When the Secretary of Defense was off work and in an intensive care unit over the course of four days, no one at the Pentagon nor in Washington even knew he was gone. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The U.S. security world is rightly astounded and outraged that Defense Secretary …
Read More »Is Putin Dead? Moscow Says ‘Nyet’; But If Swan Lake is Broadcast on Russian TV, All Bets Are Off
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Is Vladimir Putin dead? Should we believe the “insider” who announced on Telegram that the Russian president died again, and that a fresh coup is underway in Moscow? Or should we trust the extraordinary denial from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov that the report is an …
Read More »Reflections on the Death of Derek Wilford, Who Commanded British Paratroopers on Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland
Wilford was sent by his superiors into a complex and profoundly violent situation because they believed he was right for the job. His Majesty’s Armed Forces should acknowledge as much about one of their own. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Quietly over the weekend, a locally infamous British Army officer …
Read More »The Recurring Shock of Chinese Espionage: A Short History of Collective Amnesia
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The next time U.S. intelligence gatekeepers convene to address Chinese espionage against the United States, lawmakers should be given a cache of memory assistance devices. Perhaps that will stop them from succumbing anew to the amnesia that has plagued our China-watchers for decades. I first …
Read More »Soldier of Fortune Stands By White House Cocaine-Fingerprints Report: Publisher Susan Katz Keating
by Susan Katz Keating Less than 24 hours after Soldier of Fortune reported that investigators found fingerprints on a packet of cocaine that was abandoned inside the White House, the U.S. Secret service announced on Thursday that it will close down the investigation for lack of leads. The announcement directly …
Read More »Soldier of Fortune Advisory Committee: Meet Blackwater Founder Erik Prince
by Susan Katz Keating Today marks the next installment of a new development at Soldier of Fortune: the SOF Advisory Committee. The members are people I trust and admire, and who I have known over the years. They all are veterans who have made significant marks in the military and security milieu. …
Read More »Soldier of Fortune Advisory Committee: Meet ‘Black Hawk Down’ Badass Norm Hooten
by Susan Katz Keating Today marks the fourth installment of a new development at Soldier of Fortune: the SOF Advisory Committee. The members are people I trust and admire, and who I have known over the years. They all are veterans who have made significant marks in the military milieu. …
Read More »Soldier of Fortune Advisory Committee: Meet Ric Prado, CIA Covert Warrior Who Stepped Out of the Shadows
Note from publisher Susan Katz Keating: Today marks the second installment of a new development at Soldier of Fortune: the addition of an Advisory Committee. The members are people I trust and admire, and who I have known over the years. I think of them as SOF’s very own Magnificent …
Read More »Soldier of Fortune Launches Advisory Committee: Meet Jan Scruggs, Founder of The Wall
Note from publisher Susan Katz Keating: Today marks the launch of a new development at Soldier of Fortune: the addition of an Advisory Committee. When I first sought to form this board, I approached people I trust and admire, and who I have known over the years. I came up …
Read More »SHOT Show 2023 Gets Underway in Las Vegas
It’s almost as big as a Soldier of Fortune gathering! Okay, make that, it’s way bigger than anything we’ve ever staged, and we are eager to find what’s on tap this year at SHOT Show. Myself, I’m keen to see what’s up with our great advertisers, along with guns and …
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