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24 Aug 2014, 8:57 am
HeinOnline recently published a new library entitled "Pentagon Papers. [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 2:00 pm
Ed Kilgore at New York Magazine paints the letter as the next step on the road to book banning and book burning, as reminiscent of the Nixon Administration's actions as to The Pentagon Papers (which are on everyone's mind). [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 11:36 am
Russian military activity is at its highest level since the Cold War, destructive state-sponsored attacks on U.S. computer systems are on the rise and Islamic State is expanding into unstable parts of North Africa, the Pentagon's top intelligence official told Congress on Tuesday. [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 1:09 pm
On April 6, the White House released a 12 page summary of the Pentagon’s review of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. [read post]
31 Mar 2016, 12:21 pm
The Pentagon has drawn up plans to position American troops, tanks and other armored vehicles full time along NATO’s eastern borders to deter Russian aggression, in what would be the first such deployment since the end of the Cold War. [read post]
12 Jul 2006, 1:54 am
[JURIST] William Haynes [official profile], the Pentagon general counsel nominated to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website], struggled to defend defense policies Tuesday during a Senate confirmation hearing [committee materials], drawing bipartisan questions relating to coercive interrogation techniques employed by the military in questioning terrorism suspects. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 8:28 pm
From Jurist: Chief prosecutor in the Guantanamo tribunal, Brigadier General Mark Martins, on Wednesday recommended that the Pentagon drop the conspiracy charge against those suspected of plotting the September 11 attacks, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed[JURIST news archive]. [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 3:18 pm
The post Pentagon To Award $9B JWCC Cloud Contract Mid-December appeared first on Above the Law. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 2:53 pm
China’s recent test of a new ultra-high speed strike vehicle highlights growing concerns that Chinese military advances will overtake those of the United States in as few as five years, a senior Pentagon official told Congress Tuesday. [read post]
17 Jul 2019, 1:25 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would send an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard and 1,100 active duty troops to the border with Mexico, the latest deployment in support of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. [read post]
25 Sep 2007, 2:50 pm
[JURIST] The Pentagon Tuesday declared its intention to "expeditiously" move forward with the trial of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [JURIST news archive], following a Monday decision [PDF text] from the Court of Military Commissions Review (USCMCR) [DOD materials] granting jurisdiction to military trial judges to hear the case. [read post]
5 May 2007, 6:12 am
[JURIST] A new Pentagon survey [text] of the mental health of deployed US Army and Marine Corps troops in Iraq released Friday shows that a significant percentage approve of abusing and even torturing Iraqi non-combatants, finding that "only 47 percent of soldiers and 38 percent of Marines agreed that non-combatants should be treated with dignity and respect. [read post]
16 Jun 2005, 7:04 am
[JURIST] Notes from a series of Pentagon meetings in 2003 show that General Counsel of the Department of the Navy Alberto Mora [Navy profile] warned high-level officials that Guantanamo interrogation techniques could expose them to criminal prosecution, according to ABC News. [read post]
27 Sep 2005, 5:09 pm
[JURIST] The Pentagon announced Tuesday that David Hicks [Wikipedia profile], the only Australian held at the US terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], will go to trial before a special military commission on November 18, about a month later than earlier expected [JURIST report]. [read post]
15 Nov 2005, 11:46 am
[JURIST] Pentagon officials admitted Tuesday that US troops in Iraq used white phosphorus [CDC factsheet; GlobalSecurity.org backgrounder] as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants during a 2004 military assault on the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah, but remained adamant that it was not used against civilians. [read post]
28 Oct 2004, 10:52 am
Six anonymous members of the military challenged the Pentagon policy and Judge Sullivan ruled that the lack of data on [read post]
10 May 2008, 1:28 pm
Thomas Hartmann [Air Force Link profile], a top Pentagon legal adviser on the Guantanamo military commission trials, is ineligible to participate in the first military commission trial of a detainee because he is too closely associated with the prosecution, the New York Times reported Saturday. [read post]
22 Mar 2006, 6:52 am
[JURIST] A Pentagon spokesman confirmed Wednesday that the US Defense Department is considering a formal written rule that would ban statements made during torture from any proceeding before US military commissions [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Jan 2006, 8:29 am
District Judge Jed Rakoff rejected arguments by the Pentagon that releasing the names would harm the privacy interests of the detainees' and their families. [read post]
11 Mar 2005, 1:56 am
[JURIST] The Pentagon wants to cut in half the number of detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay by tranferring many prisoners out of the country to facilities in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Yemen, according to a report published in Friday's New York Times. [read post]
