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23 Sep 2015, 12:38 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Back to the battlefield: the Pentagon confirmed the deaths of two military leaders in Iraq and Syria who had been killed by separate coalition strikes earlier this year. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 11:31 am by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
As the Kremlin ramps up its involvement in Syria, world leaders are taking a careful look at Russia’s intentions and strategy in the country. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 10:39 am by Susan Landau
These include our government's increased reliance on Commercial-off-the-Shelf communications and computer equipment, its increased use of ad-hoc military coalitions in war fighting (which means that NATO-style interoperable communications systems cannot be developed), and the speed of Silicon Valley innovation (with which Pentagon procurement systems can't really compete). [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 9:33 am by Tom Smith
A Pentagon facing charges that its analysts have skewed assessments on Iraq to tell top policymakers what they want to hear, rather than what is really happening in that troubled country. [read post]
19 Sep 2015, 10:43 am by Cody M. Poplin
Last week, Ben attended a symposium at the Pentagon on the rise of so-called “hybrid conflicts,” where professionals from around the national security establishment attempted to define the idea and to develop an understanding of its implications for existing legal structures and the law of war. [read post]
17 Sep 2015, 5:51 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
And what about that big train and equip program the Pentagon had going? [read post]
16 Sep 2015, 11:24 am by Quinta Jurecic , Elina Saxena
The Pentagon’s inspector general is now investigating officers who supervise dozens of military and civilian analysts at United States Central Command to determine “whether there was any falsification, distortion, delay, suppression or improper modification of intelligence information. [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 11:31 am by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Russia is establishing a forward operating base in Syria, the Pentagon confirms. [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 5:53 am by Jack Goldsmith
Two weeks ago the newspapers were filled with leaked threats that the U.S. government was “developing a package of unprecedented economic sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited from their government’s cyber theft of valuable U.S. trade secrets. [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 2:11 pm by Benjamin Wittes
 Pentagon lawyers were looking for input into and discussion on how this idea maps onto existing legal structures. [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 12:23 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
The Pentagon announced plans to increase troop deployment to the Sinai Peninsula as the region is increasingly threatened by the Islamic State. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 10:43 am by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
Politico discusses the troubles facing the Pentagon's plan to raise a rebel army in Syria. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 7:58 am by Tom Smith
The complaints spurred the Pentagon’s inspector general to open an investigation into the alleged manipulation of intelligence. [read post]
9 Sep 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Greg Weiner, Law and Liberty] “Cops: We ‘Expected Privacy’ Because We Tried to Smash All the Cameras” [Lowering the Bar, Conor Friedersdorf/The Atlantic on Santa Ana, Calif. police union’s effort to suppress evidence in dispensary raid case] Beach patrol, serving warrants, college football display: reasons departments gave in 465 requests for mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles from the Pentagon’s 1033 program [Molly Redden, Mother Jones… [read post]
9 Sep 2015, 11:34 am by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Newly declassified Pentagon documents claim that the ordinances killed 196 Americans and injured 861 over a five-and-a-half-year period, a number that is less than half as many deaths as lawmakers have claimed in recent years. [read post]
9 Sep 2015, 6:30 am by Benjamin Wittes
And there’s the story of the manhunt: how Al-Awlaki went from a guy the FBI could visit and chat with—and who could lead prayers at the Pentagon and take calls from any number of journalists—to someone who taunted American intelligence while the ACLU litigated to prevent his targeting. [read post]
8 Sep 2015, 12:00 pm by Quinta Jurecic , Cody M. Poplin
So how does the Pentagon intend to turn this sinking ship around? [read post]
3 Sep 2015, 11:57 am by Cody M. Poplin
However, the Pentagon is skeptical. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 11:09 am by Cody M. Poplin
More on that, including curious silence at the Pentagon, here. [read post]