One of the highest-priority issues at present among European intelligence and security agencies is how many young men from Europe have gone to Syria to wage jihad against the Assad regime. As this blog has expressed more than once, it’s...
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How many Europeans are waging jihad in Syria?
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On Conscription and Military Effectiveness
Every so often a Washington, D.C., pundit decides to preach to the public about the wonderfulness of conscription. Almost inevitably, the pundit who tells us how great it is to have citizen-soldiers serving on our behalf, against their will, has...
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Meet the Anti-Snowden: Captain John Philip Cromwell
This has been the year of Edward Snowden, the traitor who has done so much damage to the United States and its intelligence services, above all the National Security Agency, from which he stole over a million classified documents. As...
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Dutch Study: Muslims in Western Europe Are More Radical That You Think
One of the hotly debated topics among counterterrorism professionals in recent years is the extent of radicalization among diaspora Muslims in the West. This debate is often polemical, with allegations of “Jihad denial” being countered by claims of “Islamophobia,” and...
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Sweden Exposes the Snowden-Greenwald Fraud
Recently what I’ve termed the Snowden Operation has taken aim at Sweden as part of its rolling barrage of leaks of classified information that Ed stole from NSA. In recent months, harming the foreign relations of the U.S. Intelligence Community,...
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The Revolt of the Experts
I enjoy my blog and Twitter immensely. They’ve given me new and exciting outlets for my thoughts and sharing them with lots of people who might otherwise never get to know what’s on my mind. I get a kick out...