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11 Jul 2017, 5:25 pm
But merely seeking to obtain the work product of a prior hack would be no more criminal than a newspaper publishing the work product of thefts such as the Pentagon Papers and the material stolen by Snowden and Manning. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 1:31 pm by Alex Potcovaru
The Pentagon is considering sending several thousand more troops to Afghanistan to break the stalemate that has developed with the Taliban. [read post]
6 Jul 2017, 1:10 pm by Alex Potcovaru
A confidential memo from the White House appears to cap the number of troops the Pentagon could send to Afghanistan without further consultation with President Trump at 3,900, the Journal reports. [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 5:03 pm by Tom Smith
The Pentagon said Wednesday that the ICBM fired by North Korea was a first-of-its-kind missile that the U.S. had not seen before and represented a dangerous escalation of the threat posed by the regime of Kim Jong Un. [read post]
30 Jun 2017, 12:16 pm by Alex Potcovaru
Increasing the stakes of the Trump-Putin meeting, the Pentagon released a report this week that raises concerns over Russia’s anti-U.S. posturing and its desire to regain its former military and political stature, Foreign Policy reports. [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 9:00 am by Rachel Bercovitz
Pentagon Convening Authority Harvey Rishikof must now decide whether to proceed with charges. [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 7:16 am by Dakota S. Rudesill
This week, three national security committees are “marking up” drafts of their annual bills. [read post]
28 Jun 2017, 1:03 pm by Alex Potcovaru, Quinta Jurecic
Late on Monday, the U.S. threatened to use force against Syria in the case of another chemical attack after the Pentagon saw indications that an attempt may have been looming. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 1:43 pm by Alex Potcovaru, Matthew Kahn
Though The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon confirmed that it had seen indicators that Syria is preparing to use chemical weapons The White House statement caught Pentagon and State Department officials off-guard. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 7:30 am by J. Dana Stuster
Saudi Arabia’s Rising Star Skips ahead in Order of Succession After two years of grooming, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman last week appointed his son, Mohammed bin Salman, to be next in line for the crown. [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 10:42 am by Kevin Schmidt
The Pentagon’s proposed language1 would undermine the FOIA, creating an unnecessary and overbroad secrecy provision at odds with FOIA’s goal of transparency and accountability to the public. [read post]
In April 2017, the Pentagon created an “Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team,” pending a transfer of $70 million from Congress. [read post]
23 Jun 2017, 11:00 am by Jared Dummitt, Eliot Kim
The statement was made in response to a question about a Pentagon report released earlier this month that detailed China’s military buildup in the South China Sea including in the Spratly and Paracel islands. [read post]
23 Jun 2017, 10:16 am by Staley Smith
The Pentagon justified its actions as self-defense while Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford invoked the 2001 AUMF as the legal rationale, asserting that “We are there and have legal justification and the authorization of use of military force. [read post]
23 Jun 2017, 9:36 am by Steven Koprince
[Government Executive] The Pentagon wasted as much as $28 million over the last decade on Afghan soldier’s camouflage uniforms despite the fact that forests make up only a small fraction of the country’s landscape. [read post]
22 Jun 2017, 12:07 pm by Erica Gaston
So it is significant that Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis justified firing on the Iranian drone by saying:  “We have said before that demonstrated hostile intent and actions of pro-regime forces towards coalition partner forces in Syria that are conducting legitimate counter-ISIS operations in Syria, will not be tolerated” (emphasis added). [read post]
22 Jun 2017, 7:46 am by NCC Staff
Since the publication of the Pentagon Papers in the early 1970s, individuals who leak government information – and the journalists who cover them – have been prosecuted under the Espionage Act. [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 6:54 pm by John Bellinger
 I said the following: I was puzzled about the statements coming out of the Pentagon that the shootdown was authorized by the 2001 AUMF, and I hope that they will clarify that. [read post]