Originally published at National Review On Friday, the news media were so sure North Korea would conduct a nuclear test over the weekend to celebrate the 105th birthday of Kim Il-Sung that they almost started a countdown clock. The test never happened. Some experts said this was because President Trump caused North Korean leader Kim …
This article originally published at Conservative HQ Our friend Fred Fleitz, who held national-security jobs for 25 years with the CIA, DIA, Department of State, and House Intelligence Committee staff, reminded us recently that Obama and his thugs have a proven record of using the U.S. intelligence apparatus to monitor political opponents. Back in December of 2015 Fleitz published …
At the beginning of this year China Molybdenum Co Ltd. a Chinese private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in a massive copper and cobalt mine in Congo’s Katanga province. The deal cost CMCOL $2.56 billion and is only a fraction of the $6 billion loan that the Chinese Exim Bank made to the DRC …
After declaring that “Iran is on notice” for a recent ballistic-missile test and for missile attacks against a Saudi ship by Houthi rebels, and then announcing new U.S. sanctions against Iran on Friday, the Trump administration met with predicable criticism from Democrats and the foreign-policy establishment, who objected that the president was provoking Iran and …
One of Barack Obama’s most dangerous legacies is his “Obamabomb” deal with Iran. Far from ending the mullahs’ pursuit of nuclear weapons, the deal is enabling it, notably at covert underground military facilities like Fardow that are off-limits to inspectors and are now protected by advanced Russian air defenses. The deal’s transfer of many tens …
In the days following Donald Trump’s victory, a variety of experts — mostly Trump critics — pronounced that, despite Trump’s frequent statements during the presidential campaign that the July 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is one of “the worst deals ever made by any country in history,” he has no choice but to stick with …
In an October 23 Washington Post book review, former New York Times reporter Elaine Sciolino is sharply critical of a new book on Iran by Wall Street Journalwriter Jay Solomon, The Iran Wars, because he criticizes the July 2015 nuclear deal with Iran (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA) instead of devoting his …
According to a September 30 Wall Street Journal article, the Obama administration signed a secret agreement with Iran to lift U.N. sanctions from two Iranian banks — Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International — that helped finance Iran’s ballistic-missile program. U.S. and Iranian officials signed this deal on January 17, 2016, the same day Iran …
Mike Daniels is a visiting fellow in the Center for Internet, Communications and Technology Policy at the American Enterprise Institute and has served in senior advisory positions at the White House and the National Security Council. Listen to the audio version here. FRANK GAFFNEY: Welcome to Secure Freedom Radio. This is Frank Gaffney, your host and guide …
Ken Timmerman is a nationally recognized investigative reporter and war correspondent who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for the work he has done to expose Iran’s nuclear weapons program. His latest book, Dark Forces: the Truth About What Happened in Benghazi, probes the secrets of U.S. covert action in Libya as …