Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Voter fraud debate as divided as America is politically
President Trump's vow to investigate illegal voting in America has placed the spotlight on a handful of conservative groups that have fought voter fraud in the shadows of more prominent issues such as Obamacare and terrorism. Published January 29, 2017
ISIS finds success infiltrating terrorists into refugee flows to West
The Islamic State has planned to infect refugee flows to the West with mass killers, and it has had some violent successes. Published January 29, 2017
Nation’s ‘voting rolls are a mess,’ say longtime fraud watchdogs
President Trump's vow to investigate illegal voting in America has placed the spotlight on a handful of conservative groups that have fought voter fraud in the shadows of more prominent issues such as Obamacare and terrorism. Published January 29, 2017
Hillary Clinton received 800,000 votes from noncitizens, bolsters Trump argument, study finds
Hillary Clinton garnered more than 800,000 votes from noncitizens on Nov. 8, an approximation far short of President Trump's estimate of up to 5 million illegal voters but supportive of his charges of fraud. Published January 26, 2017
ISIS drone dropping precision bombs alarms U.S. military
In a new threat to the West, the Islamic State on Tuesday debuted on social media a commercially available drone dropping small bombs with pinpoint accuracy onto Iraqi targets in and around Mosul. Published January 24, 2017
ISIS finds easy recruits in prisons of Indonesia
The Islamic State is seeking a foothold in the prisons of Indonesia, a country with the world's largest Muslim population and significant poverty. Published January 22, 2017
Army picks Sig Sauer for new handgun before John Mattis takes charge at Pentagon
It has taken the Army an agonizing decade to write the requirements, evaluate the candidates and pick a successor to the 30-year-old Beretta M9 pistol. Published January 22, 2017
Donald Trump urged to get tough on Iranian rights
A group of Republicans, Democrats and retired military officers has asked President-elect Donald Trump to abandon President's Obama's soft approach to Iran's "brutal repression" and take a stand that puts the U.S. "on the right side of history." Published January 17, 2017
Michael Flynn, James Mattis dim Donald Trump’s hopes for strong Russia ties
National Security Adviser-designate Michael T. Flynn has offered notably different views on Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, as the retired three-star Army general prepares to become Donald Trump's closest White House adviser on Friday. Published January 15, 2017
The explosive ‘dossier’ on Donald Trump, and how it emerged, reads like a Cold War spy novel
The story reads like a John le Carre Cold War novel, complete with Moscow's bad guys, Great Britain's MI6 spy agency and Washington's FBI counter-intelligence. Published January 13, 2017
Navy sailor invokes Hillary Clinton defense in bid for clemency over classified photos
A former Navy submariner sent to prison for photographing his ship's classified engine compartments has filed a presidential clemency request, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump should realize the sailor was a "scapegoat" amid the FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's mishandling of classified material. Published January 10, 2017
ISIS using Telegram app to broadcast terror instructions, propaganda
The Islamic State's terrorist army in recent weeks has used channels on a popular messaging app to show gruesome killings and to instruct followers on how to attack the U.S. with chemical weapons, despite the app's assertion that it blocks such extremists. Published January 8, 2017
Democrats bash CIA over torture but not Russia hacks
It was less than two years ago that Democrats were bashing the CIA enhanced interrogation of terrorism suspects and accusing the agency of providing false information. Published January 5, 2017
Terror groups abandoning complex plots, concentrate on attacks by digital-savvy loners
A confidential government report says terrorist groups such as the Islamic State have all but abandoned trying to put together huge plots such as the Sept. 11 attacks and warns counterterrorism agencies of a "new landscape" where lone killers strike and massacre quickly thanks to the digital age. Published January 4, 2017
Donald Trump blasts Boeing, Lockheed Martin for overpriced weapons
Military reformers in the nation's capital may have found a soul mate in a billionaire real estate magnate who takes a keen interest in what things cost, including big weapons systems. Published January 3, 2017
ISIS arrests in Northern Virginia reveal jihadi threat near seat of U.S. government
Law enforcement agencies have arrested nine Northern Virginia residents on charges of aiding the Islamic State since the terrorist group rose to power in Syria and Iraq in 2014 and launched social media propaganda to attract followers, a government message to police states. Published December 26, 2016
Obama already set to spend $20B a year to update U.S. nukes
President-elect Donald Trump has stirred up fears of a new arms race in a Twitter message on improving "nuclear capability," but President Obama already has committed to spending as much as $20 billion a year to update the nation's ability to conduct a nuclear war. Published December 23, 2016
ISIS lures the poor and the prosperous from 50 countries to build terrorist army
The Islamic State drew far more fighters from far more countries than its predecessor, a steady flow from far-flung global regions that helps explain the terrorists' commitment to mass murder and destruction once they arrived to create a ballyhooed promised land. Published December 21, 2016
Iran brutalizing Aleppo, executing ‘most atrocious war crimes’ of 21st century
Iran's brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force has played an extensive role in the rape of Aleppo, building a network of bases around the Syrian city and directing militiamen from Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan to do the killing, an Iranian opposition group says in a new intelligence report. Published December 20, 2016
Obama, Democrats decry Trump’s ties to Putin — after own Russia outreach fizzles
Liberals are condemning President-elect Donald Trump and his people for supposed links to Vladimir Putin, but there was a time when Democrats were ingratiating themselves to the autocratic Russian leader and his country's money. Published December 18, 2016