The Porter Goss resignation has taken off like wildfire. First up we have this great little piece from Think Progress: Minutes ago on Fox News, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said he doesn’t believe the White House spin that Porter Goss’ resignation had been planned for at least a few weeks. I think there were […]
With stories like this it is not wonder the troops would like to see civilian leadership changes at the Pentagon: After suffering paralysis, brain damage, lost limbs and other wounds in war, nearly 900 soldiers have been saddled with $1.2 million in government debt because of the military’s “complex, cumbersome” pay system, congressional investigators said […]
Well check out how we are dealing with Iran: The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation for any possible attack, former and current intelligence officials say. One of the operational assets being used by the […]
When will the chickenhawks actually listen to the people who served? The retired commander of key forces in Iraq called yesterday for Donald H. Rumsfeld to step down, joining several other former top military commanders who have harshly criticized the defense secretary’s authoritarian style for making the military’s job more difficult. “I think we need […]
Well it looks like the Pentagon has an excuse for spying on peace activists: The Pentagon said on Wednesday a review launched after revelations that it had collected data on U.S. peace activists found that roughly 260 entries in a classified database of possible terrorist threats should not have been kept there. But the review […]
“When the infidels come they will never leave”. That is what Osama said in the 90’s when our government solicited Saudi Arabia to help fight Iraq prior to the first Gulf War. Well the actions of the U.S. and the U.K. are making it look more like Osama was right all along: The Pentagon has […]
Knight Ridder has broken open a story that spans over a couple big scandals. Those scandals are Randy Cunningham and the spying on anti-war activists: A Pentagon intelligence agency that kept files on American anti-war activists hired one of the contractors who bribed former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, R-Calif., to help it collect data on […]
Ah views are changing in Washington when it comes to Iraq. This is pointed out in this article by Reuters: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday there has always been a risk Iraq could slip into a civil war but he accused the news media of exaggerating the severity of the current situation. “I […]
SKY NEWS have summorized the first day of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui US prosecutors have claimed terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui “rejoiced in the death” of the 9/11 attacks, a court heard. The 37-year-old has already pleaded guilty to being part of a plot to fly airliners into American buildings. But he denied any prior knowledge […]
When Rumsfeld addresses Iraq he talks about their military ‘standing up’. The opposite appears to be more true according to CNN: The only Iraqi battalion capable of fighting without U.S. support has been downgraded to a level requiring them to fight with American troops backing them up, the Pentagon said Friday. The battalion, made up […]