Official History Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders
BAGHDAD — An unpublished, 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and then molded into a $100 billion failure by bureaucratic turf wars, spiraling violence and ignorance of the basic elements of Iraqi society and infrastructure.
The history, the first official account of its kind, is circulating in draft form here and in Washington among a tight circle of technical … more…
ACLU Torture Docs Highlight Lack of Accountability
Earlier this week, the ACLU released a series of (long-FOIA'd) documents about detainee abuse it recently received from the Defense … more…
Pentagon Releases Documents on Briefings of Retired Generals
The Pentagon has just posted thousands of pages of documents relating to its briefings of retired generals turned TV analysts. It's the … more…
The Pentagon Contractors Tracking Retired Generals’ Appearances
We've noted the TV network's unresponsiveness to the New York Times' story that the Pentagon has been cultivating and cozying up to … more…
Video of Appalling Barrack Conditions for Returning GIs
A video of wretched conditions at a barracks in Fort Bragg is causing waves. Ed Frawley recently visited the barracks after his son … more…
The Unexplored Media Scandal of the Times’ Retired Generals & Propaganda Piece
Yesterday, the New York Times's David Barstow published a gargantuan story detailing how the Pentagon has been cultivating and cozying up … more…
Former Secrecy Czar Criticizes Pentagon Delay of Gitmo Report
Yesterday, we noted that the Pentagon is delaying publication of a Department of Justice Inspector General's report about potential … more…
January 07, 2009
Former Blackwater Guards Plead Not Guilty Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, January 07, 2009
January 05, 2009
White House Considers Pardoning Soldier AP, January 05, 2009
December 29, 2008
Study Criticizes Bush Approach to War Funding Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post, December 29, 2008
December 15, 2008
War Vet Widows Wrongly Denied Benefits Hope Yen, AP, December 15, 2008
Supreme Court Opens Way for ex-Gitmo Inmates to Sue AP, December 15, 2008
December 08, 2008
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5 Blackwater Security Guards Charged With Manslaughter Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, December 08, 2008
Attorneys for Blackwater Guards Lash Out at DoJ Del Quentin Wilber and Julie Tate, Washington Post, December 08, 2008
Sept. 11 Defendents Ask to Plead Guilty Reuters, December 08, 2008
Rising Violence Against Women in Iraq Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, December 08, 2008