According to Wikipedia: Non-lethal weapons, also called less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than conventional weapons. It is often understood that accidental, incidental, and correlative casualties are risked wherever force is applied, but non-lethal weapons try to minimize the risk as much as possible. Non-lethal weapons are used in combat situations to limit the escalation of conflict where employment of lethal force is prohibited or undesirable, where rules of engagement require minimum casualties, or where policy restricts the use of conventional force. Non-lethal…
Author: John Greenewald
The following were obtained after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all versions of the video presentation, “NRO: The Nation’s Eyes and Ears in Space”. I was surprised to find 3 different versions of the presentation, and all had slates they were approved for release around the same day that I received them. Which means, they probably have not been available in this form, ever before. NRO Release Letter [ 2 Pages, 0.5MB] You can view all three versions of the video here: Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Background on the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) The following…
This is the official version of the killing of Osama bin Laden, as chronicled by Wikipedia: Osama bin Laden, the founder and head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1:00 am PKT (20:00 UTC, May 1) by Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six). The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, was carried out in a Central Intelligence Agency-led operation. In addition to DEVGRU, participating units included the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and…
Background Project Megiddo was a report researched and written by the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation under Director Louis Freeh. Released on October 20, 1999, the report named followers of white supremacy, Christian Identity, the militia movement, Black Hebrew Israelites, and apocalyptic cults as potential terrorists who might become violent in reaction to the new millennium. The report’s purpose was to warn other domestic law enforcement agencies to “the potential for extremist criminal activity in the United States by individuals or domestic groups who attach special significance to the year 2000.” The report also stated: “The threat posed by…
Background The U.S. Military and government has spent a lot of time and money while considering the militarization of space. The following documents offer a glimpse into that past. Document Archive ABMA Presentation to NASA, November 2006 [ 155 Pages, 28.64MB ] – This document was referenced in the Project Horizon document. Automation Tools for Responsive Space and Space Superiority, 02 August 2011 [ 5 Pages, 0.8MB ] – This consists of the Title Page and Table of Contents ONLY. The quote for the entire document was in excess of $450 for the review of this 192 page report. I requested the title…