by Matthew L. Schehl | Jun 11, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Dan Mikulecky had an epiphany during his 2004 deployment to Iraq with the Montana National Guard. He had joined the Guard for college, but wasn’t sure the direction he wanted to go in life post-deployment. Being out in the Iraqi countryside, however, it...
by Matthew L. Schehl | Jun 9, 2015 | Data Projects, Topics
Muhammad Hassoon never heard the crack of the rifle. The force of the bullet that grazed his scalp four years ago knocked him out cold as he was leaving the gift shop he worked at on Forward Operating Base Falcon in Baghdad, Iraq. His attackers left him for dead – one...
by Matthew L. Schehl | May 21, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the early morning of Oct. 12, 1944, Navy pilot Ensign Clarence Borley had just shot down his fifth Japanese aircraft over the island of Formosa — present-day Taiwan — when anti-aircraft fire forced him to ditch his F6F Hellcat into the Pacific....
by Matthew L. Schehl | May 18, 2015 | Business & Tech, National Security
WASHINGTON – Facing scathing criticism, Transportation Security Administration officials were a no-show at a House hearing on Wednesday. During a three-hour hearing by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Homeland Security Inspector General John...
by Matthew L. Schehl | May 14, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Americans are in urgent need of more – not less – collection of their personal information by the National Security Agency, according to Sen. Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Following a classified Senate briefing Tuesday,...
