COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating What should we make of Tucker Carlson’s sit-down with Vladimir Putin? Western reactions are all over the map, with some praising and others damning both Carlson and Putin. Pro-Russian writers in the overseas “samizdat” offered biting commentary. “This whole interview was just pure Putin — …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Pro-Moscow channels on Telegram are circulating a video purporting to show Russian forces kicking battlefield butt in Ukraine. But is it truth, or disinformation? I saved the vid, and the YouTube gatekeepers allowed me to post it myself on our fledgling YouTube channel. I put …

The attack took place at a military outpost in Jordan known as Tower 22. by Susan Katz Keating Three American service members were killed and 25 injured in a drone attack overnight on a small outpost in Jordan, officials said on Sunday. The drone was launched by Iran-backed fighters based in Syria, …

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not say whether he knew of any intelligence losses connected to the videos. by Susan Katz Keating The CIA’s new double-agent recruitment video should be posted on a Russian government-owned social media platform, Moscow said, mocking the U.S. spy agency – prompting amused reactions from …

Can the Archangel Michael and Rep. Mike Rogers influence the Defense Secretary to come clean about his unexplained hospital say? Inside the Pentagon, people are blowing off steam while wanting answers. by Susan Katz Keating Deep within the halls of a post-holiday Pentagon, a mischievous renegade created a paper doll …

The U.S. military has ended an “exhaustive” 10-day search for two Navy SEALs who went missing on Jan. 11 in the waters of the Gulf of Aden and are now presumed deceased, according to a statement Sunday night from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). “We regret to announce that after a 10-day exhaustive …

“We are conducting an exhaustive search for our missing teammates” – General Michael Erik Kurilla, USCENTCOM Commander. by Susan Katz Keating While rescue teams desperately searched for two missing U.S. Navy SEALs in the Gulf of Aden last week, other SEALs pressed on with their mission to capture a vessel …

Questions persist on the circumstances surrounding Austin’s lengthy hospital stay. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital today after spending two weeks there for a condition he concealed from senior Biden administration leaders for a considerable length of time. The Pentagon announced the update in a Monday morning …

Editor’s note: Longtime CIA covert operations officer James Parker Jr. often talked to me about his days in Southeast Asia, including the secret war in Laos. He told stories of another case officer and former Green Beret, George Washington Bacon III, who became a mercenary in Angola. Here is an …

One SEAL immediately jumped in to save the first who had fallen. Both disappeared amid the waves, an official said. “It was an incredible act of loyalty and courage,” the official said with a breaking voice.  by Susan Katz Keating The hunt for two SEALs who are missing in waters …