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The Pentagon

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Michelle Obama Suggests Updating Military Chow to Curb Obesity

    ​Michelle Obama stopped by the Pentagon today to announce a new obesity awareness campaign for the military, according to Reuters. The plan will require stocking all 1,100 American military mess halls with more fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat food, and will affect 1.45 million troops.

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2011

    Fox News' Brazen Sugarcoating of News Corp's Hacking Scandal

    They've outdone themselves! I mean, damn. The obviousness of it. The comparison of the News Corp hacking scandal to the hacking incidents at the Pentagon and Citibank boggles the mind, since the Pentagon and Citibank were the victims of hacking, while News of the World was the perpetrator. Not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Pentagon Creates Bird Spy Cameras in Latest Sign of Robot Takeover

    via NY Post​If you thought Watson (the Jeopardy computer) was going to rule our puny human asses alone, now Watson has his minions. The Pentagon has just developed a robotic hummingbird designed for spying called the Nano Hummingbird. The New York Post has the specifics on the spybots: "the Na ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Nat Hentoff's Role in the Pentagon Papers

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 24, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 25 U.S. v. N.Y. Times v. Zion v. Earth By Nat Hentoff As has been noted in the Washington Post, among other places, I printed the only pre-publication reference to the New York Times' story on the secret Pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    New York Has a Mystery "Missile," Too!

    ​Remember that mysterious vapor trail that appeared over L.A. on Monday? The one that set off speculation about UFOs or an enemy missile attack that nobody (not even the Pentagon) could immediately explain? Well, now New York has one too! (Of course we do.) The New York Post says a local photo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Will Go On Indefinitely, Court Decides

    ​The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has given the Pentagon permission to continue discharging soldiers under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" the law's constitutionality is appealed, which could take months or even years to determine. In September, U.S. District Judge Virginia Philips had ruled that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Morning Links: White House Christmas Ornaments in Peril; Time Warner Visitors Getting Handsy With Nude Statue

    The 2009 tree, with ornaments.​• Wyoming is having trouble finishing their ornaments for the White House Christmas tree this year. They have only 1,600 of the 5,000 they're responsible for. Apparently these ornaments have to be handmade, weatherproof, a foot tall, and in a Western theme. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Something That Begins With 'Wiki' At Fault for Military Failings, Apparently

    ​The Pentagon really, really, really hates Wikileaks, a website devoted to publishing internal documents. Also, it thinks they might be funded by the CIA, and is generally a threat to America's safety. They released an entire report on it in 2008. Maybe it's got something to do with the leak o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    The Pentagon Papers Are Hotter Than Robert Pattinson

    ​Well, maybe not--but the secret government papers that caused a freedom of the press firestorm in 1971 are the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary (The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers) and now a play called Top Secret: The Battle For The Pentagon P ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Guantanamo's Final Days

    The infamous Prison Camp ain't dead yet

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Shock and awe: Pentagon rejects 'Bush Doctrine'

    The infamous Prison Camp ain't dead yet

  • News

    July 10, 2007

    'There Is No Law Here'

    A funny thing happened on the way to monarchy: a rare Supreme Court take-back

  • News

    May 29, 2007

    Mopping Up

    The ordeal of the New Yorkers sent to clean up the mess at Abu Ghraib

  • News

    March 20, 2007

    Ghost Prisons, Ghost Courtrooms

    From CIA secret prisons, 14 "high-level" terror suspects are at Gitmo. Where are all the others?

  • News

    December 12, 2006

    Our Own Nuremberg Trials

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

  • News

    December 5, 2006

    Bush's War Crimes Cover-up

    The Supreme Court ordered him to treat detainees as "civilized peoples" do. He refuses.

  • News

    November 28, 2006

    Spying on Big Brother

    Now you can find out if you're being surveilled by the FBI or the NYPD.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2006

    Make the Check out to NYC, Rumsfeld!

    Now you can find out if you're being surveilled by the FBI or the NYPD.

