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Appearance on the Resilient Performance Podcast

September 12, 2017 by Jack Murphy

I was recently flattered when former Air Force Para-Rescuemen and my old Columbia classmate Doug Kechijian asked me to come on his podcast to speak about Syria, military journalism, and a myriad of other foreign policy topics.  Give the podcast a listen on the Resilient Performance website.  Here are some of the topics we covered: […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: foreign policy, Jack Murphy, podcast, Resilient Performance, Special Forces Doug Kechijian, Syria

Declassified documents on the Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)

August 3, 2017 by Jack Murphy

A declassified document provides background information about the Intelligence Support Activity (ISA), a little known intelligence gathering unit that collects tactical intel for Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and other Special Operations units.  While units like SEAL Team Six hog the headlines, smaller compartmentalized organizations slide below the radar. That said, ISA has had some light shed on […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: INSCOM, Intelligence Support Activity, ISA, JSOC, SOCOM, Task Force Orange, TFO

No better team mate, James Hupp

July 31, 2017 by Jack Murphy

Through the green tint of my night vision goggles, I watched the urban sprawl of Mosul speed beneath my feet, my legs dangling outside the door of a MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.  To my left sat fellow Green Beret James Hupp, both of us anticipating our arrival at the landing zone.  Behind us, the helicopter was […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 5th Legion, 5th SFG, 5th Special Forces Group, 82nd Airborne, Green Beret, GWOT, Iraq, James Hupp, Mosul, ODA 5414, Ohio, Special Forces, The Legion, War on Terror, Wedding Crashers

How the Leahy Law interferes with US Special Forces missions in Nigeria, Syria, and the Philippines

July 10, 2017 by Jack Murphy

In many ways the battle for Marawi has been a curious event which has seen bandits belonging to the allegedly ISIS affiliated Maute Group attacking a Muslim city in order to raise their public profile and demonstrate their power to the Philippine government.  Philippine SOF units and Marines worked hard to cordon the enemy into a small neighborhood […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: China, CIA, DOD, Green Berets, Jordan, Leahy Law, Light Reaction Regiment, Marawi, Nigeria, Philippines, SOF, Special Forces, Syria

Tawi-Tawi: a nexus on the guns and terrorist underground railroad

June 28, 2017 by Jack Murphy

Following my late night attendance of General Sabban‘s birthday party in Zamboanga, I met the general the following morning at the airport to catch a plane to Tawi-Tawi.  I was pretty exhausted, but Sabban looked none of the worse for wear.  I had been invited down to Tawi-Tawi for the activation anniversary of 2nd Marine […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Abu Sayyaf, Jack Murphy, Marines, Philippines, Special Forces, Tawi-Tawi, Travelog, weapons trafficking

The CIA’s Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation (RDI) network system

June 26, 2017 by Jack Murphy

When Senator Dianne Feinstein took to the senate floor last year and accused the Central Intelligence Agency of spying on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), the very committee charged with oversight of the CIA, it marked the beginning of a scandal that could have brought down the CIA like nothing the American public […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Brennan, CIA, EIT, Panetta, RDI, Rendition, Senate Select Committee, SSCI

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