Dispatches

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The gatekeepers in the U.S. security world are suffering from a dangerous case of collective amnesia when it comes to China. Witness the shocked undertones surrounding reports on two recent cases of Chinese nationals being charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States. The …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating What would happen if enemy shadows enveloped an air traffic control system in a major U.S. city? How do we protect our country from unfriendly foreign entities working against us within our country? Sometimes the most dangerous actors don’t slip across borders under cover of night; …

Hey Hockey Fans — Seen something new on the screens at Cap One Arena? That was us. Our video is here to tell you, Chase the Adventure, whether you’re in the arena or diving deep into our stories. Soldier of Fortune has been delivering hard-hitting reporting from the front lines for …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating My own sources – people with direct knowledge of the situation – tell me this story is far from over. The disarray now rippling through the Department of Defense is not just alarming – it’s a dangerous crisis. Firings. Backstabbing. Sniping. Resignations. This isn’t the kind …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The case of Tamerlan Tsarnaev is a grim lesson in what happens when the security safety net has holes. Long before the smoke cleared on Boylston Street in April 2013, long before the manhunt in Watertown gripped the nation, warnings had come in. They arrived not …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating What next? Will the protest movement form nationwide soviets? Will they establish a Cheka, to punish and eliminate “enemies of the people?”  It started with petty acts of vandalism that could be dismissed as random mischief. But the anti-Tesla movement has grown into something far more …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The SVR did not respond to a request to explain what a cranberry movie is. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has taken a swipe at the Central Intelligence Agency’s spy recruitment videos, and has created its own counter-video, asking “true American patriots” to reach out and touch …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating UPDATE: Sources inside the Pentagon report that as of Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, the spot that once held Milley’s painting has been smoothed over to show no trace of the portrait having been there. The drywall has been patched and painted, so that an observer would …

A statement does not equal truth. Even when the person who makes the statement then dies in a spectacular fashion. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Much chatter has been circulating about Friday’s episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, featuring material allegedly written by suspected Cybertruck bomber Matt Livelsberger. A guest on …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Amid the celebrations, looting, and horror stories that follow the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, a powerful force could emerge from the chaos – if it hasn’t already been destroyed. If Assad preserved his files, and left them behind when he fled Syria, the …