Presidential Fumbles
This president took the US to war for a number of contested reasons in 2003, one of which was that the country invaded had nuclear weapons capabilities.
President George W. Bush
Director of National Intelligence
Avril Haines
The first bombing of the World Trade Center took place in this year, killing six and injuring a thousand.
1993 (February 26)
Originating in Czechoslovakia, the Czech hedgehog is a device used to obstruct which type of military vehicles first used at the Battle of the Somme in 1916?
Tank
What are members of the Space Force called?
Guardians
This president was involved in a political scandal which connected him to the break-in of the Democratic National Party headquarters in DC. The scandal eventually led to his resignation.
President Richard Nixon
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin
The Munich Massacre took place during this event in 1972 and led to the death of 12 victims and five perpetrators.
Summer Olympic Games
The name of the military campaign launched by the Viet Cong in 1968 that, while a military failure, is seen by most as having been shocking to the US Public and a turning point in the US support for the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
Name the two words in the phonetic alphabet that are also prominent city names.
Lima and Quebec
There is some dispute as to whether this president officially authorized the transaction of arms sales to divert funds toward a rebel group in a famous trilateral scandal.
President Ronald Reagan
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Mark Milley
In 1995, terrorists released sarin in multiple coordinated attacks of this densely populated spot in a prominent East Asia capital.
Subway (Tokyo Sarin Subway Attack)
In 2014, this email server was subject to one of the biggest cyber attacks of the year when 500 million accounts were compromised. During the attack, basic information and passwords were stolen, but bank information was not.
Yahoo
The headquarters of NATO are located less than 15 kilometers from this well-known statue consisting of nine spheres connected by tubes.
Atomium
This 9-year South African president lost his office and faces corruption, money laundering, and other charges after allowing high-level officials to carry out bribes and corruption, including offering lucrative jobs to this president’s children.
President Jacob Zuma
Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Senator Mike Warner (D-VA)
On October 14th, 2017, a group of suicide bombers drove trucks loaded with explosives into busy marketplaces and then detonated them in the capital city of Somalia, killing over 587 people and injuring hundreds more. Name this event.
Mogadishu Bombings
In March 2023, a 21-year old member of the MA Air National Guard released numerous classified intelligence documents originally on this platform.
Discord
This person wrote the original James Bond series.
Ian Fleming
These two presidents planned and subsequently authorized a failed attack launched by the CIA to push the Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. Provide both presidents.
President Eisenhower & President Kennedy
Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
Army General Sergei Shoigu
The August 7, 1998, United States embassy bombings killed more than 220 people in simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two East African capitals. Name the two countries.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania & Nairobi, Kenya
This significant piece of infrastructure was targeted in a ransomware attack in 2021 that forced the U.S. energy company to shut down its entire fuel distribution, threatening gas and jet fuel distribution across the U.S. east coast.
Colonial Pipeline
A 2020 SAIS graduate who went on to earn an internship at the ICC was later found to be an undercover Russian spy. The man claimed to be from this county.
Brazil