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Cheryl K. Chumley

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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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** FILE ** Essam el-Erian, a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader seen speaking in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2011. (Associated Press)

Egypt captures, arrests Muslim Brotherhood head

Egyptian authorities acted on a tip on Wednesday and raided an apartment in eastern Cairo, discovering and arresting a leading Muslim Brotherhood leader who had been on the run for months.

October 30, 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa is on an official visit to Russia. (AP Photo/ Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia bugged goodie bags with spy technology at G-20

Apparently, America isn't the only country to spy on neighbors and world leaders. Russia gave out goodie bags filled with USB drives and telephone chargers at the recent G-20 summit in St. Petersburg — but the devices were designed to download the users' information and pass it along to intelligence agents at the Kremlin.

October 30, 2013
The first-in-class Zumwalt, the largest U.S. Navy destroyer ever built, floats off a submerged dry dock in the Kennebec River, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, in Bath, Maine. Unlike warships with towering radar- and antenna-laden superstructures, the Zumwalt will ride low to the water to minimize its radar signature, making it stealthier than others. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

USS Zumwalt hits the water as largest Navy destroyer ever

The USS Zumwalt, a massive 610-foot modern-day destroyer with an advanced rocket system, launched into the water off a Maine dock on Monday, in a surprisingly quiet ceremony, given the vessel’s record-breaking size and unusual shape.

October 29, 2013
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on potential changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Faced with anger over revelations about U.S. spying at home and abroad, members of Congress suggested Tuesday that programs the Obama administration says are needed to combat terrorism may have gone too far. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

U.S. intel rages at Obama spy denials: ‘People are furious’

The U.S. spy community is reacting angrily to President Obama's suggestion that he knew nothing about America's surveillance of other countries' leaders, characterizing his denials as officially throwing intelligence officials under the bus.

October 29, 2013
** FILE ** Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes is the Democratic Party opponent of Sen. Mitch McConnell. (Associated Press)

Hollywood unleashes A-list guns on Mitch McConnell

Hollywood has set its sights on Mitch McConnell, sending out A-list actors and actresses to defeat the Republican Kentucky senator with big-money donations to his Democratic Party opponent in the 2014 race.

October 29, 2013
This 1977 file image provided by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation shows, from left, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill in a scene from "Star Wars." Fisher says she's coming back as Princess Leia for the new “Star Wars” films. (AP Photo/20th Century-Fox Film Corp., file) ** FILE **

‘Star Wars’ blooper reel surfaces on YouTube 36 years later

Storm Troopers that get stuck in the doors. Rebel forces who lose their helmets. C-3PO's dramatic — and mistaken — desert sand fall. That's all part of a blooper reel that's surfaced on the iconic "Star Wars" blockbusters, making the rounds of YouTube fully 36 years after the movies' heydays.

October 29, 2013
In this photo taken on Oct. 26, 2010, and released by the Chinese Navy on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, a Chinese navy nuclear submarine takes part in a nuclear safety drill at the Qingdao submarine base in east China's Shandong province. In a sign of growing confidence, China's navy gave Chinese media on Sunday unprecedented publicity on its first nuclear submarine fleet, one of its most secretive military programs. China is devoting increasing resources to its naval forces to safeguard its maritime interests and assert its territorial claims. (AP Photo)

China flexes muscle and unveils mystery nuclear sub fleet

China unveiled this week a fleet of nuclear submarines that has been shrouded in mystery and hidden for 40-plus years — a move seen by security experts as a show of force and confidence from a nation that's aggressively pursuing the top spot on the world stage.

October 29, 2013