Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Hillary Clinton classified emails require government to seize server, Judicial Watch says
The president of a conservative watchdog group says now that it is known that classified information was contained in Hillary Rodham Clinton's private stash of State Department emails, it is time for the government to seize her personal server and related storage disks to determine whether security was breached during her tenure as secretary of state. Published July 5, 2015
Admission of Hillary Clinton’s classified emails opens door for feds to seize her servers
The State Department on Wednesday conceded that two dozen of Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails did contain classified information, a fact that could trigger a U.S. policy that authorizes the government to take control of her private server and sanitize the contents. Published July 1, 2015
Afghani forces inadequate to fight Taliban: Pentagon
Afghanistan defense forces suffered a whopping 59 percent increase in battlefield casualties the past six months compared with 2014, mostly by the national police force, which remains ill-equipped to counter Taliban offenses and/or to hold recaptured territory, says a new Pentagon report. Published June 30, 2015
Army board clears Green Beret war hero of murder but gives him general discharge
A board of inquiry has ruled the Army failed to substantiate its contention that a Green Beret hero murdered a suspected Taliban bomb maker, but nonetheless recommended a general discharge because of his battlefield conduct. Published June 29, 2015
Islamic State uses downloadable apps to hide attack plans, recruit followers
The Islamic State terrorist army is snatching up the latest off-the-shelf encrypted applications to hide their military planning, with fighters publicly thanking former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for tipping them on U.S. spying tactics. Published June 28, 2015
Iran bullies region, broadens influence outside Persian Gulf
Iranian diplomats have sat down for a series of cordial negotiations with the West over nuclear arms, as all handshakes and smiles were captured in network news photo ops. Published June 24, 2015
New Pentagon manual declares journalists can be enemy combatants
The Pentagon's new thick book of instructions for waging war the legal way says that terrorists also can be journalists. Published June 21, 2015
Green Berets held back in Islamic State fight by flawed intelligence system
Army Green Berets planned for a wide range of actions in Iraq this year but bemoaned the sorry state of U.S. intelligence assets in the country to help the local security forces find and kill Islamic State terrorist targets, an internal Army memo says. Published June 16, 2015
Jason Amerine, Green Beret aiming to free U.S. hostages, caught in FBI web
When Lt. Col. Jason Amerine, a decorated Green Beret, took the big step last summer of contacting a member of Congress on the gnawing question of freeing American hostages, he never suspected the bureaucratic minefield that awaited him, especially from the FBI. Published June 14, 2015
Green Beret Lt. Col. Jason Amerine: Army trying to court-martial him for whistleblowing
A Green Beret war hero under investigation for unauthorized communications with Congress will testify on Thursday that the Army is out to court-martial him on criminal charges. Published June 10, 2015
Army Gen. Randy Taylor introduces his husband at Pentagon Gay Pride event
A married Army general on Tuesday introduced his same-sex spouse at a Pentagon event that featured lots of top brass, including Defense Secretary Ashton Carter as the keynote speaker. Published June 9, 2015
Air Force, Navy restocked with planes, missiles as Congress counters U.S. air power decline
American air power is declining at the very moment U.S. warplanes have been thrust into a long war in the skies over Iraq and Syria and must contain aggressive militaries in Russia and the Pacific. Published June 7, 2015
U.S. Army stops paying Green Beret war hero amid whistleblower probe
The Army has stopped paying an active duty Green Beret war hero who is under investigation, prompting his lawyer to threaten to ask a military judge to intervene. Published June 2, 2015
Islamic State recruits Westerners with promise of Muslim utopia
The Islamic State is building a terrorist society complete with medical centers, central kitchens, weapons factories, oil companies and schools, according to an analysis of the group's copious social media dispatches. Published June 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton-tied think tank bashes Obama’s ISIS war strategy
A think tank with ties to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton issued strong criticisms Thursday of the Obama administration's strategy to combat the Islamic State, with analysts writing that the U.S. is "failing" and needs to change course. Published May 28, 2015
Duncan Hunter, Army battle over Green Beret Jason Amerine investigation
A member of the House Committee on Armed Services is accusing the Army top brass of launching a criminal investigation against a Green Beret war hero as a way to retaliate against the congressman. Published May 27, 2015
Obama’s Islamic State strategy sparks doubt, resentment among Pentagon officials
Beneath the glowing battle reports about Iraq from U.S. military spokesmen in recent months, there remains a strong undercurrent of dissatisfaction among the Pentagon rank and file with the Obama administration's Islamic State strategy. Published May 26, 2015
Women’s combat roles in Israel Defense Forces exaggerated, military traditionalists say
Military traditionalists say women's combat roles in the Israel Defense Forces are exaggerated by advocates in the U.S., noting as an example a recent IDF decision to keep Israeli women from serving on main battle tanks. Published May 25, 2015
Obama, Hillary Clinton Benghazi narrative rebutted by Defense Department report
At the very time President Obama, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top leaders were blaming spontaneous protests for the deadly Benghazi attack, the Defense Department broadly circulated a detailed intelligence report that said an al Qaeda-linked group planned the assault 10 days beforehand. Its goal was to kill as many Americans as possible. Published May 19, 2015
Islamic State’s Ramadi rout shows U.S. troops needed in Iraq, military experts say
The retreat of Iraq's security forces in Ramadi and the successful hunt-and-kill mission by U.S. commandos in Syria demonstrate that the Obama administration needs to put more boots on the ground in Iraq to take on the Islamic State, military analysts say. Published May 18, 2015
