Military and Defense Policy

New York's Sen. Gillibrand Prepares to Introduce Military Sexual Assault Bill Next Week

If sexual assault in the military has persisted with a nauseating frequency of terror, shame, and muted protest, this week has amplified that signal to a roar. On Monday, the officer in charge of the Air Force's Sexual Prevention and Response unit was charged with sexual battery for assaulting a wom ... More >>

Selling a Newly Out Armed Forces

The Pentagon makes sure the public supports 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal

Pentagon Admits Hackers Stole 24,000 Secret Files

​Just days after the hacker group Anonymous announced a huge haul from the government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, the Pentagon admitted today that back in March some hackers (though not necessarily Anonymous) managed to steal 24,000 "sensitive Pentagon files during a single intrusion," the ... More >>

Defense Secretary Robert Gates Probing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Leaks to the Washington Post

​This week's Friday evening news dump included the announcement that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is investigating who in the Defense Department leaked the results of a forthcoming "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" report to the Washington Post. Based on two anonymous sources, one of which has "read t ... More >>

'Don't Ask Don't Tell, DREAM Act in the Senate

It's a big day in the U.S. Senate for two issues we watch, but it's kind of a win-win for conservatives on both of them, regardless of how the pending votes on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and the 'Dream Act' go down. The bigger of the day is a cloture vote on the military spending bill, which has a kin ... More >>

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" To Get Most Anticlimactic Death Possible

It's finally happening: the White House is officially behind Congressional efforts to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" this week.

Collateral damage in Wall Street, Afghan wars

The Enemy Within

Journalists, under fire today by the Bush White House, have been the enemy before

Our Own Nuremberg Trials

In 2007, the 'reality show' of the American rule of law, for the world to see.

Make the Check out to NYC, Rumsfeld!

Morning Report 1/11/06
Whose Vault Is It?

A Half-Century of Spying on U.S. Citizens

From Able Danger to Oklahoma City, evidence of domestic intelligence

Flashback: 9-11 Panel Got Its Own Failing Grades

Key questions left unanswered in hijacked 9-11 probe

Feeling Insecure

There's no defense for some of the government's defense plans, even for D.C.

Morning Report 11/6/05
More Smells Emerge from Cheney's Stalls

Morning Report 9/22/05
Wolfowitz Sends His Gal to State Dept. — To Work With Cheney's Daughter

Morning Report 9/12/05
Trigger-Happy Pentagon's Pre-emptive Nuclear Plans

Morning Report 8/29/05
Pentagon Fights a Major Storm

Errors of Commission

The hijacking of the probe into the 9-11 hijackers

Home Invasion

Orange Revolutions

Morning Report 7/5/05
The 'Unusual Mission in Iraq'

Release the Hounds!

Morning Report 6/14/05
We Take Dictation from a Dictator

Morning Report 6/7/05
High-Priced Launch at the Pentagon's Racket Club

Mama Warbucks

Hillary Clinton brings home the dollars for New York's defense contractors

Morning Report 4/15/05
Secret Agent: Rumsfeld Sneaks Off to Baku

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolfowitz

He Bungled Iraq, the Pentagon, and East Timor. Look Out, World Bank—Here He Comes

Dear Bush Beat:
Gonzales as a chef . . .

Spinning Out of Control

Mysteries of the Great Pyramid

Morning Report 12/7/04
Help Is On The Way

Going to School on Doug Feith

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Brothers-in-Cover-up

When Kerry worked with Cheney on Vietnam P.O.W.'S

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9/11 and Abu Ghraib: Who's to Blame?

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