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20 Jun 2017, 1:40 pm by Alex Potcovaru
Today the New York Times reports that the U.S. shot down a pro-Assad regime drone after it displayed what the Pentagon described in a statement as “hostile intent. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 1:35 pm by Alex Potcovaru
The Pentagon says the Syrian Su-22 jet attacked U.S. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 12:05 pm by Lyle Denniston
In the days following the terrorist assaults that killed thousands in the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in a failed attempt to attack the Capitol building in Washington, federal agents rounded up hundreds of Muslim men who were living in the U.S. illegally, as possible terrorists. [read post]
17 Jun 2017, 5:30 am by Alex Potcovaru
Bies provided a primer on executive privilege, and in a special edition of the Lawfare Podcast, Wittes posted the Sessions testimony trimmed to just the portions with new information: On Rational Security, the gang discussed the Sessions testimony, the Pentagon’s new authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, and got a special visit from Wittes’ alter-ego, “Benjamin Sittes”: Rebecca Ingber took on the myth of a “deep state” seeking to undercut the… [read post]
16 Jun 2017, 10:01 am by Rachel Bercovitz
A Pentagon spokesman stated that “we have no information to corroborate that reports. [read post]
15 Jun 2017, 8:38 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Our fans didn’t sit and put flowers in their hair and try to levitate the Pentagon. [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 9:17 pm by kate
United States, the federal government’s effort to block the publication of the Pentagon Papers. [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 9:07 pm by kate
Whistleblowers charged with violating the Espionage Act include Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, WikiLeaks contributor Chelsea Manning, and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 12:20 pm by Alex Potcovaru
Trump has delegated the authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan to the Pentagon, the Wall Street Journal writes. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 3:39 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
And the USPS is a great example of both…When Americans think about the most innovative agency in the government, they think about the Pentagon or NASA. [read post]
12 Jun 2017, 6:29 pm by Allan Blutstein
.* * *FOIA changesThe Pentagon is making another push to clamp down on the information it shares with the public.The legislative proposals tweak what information can be shared through the Freedom of Information Act to exempt military tactics, techniques, procedures and rules of engagement.This isn’t the first time DoD tried to get a pass on this information.Read more here. [read post]
10 Jun 2017, 7:10 am by Peter A. Dutton, Isaac B. Kardon
According to Pentagon spokespeople, the Dewey entered within 12 nm of Mischief Reef at 7 a.m. local time on May 24. [read post]
8 Jun 2017, 10:47 am by NCC Staff
National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen recently interviewed Floyd Abrams, the legendary First Amendment attorney of firm Cahill Gordon who argued Citizens United and the Pentagon Papers case, among many, many others. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 3:09 am by Scott Bomboy
Three years earlier, the Court expedited its decision in the Pentagon Papers case after the New York Times published classified document excerpts about the Vietnam War on June 13, 1971. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 12:59 pm by Alex Potcovaru, Quinta Jurecic
The AP writes that the Pentagon has “no plans to change our posture in Qatar” and that the base will continue functioning despite the diplomatic crisis. [read post]
5 Jun 2017, 11:05 am by Bruce Riedel
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the arms sales wing of the Pentagon, calls them “intended sales. [read post]
2 Jun 2017, 6:15 am by Sarah Grant
A Pentagon official called the maneuvers against the P-3 “unsafe and unprofessional,” a characterization which the Chinese dispute. [read post]
1 Jun 2017, 12:41 pm by Quinta Jurecic, Matthew Kahn
With the Trump administration due to address a Pentagon recommendation to deploy additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the bombing may complicate the White House’s decision. [read post]
31 May 2017, 1:08 pm by Quinta Jurecic
Amidst tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Pentagon successfully tested a missile-defense system designed to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Journal writes. [read post]