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The War Before the War Has Already Begun

There are 65 active state-based conflicts in the world today, according to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program. That is not 65 separate crises. It is 65 living laboratories.The contest that matters is ...
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America's Empty CT Chair

The world's counterterrorism chiefs are meeting in New York this week. We brought a list of demands and not much else.A plot ...
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Transparency Matters: Inside Canada's UFO Files

Disclosing Government Files on What Is Happening in Our SkiesBy Chris A. Rutkowski / Dundurm PressReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer — Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Policy Advisor with Public ...
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When the Caller Knows Your Name: Cyber Fraud, Banks, and What America Can Do About It

Did you authorize a $2,400 transfer? Reply NO to stop it.” You reply, and seconds later a calm “fraud agent” calls, knows ...
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Congress Questions Pentagon Spending—and the Future of Trump’s Battleship

I’m deeply concerned that the Presidential proposal for $350 billion mandatory funding [to be carried in a reconciliation bill and not an appropriations bill] for defense will have no Appropriations ...