Three years ago, several female employees at India’s National Technical Research Organization’s (NTRO), complained about a camera being located in the ladies’ restroom of the temporary office. It was later learned that the feed from the camera was being accessed by an employee ofthe agency’s counter-intelligence and security unit. The spy camera was purchased using [...]

On 21 September, Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt testified in Washington before the U.S Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee in a hearing attempting to determine whether Google abuses its supremacy of the Internet. Adopting his usual cool and unruffled persona, Schmidt reportedly held his own against several skeptical lawmakers. The crux of the trial was to [...]

In the words of the Olympic bidding committee, China’s hosting of the Olympics would further their human rights cause, and religious acceptance was a key component thereof. Unfortunately, Tibetan unrest before the Olympics (24) shed light on China’s internal problems, and put a damper on China’s plans. It may have played a role in the [...]

Autism was unheard of until 1943, when diagnosed children were discovered to have been injected with the first thimerosal-preserved vaccines in 1931. Thimerosal was commonly used as a preservative, even though it is a powerful neurotoxin. Still, only 1 in 10,000 children were diagnosed as autistic in the 1960s. Today, according to the Centers for [...]

An enormous subterranean treasure. There it is. You climb down a rock wall, your lamp the only light in a gigantic canyon covered by millions of tons of rock. Finally reaching the bottom, you take a breath, dip your hand in the river near your feet, and then hold it up to view gold and [...]

Early this month, America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. However, what many do not realize is that America’s battle against Al-Qaeda started long before that tragic day. In 1998, the U.S. initiated Operation Infinite Reach. This operation was America’s response to the bombings of two American embassies, one in Kenya and one [...]

On the 10th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks, the National Security Archive posted an article along with several types of documentation outlining America’s response to the 9/11 attacks. According to the archive, “As an October 2001 National Security Council strategy paper noted, ‘The U.S. should not commit to any post -Taliban military involvement since [...]

In the years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Washington has built a vast, complex intelligence network, with a scope unmatched anywhere else in the world. More than a dozen Washington Post journalists spent nearly two years researching and producing “Top Secret America,” which chronicles the historic national security buildup that followed the 2001 terrorist [...]

The National Security Agency is a massive organization with more than 60,000 employees. According to the National Security Archive at George Washington University, the NSA is the largest spy organization in America and very likely the world. Yet, it’s history is one fraught with inefficiency and technical problems. Created in 1952, the NSA has grown [...]

During the summer of 1961, the United States faced its last major incident of the Cold War. The incident, which would become known as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, was the result of U.S.S.R Premier Khrushchev’s threat to sign a peace treaty with East Germany that would effectively end the existing four-power agreements guaranteeing American, [...]