Crypto AG is a former Swiss company, founded in 1952, that specialized in communication security. But in the 1970’s, the company was secretly sold to the CIA, and from 1970 to about 1993, the company operated for the CIA. The company sold products and software that included security weaknesses. The weaknesses allowed the CIA to …
China is currently increasing efforts to influence American public opinion in many of the same ways Russia has. The belief is that China is not looking to start a war immediately with the U.S., rather, China wants to make clear it is a world superpower. China’s president wants stability in his country to help increase …
Elliot S. made a living in the California real estate market, who, after retiring, moved to Las Vegas where he worked on new business ideas. Elliot started a business called 24/7 Private Vaults. He promoted the business as safer than banks. He gave his clients complete anonymity and privacy. Customers could access their property in …
As ruthless as the Russian military has been in Ukraine, there is one major gap in their fighting arsenal… Fighting in the dark. And Russian forces suffer significant losses at night. One of the biggest reasons for this is because of Ukraine’s tactical drone unit called Aerorozvidka. The military unit has the Latin motto “Non …
Leandro N. was a lawyer in Brazil with a big presence on social media and thousands of followers. He was pro-gun and much of his social media was related to firearms. Recently, Leandro took his mother to Laboratorio Cura (a hospital) in São Paulo for an MRI. As many people know, MRI machines use a …
There are more than 38,000 McDonald’s restaurants spread over 100 countries, but not a single one in Iceland. That’s because, after the financial crash of 2008, the last McDonalds in Iceland closed its doors. The day before the McDonalds was set to close, a person named Hjortur S. purchased a Big Mac meal at the …
One of the most famous firearm designers you’ve likely never heard of is a man named Andrew Burgess. Burgess was born in New York in 1837 and went on to create over 600 patents. In the 1870s, he developed a patent to convert Peabody and Werndl rifles into repeating firearms. By 1893, Burgess founded his …
There are thousands of caves in Afghanistan’s rugged mountains. This includes natural caverns and man-made tunnels. Many of these tunnels date back to the war with the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The same tunnels were used to hide and move around during the U.S. war in Afghanistan. During the U.S. war in Afghanistan, British …
For those of us prepared for emergencies and disasters, there is a good chance that we have family members that aren’t prepared at all. They seem to either believe that “everything will work out,” or “the government will take care of me.” This is wrong-headed thinking in so many ways that I can’t address them …
Zeke and Jessica T. live in Spring, Texas… One day, the couple was at church with their children when they were alerted by their security cameras that someone was at their front door. There was a woman at their door wearing a sweatshirt that hid her face. She stood at their door for about 30 …