Rowan Scarborough

U.S. command in Afghanistan gives Army 60 days to fix or replace intel network

The Pentagon's main battlefield intelligence network in Afghanistan is vulnerable to hackers — both the enemy or a leaker — and the U.S. command in Kabul will cut it off from the military's classified data files unless the Army fixes the defects within 60 days, according to an official memo obtained by The Washington Times.

September 24, 2013

No way to keep U.S. arms out of enemy hands in Syria

Some of the U.S. weapons flowing to rebels in Syria are bound to fall into the hands of Islamic extremists, say analysts and a retired Army general just back from touring the country.

September 23, 2013

Former defense secretaries Gates, Panetta fault Obama on Syria

Now, even the president's men don't like his Syria policy.

September 18, 2013

Navy Yard shootings expose a flawed security clearance system

The government system that provided Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis a "secret" security clearance has been beset by problems.

September 17, 2013

A year after Benghazi, where is the justice?

There has been little public testimony from the American personnel in Benghazi, Libya, on exactly what happened as extremists attacked them on Sept. 11, 2012. Did they make calls for help and, if so, what did the U.S. military tell them?

September 10, 2013

Marine Corps drops Taliban urination desecration case; commandant saves face

The Marine Corps has suddenly dropped criminal charges against an officer in the infamous Taliban urination video case, heading off what promised to be an embarrassing pretrial hearing for the Corps’ commandant Wednesday.

September 7, 2013

Proxy war: A U.S. strike on Syria is a haymaker at Iran

In the 22-year history of the U.S. launching precision airstrikes against a list of foes, its anticipated attack on Syria would be its first against a staunch ally of Iran.

September 5, 2013

Bashar Assad loses U.S. friends as Kerry, Hagel and Biden take Bush’s stance on Syria

The Obama national security team that wants to go to war with Syria and demonizes President Bashar Assad is the same group that, as senators, urged reaching out to the dictator.

September 1, 2013

Take your pick: Syria is a target-rich environment for U.S. missiles

The Assad dynasty significantly militarized Syria over the past few decades, thus providing the Obama administration a rich list of targets should it order punitive airstrikes against the regime.

August 29, 2013

U.S. bombing in Syria would benefit jihadists

Islamist rebels in Syria, the lead force in the armed opposition, would benefit from a U.S. bombing campaign against the Syrian regime and advance their goal of seizing power in Damascus, analysts said Wednesday.

August 28, 2013

U.S. readies for possible air strikes on Syria

The United States is ready to strike Syria's air force and suspected munition sites to blunt the regime's ability to fight off the various rebel groups fighting to bring down President Bashar al Assad.

August 26, 2013

Bradley Manning’s files are filled with fits and odd behavior

Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, convicted last month of leaking thousands of classified files in 2009 and 2010, had long erupted in angry outbursts and collapsed in fits that his supervisors hoped would be controlled by therapy sessions, court-martial documents show.

August 20, 2013

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