The CIA's Mystery Plane?
A plane registered to a Virginia LLC wound up involved in a CIA covert action near the Galapagos
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Why I Will Never Trust Navy SEALs Again | Part One: They made it personal
My brother saved SEAL Team Six. Then they spent two decades trying to erase him.
The government's answer to a botched SEAL Team Six mission: Subpoena the reporter
Matthew Cole spent two years reporting a story about a 2019 operation that left North Korean fishermen dead. Now he's fighting a federal subpoena to reveal who helped him.
Untested supplements popular with special operators move a step closer to legal sale
An FDA panel voted to recommend legalizing six peptides, including the popular “Wolverine stack,” as the Pentagon moves to address low-T operators
Why won’t the Pentagon say if it’s using AI to blow up boats in the Caribbean?
The Pentagon has an AI system built to find small boats in dark waters, and refuses to say whether it helped pick the targets.
US Navy SEALs Deploy to Trinidad and Tobago
The prime minister described an expanding US military and intelligence role in her country. The Pentagon has not publicly acknowledged the deployment.
The rise of the machines
A new book tells the history of the Pentagon office that put AI in the kill chain and made Palantir the world’s most valuable defense contractor.
Exclusive: The Spy Who Wasn’t (UDPATED)
Navy Chief Bryce Pedicini is serving 18 years for attempted espionage even though the government failed to prove he was a spy.
David Rush Didn't Breach the CIA's Secrecy. He Exploited It.
A former CIA Officer allegedly used one of the government's most secret programs to stockpile tens of millions of dollars in gold.
Before Graham Platner ran for Senate, he witnessed SEALs kill a civilian in Ramadi
Right-wing outlets called his account of Chris Kyle shooting civilians in Ramadi a smear. They left out the corroboration.