Defense

How the U.S. Is Helping Search for the Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls

U.S. is flying manned surveillance missions, sharing commercial satellite imagery and assigning security officials to the case.

Defense

Congress Plans Obamacare Exemption to Boost Veteran Employment

The Senate could hold a procedural vote this week on a House bill to change the employer mandate.

Defense One

Dempsey Wants to ‘Rebalance the Use of Military Power'

The U.S. military needs to do less foreign fighting and more foreign training, says Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey in an exclusive interview. By James Kitfield

Defense One

What the Most Secure Email in the Universe Would Look Like

Here’s how you will one day be able to send invisible messages on your future quantum cell-phone. By Patrick Tucker

Nextgov

German iPhone Hackers Pledge to Fund Snowden

The Chaos Computer Club, or CCC, aims to promote technical research and social issues, including privacy.

Defense

Rand Paul Calls for Public Release of Extrajudicial-Killing Memo

Will President Obama refuse a demand that unites the Kentucky Republican and the ACLU?

Defense

Here Are the Republicans Serving on the Benghazi Select Committee

But it's still not clear if any Democrats will be joining them.

Defense

Chuck Hagel Is Open to Reviewing the Military's Transgender Policy

Pronouncement could signal one of the first steps toward a shift in policy.

Defense

China and the US Are Racing to Turn Poor, Naive Millennials into Spies

Unsuspecting Chinese students, some of them as young as 16 years old, are being lured into working for foreign intelligence agents.

Defense One

How Climate Change Affects Terrorism

Climate change not only threatens the environment, it can lead to greater instability and fuel global conflict and terrorism. By Jon Gensler

Defense

Office of the Director of National Intelligence Now Requires Employees To Pretend Leaks Never Happened

All ODNI employees (both current and former) may not use any information from "known leaks, or unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information" in anything they release to the public.

Defense

Republicans Have Created Their Benghazi Select Committee. Now What?

The House approved the special panel, with little Democratic support.

Nextgov

Hackers Target Nuke Data; Change Grades, Steal Mom's Identity

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Defense One

Shinseki Under Fire Over Claims VA Kept Secret Waiting List

Criticism is mounting over recent allegations that several Veterans Affairs clinics hid their real waiting lists to hide the backlog of vets awaiting care. By Stephanie Gaskell

Defense

Panel Approves 1.8 Percent Pay Raise for Troops

The Armed Services Committee reported out the fiscal 2015 Defense authorization bill; pay boost is slightly more than the president’s 1 percent proposal.

Nextgov

Pentagon App Store Is Open, but the Shelves Are Pretty Bare

The Defense Information Systems Agency so far has approved only one software application designed specifically for troops—to report sexual assault.