Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Noncitizen voters feud between academics resurfaces with fraud probe
A small research group has entered the debate on voter fraud, siding with academics who estimate that large numbers of noncitizens illegally register and vote in U.S. elections. Published February 12, 2017
Obama appointees flee Pentagon, Trump left with scores of vacancies to fill
The Pentagon has been stripped of almost all of its political appointees from the Obama administration, but an uncertain Senate future awaits the candidates whom President Trump will nominate to remake the armed forces in his image. Published February 8, 2017
Navy releases road map for diverse force protected against discrimination
The Navy has issued its last major directive of the Barack Obama era with a "diversity road map" that paves the way for a multiethnic force of sailors and civilians who are protected against discrimination based on "gender identity" or "sex stereotyping." Published February 5, 2017
Kellyanne Conway correctly spoke about Bowling Green Iraqi terrorists, misspoke on ‘massacre’
When senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway misspoke and described a terrorist "massacre" in Bowling Green, Kentucky, it was a garbled reference to the fact that two Iraqi refugees who settled there turned out to be committed terrorists. Published February 5, 2017
Central Command didn’t distort reports on ISIS war, Pentagon says
A Pentagon investigation into allegations that U.S. Central Command "cooked the books" in battlefield intelligence has concluded that no senior officials falsified reports or deliberately distorted them to make war progress against the Islamic State look better than it was. Published February 1, 2017
Obama refugee vetting procedure enabled Iraqi terrorists to enter U.S.
Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab in 2012 was among the first Iraqi refugees to enter the U.S. after President Obama lifted a six-month freeze on such entries as his aides tightened a shaky vetting process. Published January 31, 2017
Donald Trump’s National Security Council reorganization copies previous GOP president
President Trump's reorganization of the National Security Council principals committee, and the participation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, is a duplicate of what George W. Bush did in February 2001 when he issued his NSC directive. Published January 30, 2017
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
