban is ‘Counter to National Security’
GOP frontrunner draws extraordinary rebuke from Department of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Congress, and Republican Party leaders.
Defense
Here's Why People Join ISIS
A marketing communications company gets the Pentagon’s attention by identifying nine reasons.
Defense
How Obama's Gun-Control Push Inverted the Politics of the No-Fly List
Democrats, once critics of Bush-era terror policies, have decided they’re a useful tool, while Republicans have rediscovered the importance of due process.
Nextgov
Pentagon Aims to Revamp Global Command and Control System
DOD is looking specifically at deploying data in cloud-and mobile-based environments.
Defense
Homeland Security to Announce New Terrorism Alert System
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says the president will soon announce a new terrorism threat alert system to address what he called intermediate-level threats to the United States.
Defense
Obama Speaks on San Bernardino: 'This Was an Act of Terrorism'
The president addressed the mass shooting in a televised speech from the Oval Office on Sunday.
Defense
FBI Says it is Investigating San Bernardino Shooting as Terrorism
Multiple news organizations are reporting that Tashfeen Malik pledged allegiance on Facebook to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Management
Replacing Military Personnel With Civilians in Support Jobs Could Save Government Billions
Analysis shows it costs the federal government more overall to have active-duty members rather than civilians in certain noncombat positions.
Defense
What the Female Veterans in Congress Think About Women in Combat
"It's about damn time," Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., says.
Oversight
Pentagon's Afghanistan Unit Spent $150 Million on Luxury Villas and Guards
IG says personnel could have lived on bases.
Defense
No Exceptions: Defense Chief Opens All Military Jobs to Women
In a historic decision, Ash Carter rebuffs Marine Corps, says the joint “force of the future” must integrate at every level and open its doors to America’s finest, male or female.
Defense
The United States Arrested 56 American Islamic State Supporters This Year
The group is quite diverse.
Defense
Obama Quietly Signs Guantanamo Freeze Into Law
The president gave the defense authorization bill his signature, but rejected what he called unconstitutional restrictions on his push to close the military prison in Cuba
Oversight
Watchdog Vindicates Whistleblowers Who Warned Navy Yard Was Not Secure
Two managers spoke up months before deadly shootings.
Defense