Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 26, 2015

Then-Crown Prince—and now king—Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud meets Dempsey in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last June. DoD photo / D. Myles Cullen

Mark Thompson, Time: Why the Pentagon Is Honoring the Late Saudi King

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 26, 2015

1,000 82nd Airborne Paratroopers Headed to Iraq This Week -- Military.com/Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer

Iraq 'sleeper cells' fight Islamic State group -- AP

Assad seeks agreement over U.S. air strikes in Syria -- Reuters

Russia Adds 70 New Aircraft to Military District Around Crimea -- Newsweek

Russia readies hybrid amphibious drone for test flight -- RT

Will Russia's Sub-Building Boom Matter? -- Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

Kiev Requests Additional Military Aid From NATO in East Ukraine Standoff -- Sputnik

Ten killed in Greek fighter plane crash in Spain -- Reuters

Spanish PM: 8 French, 2 Greeks Killed in F-16 Crash at NATO Base -- Defense News

Germany Stops Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia Amid Instability in Region -- Sputnik

Japan Hostage Crisis Revives Debate Over Military Force -- WSJ

Swedish Military Fights for Larger Budget -- Defense News

France Reduces Military Cuts After Terror Attacks, But Has Funding Trouble -- IBTimes

France Scales Back Military Job Cuts by 7,500 -- Defense News

Electric motorcycle would allow soldiers a stealthy approach to battle -- Stars and Stripes

Army begins virtual training on missile defense system at Fort Sill -- Stars and Stripes

Upgrade gives B-52 bomber crews simulated training worldwide -- Stars and Stripes/Minot Daily News/AP

FBI: Three Russians charged with spying, one arrested in New York -- RT

Obama Weighs NSA Options As Deadline Nears -- US News and World Report

The NSA knows your Angry Birds score -- The Hill

Secret ‘BADASS’ Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones -- The Intercept

America Upgrades Its Biggest Bomb -- James Drew, War Is Boring

A Better Way To Buy Nuclear Submarines -- Tom Collina and Jacob Marx, Breaking Defense

DoD Business Panel Proposes $125B in Savings -- Defense News

GAO: Pentagon has no handle on personnel bloat -- Washington Post

Can the Pentagon downsize its headquarters staff? -- Lisa Rein, Washington Post

Chuck Hagel: Stress of 'Nonstop War' Driving Best Out of Military -- Newsmax

Europe at front of Army's new 'Complex World' concept, general says -- John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

Female guards file discrimination complaints against Guantanamo judges -- Stars and Stripes/AP

US Special Ops Build Bridges in Africa -- Defense News

Amid Libya turmoil, a renewed call to return early US sailors' remains home -- Edward Colimore, Stars and Stripes/The Philadelphia Inquirer (Tribune News Service)

Reckless Cuts to US Military Spending Leaving America Vulnerable -- Steve Cohen, New York Observer

Iraq War veterans on Hill praise snipers amid controversy over film -- The Hill

The ‘American Sniper’ Freakout: Why the left can’t tolerate this movie. -- Mark Hemingway, Weekly Standard

American Sniper Finally Breaks Hollywood’s Anti-Military Omertà -- Ed Driscoll, PJ Media