Stripping Whistleblower Protections
"The House version of the Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act includes a provision that would give the president authority to exempt any agency that primarily performs "foreign intelligence,...
View ArticleOne step forward, two steps back in Iraq
A CSM article analyzes the US strategy in Iraq. The US has strung together victory after victory (in a strictly military sense), capturing weaponry and killing insurgents. However, using reduction in...
View ArticlePentagon Creates Database of Students
The Pentagon has hired a private company to create a database of students, their gpa's, and areas of study....
View ArticleFuneral in Iowa, GI never met his daughter
Casey Byers died June 11 when an IED went off under his Humvee. He never got to meet his daughter. 6 protesters related to Reverand Fred Phelps held signs that read such things as "God blew up the...
View ArticleYoung officers line up to leave the military.
Young officers are tired of being lied to and are leaving their military careers, creating a void in the ranks of future colonels and generals. "The mistake the Army made then is the same mistake it is...
View ArticleBack in Baghdad one day, and the airport road worst I've ever seen it.
Chris Allbritton writes on his Back to Iraq blog that US Soldiers killed 2 Iraqi journalists, then a member of the Parliament was killed in a car bomb attack. "I'm not sure who's winning this war, the...
View ArticleJune One of the Deadliest Months for Troops
"At least 68 U.S. soldiers, Marines and sailors were killed by hostile fire in Iraq, the fifth highest number since the war began, according to Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, a Web site that compiles...
View ArticleSo Much for Supporting the Troops
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,74425,00.html"Untold numbers of servicemembers residing off base will see their next paycheck shrink by as much as $250 -- and many of them may not even know...
View ArticleVanity Fair on Sibel Edmonds
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/files/vanityfair_clean.pdf New article in Vanity Fair alleges former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds came across evidence of Turkish espionage and payola that may have...
View ArticleIraq Vet: We Feared Recruits Would Turn on Us
http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=297326 A soldier returns after a year in Iraq speaks about how the insurgency he saw the Iraqi people fighting what they saw as an occupation of their country. During...
View ArticleIraq Army May Never be Ready to Take Over
New York Times The U.S. plan to withdraw large numbers of the 135,000 American combat troops next year will hinge on a functioning ministry, these commanders said. If American troops leave without one...
View ArticleSibel Edmonds, Beyond Vanity Fair Allegations
The September issue of Vanity Fair revisits the story of Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator who was fired after brining up possible espionage and cover up of criminal activity within the FBI. Her...
View ArticleSelf Employed Guardsmen Face Hard Times
So Much for Taking Care of the Troopshttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/08/07/for_self_employed_guard_duty_has_a_price?mode= PF The Boston Globe illustrates the high cost of deployments to...
View ArticleBush's War on Science
The Bush Administration has declared war on science. Whether it is teaching the mysticism labeled "Intelligent Design" in science classes or rewriting environmental reports and scientific reports, the...
View ArticleCanadian Detained by US & Shipped to Syria Gets Day in Court
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=A rticle&cid=1123626307512&call_pageid=968332188492&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes...
View ArticleWe Screwed up in Afghanistan & Iraq, Want to Go For Iran?
We didn't even get it right in Afghanistan. No Bin Laden, an endangered and toothless government, a resurgence of the Taliban, a revitalized opium trade, increasing child mortality, more US troops in...
View ArticleThe Partisan Looking Glass
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/huffpost/20050815/cm_huffpost/005568_200508151716 Via Yahoo from the Huffington Post gives a very telling view of what people were saying about Bill...
View ArticleUS Failed to Secure Iraq's Weapons Scientists
If there is any lingering doubt about the Bush administration's incompetence in making us safer from WMDs, this report should quickly dispel them. It explores the failure to secure Iraqi scientists who...
View ArticleRecruiters Follow Prey, Err, Prospects to College
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20050912&s=houppert Despite, (on NPR this morning), Jonah Goldberg's "great ignored news" that military retention is very high, the Army is 16K short of...
View ArticleNo One Anticipated the Levees would Fail
Listening to NPR this morning, Rcktredglare's jaw hit the floor when Fearless Leader Bush made a statement to the effect that no one anticipated that the levees protecting New Orleans would fail. WTF?...
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