  • News

    February 28, 2006

    Gitmo: The Worst of the Worst?

    A report, based entirely on Defense Department documents, exposes the truth about Guantánamo

  • News

    February 14, 2006

    Conspiracy 101

    The basics of alternative 9-11 theories

  • News

    February 14, 2006

    The Seekers

    The birth and life of the '9-11 Truth movement'

  • News

    January 17, 2006

    The Unseen War in Iraq

    When troops are cut, we'll still be bombing the hell out of the place

  • News

    December 13, 2005

    Wretch-Stained Ink

    Facing the offal truth about Bush's propaganda machinery

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2005

    Morning Report 12/7/05
    Lost Hermanos

    Facing the offal truth about Bush's propaganda machinery

  • News

    November 15, 2005

    An Army of None

    If counter-recruiters succeed and enlistees flee, a draft could be next.

  • News

    October 25, 2005

    'Bush Lied, 2,000 Died'

    New Yorkers take to the streets in protest of the war in Iraq

  • News

    October 25, 2005

    After Miers: Bush Needs to Reunite His Base

    A list of strategic picks for Supreme Court

  • News

    August 30, 2005

    Leisurely Bush, Bumbling Feds

    Only the Coast Guard looks good after Hurricane Katrina

  • News

    August 16, 2005

    Errors of Commission

    The hijacking of the probe into the 9-11 hijackers

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2005

    Home Invasion

    The hijacking of the probe into the 9-11 hijackers

  • News

    July 19, 2005

    Doctors Assisting Torture

    The medical art of breaking down prisoners in our war against international terrorism

  • News

    June 14, 2005

    Pulling Up Lame

    Loser versus loser: Handicapping the coming Supreme Court vacancies

  • News

    May 17, 2005

    Show of Farce

    The press digs itself into holes; the government covers up its own errors—the system at work

  • News

    May 3, 2005

    Two Wars Too Many

    Neocons hunt for the right surrogate at the right time to take on Iran

  • News

    March 22, 2005

    Hard Target

    U.S. Military is pressed to probe run-ins between reporters and troops in Iraq

  • News

    March 1, 2005

    Lost in Translation

    Will a former FBI translator finally get to tell us what she knows about 9-11?

  • News

    January 4, 2005

    Bush Has Pain on Right

    Hey, big spender, the Heritage Foundation is no longer happy with you

  • News

    January 4, 2005

    'No Women in Combat'? Tell It to the Kids

    Hey, big spender, the Heritage Foundation is no longer happy with you

  • News

    December 14, 2004

    'War Crimes' Murmurs

    At home, Bush, Warner, Lugar join the department of Rumsfeld defense

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2004

    Vote Early! Vote Often!

    At home, Bush, Warner, Lugar join the department of Rumsfeld defense

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    The 9-11 Bogeyman

    At home, Bush, Warner, Lugar join the department of Rumsfeld defense

  • News

    July 27, 2004

    The Dayton Discord

    'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings

  • News

    July 27, 2004

    Brothers-in-Cover-up

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

  • News

    June 15, 2004

    Torture Trail

    Bush's lawyers conclude the torture of prisoners is justified in war on terrorism

  • Books

    June 1, 2004

    Script Supervision

    Bush's lawyers conclude the torture of prisoners is justified in war on terrorism

  • News

    May 25, 2004

    Tenet Gets the Bum's Rush

    Once again, the CIA chief falls on his sword. Will this bloodletting help Bush?

  • News

    May 11, 2004

    Why Were We on Our Own?

    9-11 inquiry merely hints at the feds' inaction on the fatal day

  • News

    May 4, 2004

    The Humane Society

    The leashes belonged on our own soldiers—no matter how you spin it

  • News

    April 6, 2004

    Plane Truth

    Among Questions Still Up In The Air Is Why Our Jet Fighters Weren't

  • News

    March 23, 2004

    Further Dispatches From Planet Rummy

    Secretary Strangelove Has Been Interested in Terrorism Since 1983

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