Rowan Scarborough

Al Qaeda ‘rat line’ from Syria to Iraq turns back against Assad

Syrian President Bashar Assad's anti-U.S. strategy during the 2003-11 Iraq War has come back to bite him.

August 19, 2013

In classified cyberwar against Iran, trail of Stuxnet leak leads to White House

The Obama administration provided a New York Times reporter exclusive access to a range of high-level national security officials for a book that divulged highly classified information on a U.S. cyberwar on Iran's nuclear program, internal State Department emails show.

August 18, 2013

Army colonel: Physical strength not the end-all, be-all of combat service

An Army officer writing in a prestigious journal says the services should not overemphasize physical strength when deciding whether a woman qualifies for direct ground combat.

August 12, 2013

Pentagon hints at changes to allow more women in ground combat

Public statements from the Pentagon since it removed the ban on direct ground combat jobs for women signal that the armed services plan to change their physical standards to ensure integration of the sexes, analysts say.

August 5, 2013

Christians are in the crosshairs of bloody Muslim wars in Mideast

The Arab Spring has not been kind to Christians, and Syria is a good example: The nation's 2 million-plus Christians are caught in the middle of a Muslim war.

August 1, 2013

Top Marine Gen. James Amos is accused of interfering in sex assault, desecration cases

A military judge did something extraordinary last summer when he ordered the Marine Corps' top officer to submit sworn statements in a sexual assault case. The answers from the commandant, Gen. James F. Amos, have some in Marine legal circles wondering whether he told the full truth.

July 28, 2013

Military considers separate combat training for men and women

The military is looking at ways to modify its training for women to help them qualify for direct ground combat roles in the infantry, tank units and special operations.

July 25, 2013

Pentagon mulling separate combat training for men, women

The military is looking at ways to modify its training for women to help them qualify for direct ground combat roles in the infantry, tanks and special operations.

July 25, 2013

An eavesdropping phoenix, NSA arose from ashes of 9/11

The start of the National Security Agency's rise in power can be traced to the first years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when new laws, secret presidential orders and lots of cash emboldened it to sweep up billions of communications.

July 23, 2013

Al Jazeera coming to America: Controversial network ready to hit U.S. TV markets

Al Jazeera, the Arab news network that has provided a venue for Osama bin Laden videos, the Muslim Brotherhood and a birthday bash for a convicted murderer, is coming to America.

July 23, 2013

Emails reveal how accuracy was scrubbed out of Benghazi ‘talking points’

As the hour grew late on the night of Sept. 14, the White House wanted to make one thing clear to the State Department and the CIA as the three collaborated on what would come to be known as the Benghazi "talking points," designed to be used by Congress and administration officials to explain what had happened three days earlier at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

July 16, 2013

The (spy) game’s afoot in hunt for NSA leaker Snowden

One twist in the fugitive hunt for asylum-seeking Edward Snowden is that the man who has revealed the most secrets about the National Security Agency in history now is undoubtedly one of its chief targets.

July 13, 2013

Granddaughter qualifies to follow in boot steps of Delta Force founder

A descendant of Col. Charles Beckwith, who in 1977 founded the Army's Delta Force that today hunts and kills Islamic terrorists, passed the test in May to become a member of the elite special operations forces.

July 9, 2013

Private suppliers fill in where Pentagon pulls out; TroopsDirect sends necessities to Afghanistan

Aaron Negherbon, who founded the nonprofit TroopsDirect, said his organization has shipped more than 180,000 pounds of essentials to troops since 2010, giving a new meaning to the idea of a CARE package.

July 8, 2013

Ouster of Egypt’s Islamist president a product of army’s U.S. military training

In ousting Muslim Brotherhood rule, the Egyptian army did what it has been taught to do for decades: Keep Cairo out of the hands of Islamists.

July 7, 2013

Two more female officers fail in Marines’ infantry course

A third pair of female Marine lieutenants has failed to complete the Corps' Infantry Officer Course at Quantico, Va.

July 3, 2013

GAO report conflicts with Army over battlefield intelligence system

The Army's vaunted battlefield intelligence processor is "difficult to operate" and suffers "workstation system failures," a confidential government report says.

July 1, 2013

Special operations forces are worried about adding women

Publicly and privately, U.S. commandos are casting doubt on the sexual revolution looming over Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Delta Force and Green Berets.

June 27, 2013

Pentagon celebrates gay troops

The Pentagon on Tuesday toasted gays in the military, with a top adviser to President Obama declaring the country is "safer" now that they may serve openly in the ranks.

June 25, 2013

Military gives a salute to Gay Pride Month; messages sent to commands

The U.S. military is embracing a celebration of homosexuals in the ranks this month by sending out a gay pride poster and a directive to commands, while planning a Pentagon symposium that will be attended by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

June 23, 2013