Brandon Blackburn

Last week, with little media attention, CIA Director Mike Pompeo announced new policies aimed at empowering our nation’s covert operatives and reducing prohibitive bureaucratic red tape that has proved burdensome …

Recently, CIA Director Mike Pompeo publicly admonished the New York Times for its release of the name of an undercover agency officer responsible for thwarting threats from one of America’s …

As reports continue to swirl that Syria’s President Bashir al-Assad is planning additional use of chemical warfare against rebel adversaries, the United States and its allies will have some decisions …

Through the course of the months-long battles for Mosul and Raqqa, strings of media pundits have volleyed around questions and authoritative statements that decree the defeat of ISIS. And though …

Every week it seems that sadly there is a new occurrence of a person with a certain set of characteristics seeing their life ended by someone possessing a completely different …

The war on terror has proven to be a difficult battle on several fronts, even under the best of circumstances. This should not come as a surprise to anyone. But …

For those who keep up with the evolution of jihad, the first half of 2017 should be cause for alarm. Though there have been positive developments in the battles to …

It started off with the same gut-wrenching familiarity—news tickers on TV and social media sites announcing an explosion in another well-known area of a westernized country. Accusations, questions, and a …

As the latest example of terror in the western world, in the aftermath of the Manchester attacks, there is the usual rush to brand the attack to ISIS. But focusing …

One of the cornerstones to the rise, growth, and dominance of retail store Wal-Mart is its owner’s obsession with constantly identifying what the competition is doing right and what they …