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4 Sep 2012, 7:33 am
Here’s the New York Times’ Janet Maslin’s review of No Easy Day, the book by the Squealing Seal, and Jeremy Herb of The Hill reported late last week that Mark Owen’s attorney responded to Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson’s threat of legal action, saying that Owen did not violate his non-disclosure agreement. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 2:22 pm
It is common knowledge, for example, that dinosaur fossils are the bones of creatures that lived scores of millions of years ago, that terrorist hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and that eyewitness identification testimony is statistically as reliable as a ’78 Chevy. [read post]
22 Dec 2018, 7:01 pm
A famous case in which the Court made a decision based upon secret filings was the famous “Pentagon Papers” case in 1971, involving the federal government’s failed attempt to stop U.S. newspapers from publishing a secret history of the Vietnam war. [read post]
21 May 2013, 11:36 am
It’s official: the Pentagon has taken control of some drone operations, particularly those in Yemen. [read post]
14 Apr 2009, 6:59 pm
A liberal is activist on issues where a minority was at risk of being treated unsympathetically by the majority (such as Brown v Board of Education, criminal rights, and the rights of political dissidents) or issues where pathways of democratic change were potentially being blocked (such as the reapportionment cases and the Pentagon Papers). [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 10:52 am
But it turned out Vision was staging recreational hacks on the side, and in 2001 he was sent to federal prison for 18 months for launching a scripted attack that closed security holes on thousands of Pentagon systems, and left backdoors and packet-sniffers behind for his own use. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 12:27 am
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Remarks on Detainees Cement Bond Between Firms and Corporate Clients
Legal Times
When Pentagon official Charles "Cully" Stimson rattled off a list of firms representing Guantanamo Bay detainees in a now-infamous radio interview, he predicted that businesses would shun their outside counsel. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 1:22 pm
In a June 1, letter to the President, Senator Nelson said, "Last week I respectfully suggested that you consider calling on the Pentagon -- if the attempted 'top kill' of the well didn't work. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 5:57 pm
Here are a few of those excellent resources that try to untangle what US law says about the attack on the Capitol: The Capitol Riot: Documents You Should Read (National Security Archive, January 13, 2021): “The Pentagon’s timeline of its response to the January 6, 2021 mob attack on the U.S. [read post]
6 Apr 2015, 6:15 am
Perhaps a sign that the United States is not fully confident that a deal with Iran come to fruition, the Pentagon has upgraded and tested a “bunker-bomb” that is powerful enough to disable Iran’s most fortified nuclear facilities. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 8:18 pm
And those leaders who are over there, who have also been advising George Bush on this have not said anything different but that.On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, the International Herald-Tribune (AP) ran a story titled U.S. general urges troop surge in Afghanistan which contained text:The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he needed more troops and other aid "as quickly as possible" in a counterinsurgency battle that could get worse before it gets better.The… [read post]
6 Jun 2024, 4:08 am
State Department approved the sale of F-16 parts to Taiwan for an estimated $80 million, the Pentagon said yesterday. [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 1:07 pm
A few months ago, a senior Pentagon P.A. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 9:05 pm
In an incident with real-world impacts, an image reportedly generated by AI of an explosion near the Pentagon went viral, sending the stock market into a brief fall. [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 5:55 am
IMAGE: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomes Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman to the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on November 1, 2023. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 9:11 pm
The 39-page ruling was a sweeping victory for the government as it fended off claims that top Pentagon officials and military prison supervisors violated a string of constitutional provisions, including the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment, while Padilla was detained. [read post]
9 May 2011, 4:10 pm
This involves much more than the role of the real-time satellite surveillance and communications in the overall command and control of the U.S. raid on the Bin Laden compound which included multiple live feeds back to the White House and the Pentagon. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 8:27 am
John Kirby, the Pentagon’s press secretary. [read post]
2 Oct 2014, 4:21 am
But as I watch people debate the implications of a concept that never should have been accepted, and as the Pentagon is forced to explain to the public that it is not backtracking on civilian protection, but rather applying the only binding standard that governs the conflict, I wonder if we are seeing the unexpected costs of bending international law beyond its intended boundaries. [read post]
The Office of Legal Counsel Discloses Classified List of Opinions in Important Step for Transparency
21 Dec 2023, 9:02 am
Some of the recently released opinions address the power of the executive branch to remedy segregation; Congressional power under the War Powers Resolution; and the Justice Department’s decision not to bring criminal charges against newspapers and journalists who published the Pentagon Papers. [read post]
