ANALYSIS – According to the establishment media narrative and the partisan spin, the anti-Trump House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot has uncovered ‘damming’ evidence of the former President’s ‘criminal conduct’ regarding the Capitol riot. In their contrived version of events, texts to and from Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Donald Trump Jr., members of Congress, as well as the conservative media, on that day confirm “the White House knew exactly what was happening at the Capitol.” As Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney stated before reading the text messages: These texts leave no doubt: the White House knew exactly what was…
Author: Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for office, taught political science, wrote for a major newspaper and had his own radio show. Paul has also been a defense contractor with the Pentagon. He brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty — at home and from abroad.
GRAY ZONE – Despite European fantasies that somehow the European Union (EU) is the reason for 70 years of relative peace in Europe, the transatlantic US-European military alliance – NATO – has been the real bulwark of peace and stability. And today, NATO has to stand up to the new and growing Russian threat. This is the warning given by Ambassador John Bolton who served as National Security Advisor to President Trump. However, despite NATO’s success, it has made some mistakes which have created a volatile gray zone border with Russia and helped fuel the current crisis. Bolton notes: The West made two fundamental…
Multiple sources are reporting that the Pentagon may be sending additional military assets closer to China in the Indo-Pacific theater. Most of these added assets are expected to be based in Guam and Australia. This according to the Pentagon’s latest report. The classified Global Posture Review is designed to help advise where to position various forces across the globe over the next two to three years. According to this review, the assessment plans for improvements to the airfields and other infrastructure at U.S. bases in Guam and Australia, augmenting a previously announced deployment of fighter and bomber aircrafts, defense officials said. According…
The Boeing Manta X-47C space plane was part of a radical design for a hypersonic spaceplane engine by a Chinese American engineer which was dropped by NASA in the early 2000s because it was deemed too costly. But now the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has built and tested a 6,000 mph prototype based on the same 20-year-old design. As the U.S. Sun reports, the design was proposed by Ming Han Tang, a Chinese American who was the chief engineer of Nasa’s hypersonic program in the late 1990s. The Sun adds: The design has attracted increasing attention because “understanding its work mechanism can provide…
Pentagon Watch – After an unnecessarily long five weeks to sign off on his resignation letter, the United States Marine Corps has finally discharged outspoken Lt. Colonel Stuart Scheller from the service. According to a social media post by his father, Stuart Scheller Sr., the Marine received a ‘general discharge under honorable conditions,’ the lowest allowed under the conditions of his plea deal. (RELATED: Marine Awaiting Trial for Publicly Criticizing Afghanistan Withdrawal) This is less than an ‘honorable discharge,’ the best one can receive, but still considered ‘honorable’ and above lesser discharges such as ‘other than honorable’ and ‘dishonorable.’ Marine Corps Times reports: An…
While President Biden meekly tries to ‘de-escalate’ tensions with Russia over Ukraine, the Pentagon is developing a plan to provide Ukraine with battlefield intelligence to help the country quickly respond to a Russian incursion. This vital intelligence sharing, if approved by Biden, will likely rankle Russia, which has portrayed any American military aid to Ukraine as provocative. (RELATED: Invasion Fears Rise as Russia and China Threaten Neighbors) Despite Biden’s weak overall approach to the Putin threat to Ukraine, reports the New York Times (NYT): …the Biden administration is seeking to project support for the former Soviet republic’s independence from Moscow and its territorial integrity. The United…
In a bid to accelerate delivery of nuclear submarines for the Australian Navy, the United States and United Kingdom are reportedly ‘pulling out all the stops’ to speed up the massive $90 billion project. Australia now may launch its first of eight nuclear-powered submarines in the early 2030s, at least five years ahead of schedule. (RELATED: US Headed for ‘Catastrophic Defeat’ in War With China Warns Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich) They were originally not expected to join the Australian naval fleet until 2040 at the earliest, but the Pentagon is pushing for a far earlier time frame. Experts note…
Communist Chinese ‘riot police’ and equipment will soon be sent to Solomon Islands to help the embattled government defuse months of civil unrest, prompting concern from U.S. and Australian officials. The 2019 decision by the Solomon Islands government of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to switch diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) sparked widespread disapproval and recent civil unrest in the strategic Pacific island nation ostensibly allied to the United States and Australia. SEE ALSO: PDB – Putin Claims US Mercenaries Planning Attack, Border Standoff Continues and US Sailor Caught Selling Military Gear to China The unrest…
The West African country of Mali has provoked a warning from the United States against deploying Russia-backed Wagner (Vagner) Group paramilitary forces after reportedly signing a deal costing $10 million per day with the ostensibly private military company (PMC) with links to the Kremlin. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied that the Wagner Group represents the Russian state or is paid by it. He has also said private military contractors can pursue their legitimate business interests anywhere in the world as long as they do not break Russian law. SEE ALSO: The Russian Mach 9 Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile is a Very…
Russian Air Force Academy cadets have reportedly developed a previously top secret new spy gadget for the Russian military. Forget drones, robot dogs or space gear. This new spy is a rock. Well, a robot rock to be precise. This small robot rock is designed to hide in plain sight as it conducts its clandestine recon. According to Jalopnik, “The small, remote-controlled creation has tank-like tracks, a cunning camouflage design and a host of cutting-edge surveillance tech.” Video of the tiny, camouflaged spy rock shows it navigating grassy terrain on caterpillar wheels with a mini camera sticking out of its…