Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Illegal immigrants who vote not tracked
President's Trump's commission plans to place significant reliance on data from the Department of Homeland Security to determine the extent of illegal voting by noncitizens. Published June 4, 2017
National Guardsmen want Army to end probe into recruiting bonus program
A large association of enlisted National Guardsmen is calling on the Army to end its six-year criminal probe into a now-defunct recruiting bonus program, accusing investigators of inflicting "relentless harassment" on targeted soldiers. Published May 29, 2017
John Brennan, Obama loyalist and CIA director, drove FBI to investigate Trump associates
What caused the Barack Obama administration to begin investigating the Donald Trump campaign last summer has come into clearer focus following a string of congressional hearings on Russian interference in the presidential election. Published May 29, 2017
FBI possessed, studied anti-Trump dossier, says former top spy
Former President Barack Obama's former top spy has provided the first public confirmation that the FBI possessed and studied the discredited anti-Trump dossier that made unverified criminal charges against the president's campaign associates and others. Published May 25, 2017
Salman Abedi visited Libya, an ISIS training hotbed
European authorities say Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi recently visited Libya, a chaotic warring country where the Islamic State terror group has beckoned foreign fighters to train and link up with the larger battle in its home base of Syria. Published May 24, 2017
Manchester bombing reveals Europe’s denial of Islamic terror threat
The Manchester massacre underscores complaints from counterterrorism analysts that Europe has fallen into denial about the threat of Islamic terrorism. Published May 23, 2017
Army National Guard recruitment fraud case rests on murky rules
The Army's recruitment fraud case against Sgt. 1st Class Trevor Antoine, an 18-year soldier with a spotless record, rests on a series of sometimes confusing rules that were created, replaced and created again during a dash to sign up thousands of National Guard members for two hot wars. Published May 22, 2017
Federal judge rules against BuzzFeed in libel lawsuit over anti-Trump dossier
A federal judge in Florida ruled Monday that a libel lawsuit over the infamous anti-Donald Trump dossier will remain in her Miami courtroom. Published May 22, 2017
Trevor Antoine, Virgin Islands Guardsman, targeted by Army without proof: Lawyer
The Army Criminal Investigation Command's nationwide probe into fake recruiting bonuses stretched into the touristy Caribbean in 2014 and reached a small National Guard unit on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas. Published May 21, 2017
Navy rejects SEAL Keith Barry’s call to investigate claims of unlawful command influence at Pentagon
The Navy has moved to block the appointment of a special investigator for accusations from a decorated Navy SEAL that two Pentagon admirals intervened in his sexual assault court-martial to make sure he was convicted. Published May 20, 2017
Patrick Lorge, retired admiral, charges Pentagon brass interfered in Navy SEAL’s sexual-assault case
A retired admiral is accusing the highest levels of the Navy legal corps at the Pentagon of improperly interfering in the case of a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of sexual assault. Published May 12, 2017
Carter Page asks for Obama-ordered intelligence on him
Carter Page, an energy investor under scrutiny by the FBI in the Trump-Russia probe, is asking the Senate intelligence committee to provide information from Obama administration-ordered wiretaps and surveillance on him. Published May 7, 2017
Mark Green, Trump’s Army secretary pick and decorated combat veteran, withdraws from nomination
President Trump's pick as the next Army secretary surrendered to the gay rights movement on Friday and announced he has withdrawn. Published May 6, 2017
Islamic State urges jihadis to get into hostage-taking business, buy weapons at U.S. gun shows
The Islamic State is being slowly pushed out of towns in Iraq and Syria, but its hold on social media is continuing with new directives to followers on new ways for "slaughtering" non-Muslims. Published May 5, 2017
Trump’s Army sec. pick — a combat hero and devout Christian — under assault from LGBTQ activists
His military resume to become the next Army secretary appears impeccable, but his conservative Christian beliefs have rallied the gay rights movement and its Democratic supporters to defeat the soldier-businessman-politician. Published May 4, 2017
North Korea missiles can defeat U.S. defense systems
North Korea has tailored its spate of ballistic missile tests to defeat the U.S.-stationed defense systems ready to protect the South and Japan from descending warheads. Published May 3, 2017
Donald Trump: Democrats’ dossier tactic a ‘disgrace’
President Trump says "it's a disgrace" for Democrats to embrace a discredited dossier by an ex-British spy to attack him and argue for Congress to create a special commission to investigate Russian intervention in the November election. Published May 1, 2017
Christopher Steele admits dossier charge unverified
Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the infamous anti-Donald Trump dossier, acknowledges that a sensational charge his sources made about a tech company CEO and Democratic Party hacking is unverified. Published April 25, 2017
Michael Cohen may sue BuzzFeed, Christopher Steele
Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, says he has instructed his own attorney to investigate legal action against BuzzFeed, which posted an opposition research "dossier" that accused Mr. Cohen without proof of a conspiracy with Russian agents. Published April 24, 2017
Christopher Steele’s Donald Trump dossier conflicts with independent evidence
An anti-Donald Trump "dossier" created by a former British spy and financed by Democratic-linked money has significant detractors: the people accused of crimes in a supposed Trump-Russia conspiracy. Published April 23, 2017