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3 Dec 2012, 7:49 am
Underlining the kabuki nature of the whole budget ‘negotiation’ are three other aspects: (1) The GOP has no intention of resolving the debt ceiling on a long-term basis: that’s it’s best hostage and the more it can extort for it more often, the better; (2) both sides have boxed taken the Pentagon’s budget off the table even though that is where most cuts should be coming from; (3) political momentum suggests strongly that at least a partial deal will be easier… [read post]
1 Sep 2012, 1:53 pm
As the Pentagon’s only serious and honest (and of course now former) expert on Islamic Law, Major Stephen Coughlin observed in 2007: If the Enemy in the War on Terror (WOT) states that he fights jihad in furtherance of Islamic causes that includes the imposition of Shari’a law and the re-establishment of the Caliphate; And Islamic law on jihad exists and is available in English; Then Professionals with WOT responsibilities have an affirmative, personal, professional… [read post]
19 Apr 2008, 9:34 am
More than ten months ago, a military commission judge at Guantanamo dismissed the charges against Khadr, concluding that, while he had been ruled an “enemy combatant” by a Pentagon panel, he had not been found to be an “unlawful enemy combatant” and that, without this finding of illegality, he could not be tried. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 10:30 am
It's easy enough to defend anonymous sources at the Pentagon Papers level. [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 12:37 pm
He entered a self-driving motorcycle into the Pentagon’s first competition for driverless vehicles in 2004, when he was still a graduate student at the University of California in Berkeley. [read post]
22 May 2024, 5:20 am
-built temporary pier in its first five days of operation have been distributed to Palestinians, Pentagon spokesperson Gen. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 3:18 pm
Exhibit 5: European jet maker EADS won a $35 billion Pentagon contract for tankers in 2010, only to see it pulled and given instead to rival Boeing — whose congressional representative said it would bring 50,000 "American jobs" to unionized Washington and other states. [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 6:05 am
First, it will allow the Pentagon to better protect American troops from climate risks by analyzing and understanding how climate change will impact military installations. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 6:30 am
Cut more than $500 billion from the Department of Defense budget by replacing private contractors and eliminating weapons systems the Pentagon says it does not need. [read post]
15 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm
The Pentagon reports it has plans to prosecute 14 prisoners in total. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 9:24 am
The grand jury that has convened in Alexandria, Virginia to decide whether Assange will be indicted in the U.S. has yet to make public any charges against him, but some have speculated on and called for his indictment under the same Espionage Act once used to prosecute Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 7:27 am
Daniel Ellsberg, whose actions in releasing the Pentagon Papers parallel Private Manning’s alleged actions, has spoken out on behalf of the recent disclosures. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 7:21 am
Gore, the Pentagon Papers case, Heller, Boumedienne, and any number of other cases that were accompanied by apocalyptic rhetoric about what they would mean for the country. [read post]
1 Sep 2012, 3:57 pm
As the Pentagon’s only serious and honest (and of course now former) expert on Islamic Law, Major Stephen Coughlin observed in 2007: If the Enemy in the War on Terror (WOT) states that he fights jihad in furtherance of Islamic causes that includes the imposition of Shari’a law and the re-establishment of the Caliphate; And Islamic law on jihad exists and is available in English; Then Professionals with WOT responsibilities have an affirmative, personal, professional… [read post]
20 May 2011, 7:44 am
According to CNN, a report last fall from the Government Accountability Office found that the pits, used on some bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, are burning items "such as plastic, that generate harmful emissions" despite regulations forbidding it.To date, hundreds of veterans have complained of illnesses they believe were caused by exposure to the pits, forcing the Pentagon to restrict their use and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to investigate. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 10:40 am
” Yesterday, the Pentagon denied reports that a U.S. drone strike near Tikrit killed two Iranian Revolutionary Guard members on March 23. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 11:30 am
That they won't start adding groups like Food, Not Bombs and Quakers to terror data bases (only the Pentagon could be so stupid). [read post]
13 Jun 2008, 11:24 am
However, (i) it's a nonstarter for the Bush Administration; and (ii) it comes far too late in the day for all the current detainees, most of whom have been incarcerated (at GTMO and elsewhere) for over six years, and for whom the Pentagon detention process could not at this point be repaired in any way that would convince anyone of its fundamental fairness (certainly not in a timely fashion), given what has already transpired.So this is surely a discrete topic for future legislation… [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 9:30 pm
The first benefit addresses high-frequency algorithms’ reputation on Wall Street for being well-guarded—allegedly even more restrictive than some areas of the Pentagon. [read post]
18 Sep 2023, 8:28 am
We are developing campaign plans against new Pentagon budget lines for AI weaponry and the whole idea of “autonomous” weapons making decisions about use of lethal force without human intervention. [read post]
