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Threats

The D Brief: Exploiting the opportunity with Saudi, where the terrorism threat grows; Hagel this ayem on “non-stop war”; McCain: more BOG; Dunford shakes it up; James in Antarctica; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 26, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: In Yemen, what was old becomes new again; Austin on using boots on the ground: we’ll do what it takes; Thornberry on U.S. and Assad: it’s confusing; Tom Brady: “It’s not ISIS;” Hersman to CSIS; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 23, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: U.S. trainers to Ukraine; Siege in Yemen over for now, but dangers persist; Navy fires the Gitmo base commander; What were Iraqis from Anbar doing in the Pentagon?; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 22, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: Yemen struggles; Thornberry: things gotta change; Canada has TIC; Dunford chooses an SMMC; The fleecing of the Army; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 21, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: Defense One’s State of Defense and the services; Yemen’s capital won’t be evacuated; A shift on Syria; Sniper a hit with “cultural conservatives” and vets; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 20, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: Pentagon to send 400 trainers, hundreds more personnel for Syria rebel training; An attack thwarted in Belgium; A SEAL’s swagger: too much?; Hagel’s blue socks; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 16, 2015
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Threats

The D Brief: Airstrikes in Syria aren’t working; Why to fear 'Butt Bombs;' A rise in suicides; The Air Force’s state today; Anne Gearan’s 1,916-day wait for a FOIA; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 15, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: AQAP claims Paris attack; McCain just got his second most wanted dream job; The amazing technology searching for AirAsia jet; Little gets a new job; Bradley Cooper talks at Sniper screening; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 14, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: Is IS in Afghanistan?; CENTCOM gets hacked; The Navy’s workaround on exoskeletons; Hagel, wheels up for the last time; An architecture lesson, failed; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 13, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: Carter’s transition team continues to form; Feinstein: P4 has suffered enough; Clapper loves North Korean food, not the company; Musical chairs for journos; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 12, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: French police close in; Yemen connection confirmed; Five months of airstrikes in Iraq, Syria; A workaround for F-35; Dempsey eyeing more aid for Iraq; Romley to CNAS; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 9, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: Why didn’t security cameras help in Paris?; Yemen burns; Iraqi veteran wants to rein in bennies; Lockheed to extend range of it’s THAAD; The Pentagon’s Warren to reporters: watch us; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 8, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: 12 dead in Paris; U.S. trainers to flow into Iraq; Pentagon Correspondents rejoice; Kirby: we don’t count every nose we shwack; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 7, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: An Islamic State police official, decapitated; Ash Carter to face Senate in Feb.?; Why Bill Moran’s efforts to reform the Navy’s personnel system are critical; Maxim pinups still in Taji; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 6, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: Support for the Afghan war is up; The Air Force’s drone problem; How military families grieve; Is the M4 flawed or what?; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • January 5, 2015
Threats

The D Brief: Ash Carter’s troika; Sony about faces; Bin Laden shooter under investigation; The grim reality for U.S. allies in Iraq; An actual war on Christmas?; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • December 24, 2014
Threats

The D Brief: Boko Haram’s impact is widening; A major cyber vulnerability, revealed; Obama’s approval rating among troops sinks; A win for the Kurds; Militants hanged in Pakistan; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • December 22, 2014
Threats

The D Brief: Is “Iraq first” the right way?; An about face for the Army; Avril Haines gets the nod; The wars cost $1.6 trillion; Does Elf on a Shelf create a spy culture?: And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • December 19, 2014
Threats

The D Brief: Landmark shift in US-Cuba relations; The spies in the middle; Rubio rising; A view from inside Langley; What Hollywood gets wrong about North Korea; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson and Kevin Baron

  • Gordon Lubold, Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
  • December 18, 2014
Threats

The D Brief: Rajiv Shah to step down; Pakistan unites in outrage; A Yemen school attack; A Navy pilot in the ISS; The flak jacket of the future; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
  • December 17, 2014
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