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"Things are bad and getting worse." @MilitaryTimes obtained aviation accident records via FOIA 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 4 1767
ICE raids meatpacking plant in rural Tennessee; 97 immigrants arrested 9 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 3 2451
Pentagon can't transfer funding to Trump's border wall, Democratic senators say 4 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 12 2164
U.S. says conducts air strike in Somalia, killing 5 militants 0 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 1062
Pentagon, Raytheon re-energize directed-energy weapons push 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 1283
Man arrested for wave of package bombs around Washington 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1216
Judge denies motion to drop case against widow of Orlando gunman 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1190
Suspicious packages found at U.S. installations in D.C. 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 4 1246
McCain presses Trump CIA nominee over her record on interrogations 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 3 1218
Car in U.S. Air Force base crash was loaded with propane tanks: media 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1292
Senate rejects bid to end U.S. support for Saudi campaign in Yemen 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1047
Soldier in Bloody Niger Mission Had Warned of Gaps, Defense Officials Say 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1146
Fat Leonard admiral keeps high-level security clearance 1 nitpicker Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1324
McMaster out! Bolton in? 3 Mad_Mongol Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 2158
2 Navy aviators dead after F/A-18 jet crashes off Key West 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 4 1333
US military official: Iran naval forces halt 'provocations' 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1041
American sentenced to 45 years prison for role in al Qaeda bomb attack 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1106
Trump Blocks Broadcoms Bid for Qualcomm. 1 elleng Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1471
Former Navy intelligence chief took lavish meals and gifts from 'Fat Leonard' but is cleared of cons 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1288
Questions for TSA after reports of laptop and phone searches on domestic flights 1 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 3 1359
San Diego Communications Company Pays More Than $12 Million to Settle False Claim Act Allegations 0 nitpicker Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1078
U.S. destroyer McCain collision which killed 10 sailors caused by 'sudden turn': Singapore 3 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1627
Corker: If Pentagon can turn entire countries into craters why can't it audit itself? 1 nitpicker Mar 2018 Mar 2018 8 1235
2 Navy officers sentenced in Fat Leonard case 1 nitpicker Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1415
Boeing air tanker delivery likely delayed again: U.S. Air Force 2 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1421
Kurds pull back from ISIS fight in Syria, saying they feel let down by U.S. 1 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 4 1135
Russian Aggression: Cold War 2.0 Or Did the First One Never End? 0 elleng Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1250
U.S. Army says mishandled war dogs, will comply with call for reform 1 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1167
The New U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Review and the Next Focus of the U.S. Security Strategy 0 Witch Hunter Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1363
June tornado caused $20M in damage to Nebraska air base 0 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1159

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Man shoots himself outside White House, Secret Service says 3 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1520
Navy channeling Willy Wonka offering golden tickets to return after getting out 0 nitpicker Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1293
Deportation document described immigrant activists protests 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1649
'Different spanks for different ranks': Lawmaker questions lack of courts-martial for Air Force gens 0 nitpicker Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1452
Former CEO and Executive Management of Defense Contractor, Wellco Enterprises, Inc., Pleads Guilty 1 nitpicker Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1277
Exasperated military judge halts USS Cole bombing case 2 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1438
Outrage as US border agents cut visit times for divided families 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1157
US agents arrest more than 200 undocumented immigrants, target 122 businesses in California sweep 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1219
Al Qaeda operative gets life sentence for killing soldiers, bomb plot 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1159
Deploy or get out: New Pentagon plan could boot thousands of non-deployable troops 5 nitpicker Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 2554
Are China and Russia challenging US military dominance? 0 bronxiteforever Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1518
Chelsea bomber: man behind New York attack gets multiple life sentences 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1206
US Navy pressing towards major reorg that could strip Pacific Fleet of authorities 1 nitpicker Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1461
Trump takes 'shackles' off ICE, which is slapping them on immigrants who thought they were safe 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1475
The drone shot down by Israel was an Iranian copy of a U.S. craft, Israel says 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1306
Fired Official Was Exploring Resolution to 9/11 Case Precluding Death Penalty 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1257
Kansas professor detained by ICE after living in U.S. for 30 years granted temporary stay of deporta 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1310
Dems introduce bills to block funds for Trump's proposed parade 3 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1352
Washington is Trump's preferred parade route, options open: Mattis 5 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1526
New York man gets 18 years prison for Islamic State support 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1138
Americans In ISIS: Some 300 Tried To Join, 12 Have Returned To U.S. 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1177
Massive Pentagon agency lost track of hundreds of millions of dollars 4 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 6 1463
Democratic senators: Trump lacks 'legal authority' for preemptive, 'bloody nose' strike on North Kor 4 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 8 2126
Navy: 17 sailors disciplined for Fitzgerald and McCain collisions 1 nitpicker Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1236
U.S. judge gives Indonesian illegal immigrants deportation reprieve 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1099
Cuban immigrant awaiting removal dies in ICE custody, marking the second detainee death in as many m 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1576
U.S. missile defense test unsuccessful: official 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1178
Lawsuit saying Twitter aided Islamic State thrown out by U.S. appeals court 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 957
Former U.S. Navy Commander Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy with Foreign Defense Contractor 0 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1331
Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases 2 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1372

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Trump team idea to nationalize 5G network to counter China is rejected 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1150
DHS plans tougher screening for refugees from 11 countries 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1028
Rosenstein approved surveillance extension of former Trump adviser: NYT 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 1392
U.S. judge blocks prompt deportation of Cambodians 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1334
Man Pleads Guilty to DOD Bribery and Kickback Conspiracy 0 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1562
Former Contractor at Military Sealift Command Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Bribery, and Honest Servi 0 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1150
TEXAS MAN SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRING TO ILLEGALLY EXPORT RADIATION HARDENED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS 0 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1177
Trump administration backs bills to toughen foreign investment rules 2 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1196
2 Men Charged With Conspiring to Illegally Obtain Technology and Computer Chips- Sent to China 1 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1366
US air wars under Trump: increasingly indiscriminate, increasingly opaque 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1134
US orders extra air cargo screening for flights from Mideast 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1105
Navy Federal plans to loan money if shutdown blocks paychecks of military & feds 0 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1164
How homicide charges for two skippers will shake up the entire Navy 0 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1249
U.S. Army helicopter crash in California kills two soldiers: official 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1157
'Serial stowaway' got past TSA, spent night at O'Hare before flight to London: Prosecutors 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1504
Damaged Navy ship to arrive Friday at Mississippi shipyard 0 nitpicker Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1172
Military Shifts Focus to Threats by Russia and China, Not Terrorism 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1159
Homeland security may have violated court order during travel ban - report 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1034
U.S. customs agency is so short-staffed, it's sending officers from airports to the Mexican border 4 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1440
U.S. troops punished for contact with foreign women during White House trip but not court-martialed 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 1141
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