http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/ss_military0942_09_24.asp
Another contract for Lockheed Martin for the DoD to disburse?
How much will this sale cost the taxpayer and where does the profit from the sale go to, or is there ever actually a profit made?
The administration of President Barack Obama has approved Iraq's request for the F-16 multi-role fighter.
The administration has endorsed an Iraqi request for 18 new F-16 aircraft for Baghdad's Air Force, Middle East Newsline reported. Officials said the Defense Department has notified Congress of the proposed sale, estimated at $4.2 billion.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
US soldier charged in Wikileaks case
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/us-soldier-charged-with-revealing-classified-information-in-wikileaks-case/story-e6frfku0-1225888735920
Some things the human mind is forced to comprehend just can't be lived with, leaving very little recourse for the self preservation of ones own sanity. The choice is there to either die with the guilt of that knowledge, or expose that knowledge for the atrocity that it is.
AN American soldier allegedly responsible for leaking classified footage to whistleblower site Wikileaks has been charged over the incident.
The US Department of Defence said Bradley Manning, 22, was charged with disclosing classified information concerning national defence that could cause injury to the United States and transferring classified data onto his personal computer.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/us-soldier-charged-with-revealing-classified-information-in-wikileaks-case/story-e6frfku0-1225888735920#ixzz0svYV1pD9
The Collateral Murder video caused a sensation in April, showing US troops firing from Apache helicopters on supposedly unarmed men in a Baghdad village.
Twelve people were killed in the July 2007 incident, including two Reuters journalists.
The story of how Wikileaks obtained the video has always been held tightly under wraps by site editor Julian Assange, who has maintained that Wikileaks cracked the encryption that allowed it to view the video after it was handed to them in February.
..Manning has been enlisted in the US Army since 2007. His family and friends say he is an intelligence analyst with clearance that would have allowed him access to top secret intelligence.
In the release, the military announced
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/us-soldier-charged-with-revealing-classified-information-in-wikileaks-case/story-e6frfku0-1225888735920#ixzz0svXQYWob
Some things the human mind is forced to comprehend just can't be lived with, leaving very little recourse for the self preservation of ones own sanity. The choice is there to either die with the guilt of that knowledge, or expose that knowledge for the atrocity that it is.
AN American soldier allegedly responsible for leaking classified footage to whistleblower site Wikileaks has been charged over the incident.
The US Department of Defence said Bradley Manning, 22, was charged with disclosing classified information concerning national defence that could cause injury to the United States and transferring classified data onto his personal computer.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/us-soldier-charged-with-revealing-classified-information-in-wikileaks-case/story-e6frfku0-1225888735920#ixzz0svYV1pD9
The Collateral Murder video caused a sensation in April, showing US troops firing from Apache helicopters on supposedly unarmed men in a Baghdad village.
Twelve people were killed in the July 2007 incident, including two Reuters journalists.
The story of how Wikileaks obtained the video has always been held tightly under wraps by site editor Julian Assange, who has maintained that Wikileaks cracked the encryption that allowed it to view the video after it was handed to them in February.
..Manning has been enlisted in the US Army since 2007. His family and friends say he is an intelligence analyst with clearance that would have allowed him access to top secret intelligence.
In the release, the military announced
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/us-soldier-charged-with-revealing-classified-information-in-wikileaks-case/story-e6frfku0-1225888735920#ixzz0svXQYWob
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Rising debt could derail Congress on just about everything
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/79757.html?storylink=omni_popular
The Senate began a debate Monday over the future of health care in America that's likely to go on for weeks, but behind the scenes, lawmakers are struggling to resolve an even more explosive issue: how to pay for all their ideas.
Federal budget deficits remain at record highs. The national debt is $12.1 trillion and Congress must vote soon to let it go higher or else the Treasury won't be able to issue new debt. President Barack Obama is expected to announce Tuesday a plan to send an additional 30,000 to 35,000 American troops to Afghanistan, which will require more spending.
Despite the Obama administration's promise of a new era of fiscal responsibility, seven of the 12 major appropriations bills that set federal spending — including those that govern the budgets of the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services and Transportation — still haven't passed Congress.
Those agencies have been operating since Oct. 1 on stopgap resolutions; the next one expires Dec. 18.
Add to this the $848 billion 10-year cost of the Senate health care proposal, and it appears that "it's all starting to come crashing down in one big piece,"
The Senate began a debate Monday over the future of health care in America that's likely to go on for weeks, but behind the scenes, lawmakers are struggling to resolve an even more explosive issue: how to pay for all their ideas.
Federal budget deficits remain at record highs. The national debt is $12.1 trillion and Congress must vote soon to let it go higher or else the Treasury won't be able to issue new debt. President Barack Obama is expected to announce Tuesday a plan to send an additional 30,000 to 35,000 American troops to Afghanistan, which will require more spending.
Despite the Obama administration's promise of a new era of fiscal responsibility, seven of the 12 major appropriations bills that set federal spending — including those that govern the budgets of the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services and Transportation — still haven't passed Congress.
Those agencies have been operating since Oct. 1 on stopgap resolutions; the next one expires Dec. 18.
Add to this the $848 billion 10-year cost of the Senate health care proposal, and it appears that "it's all starting to come crashing down in one big piece,"
Monday, August 10, 2009
Governors oppose DoD emergency powers
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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/...009-08-10.html
A bipartisan pair of governors is opposing a new Defense Department proposal to handle natural and terrorism-related disasters, contending that a murky chain of command could lead to more problems than solutions.
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R), chairman of the National Governors Association, and Vice Chairman Gov. Joe Manchin (D) of West Virginia penned a letter opposing the Pentagon proposal, which they said would hinder a state's effort to respond to a disaster.
Current law gives governors control over National Guard forces in their own states as well as any Guard units and Defense Department personnel imported from other states.
The letter comes as the Pentagon proposes a legislative fix that would give the secretary of Defense the authority to assist in response to domestic disasters and, consequently, control over units stationed in an affected state.
"We are concerned that the legislative proposal you discuss in your letter would invite confusion on critical command and control issues, complicate interagency planning, establish stove-piped response efforts, and interfere with governors’ constitutional responsibilities to ensure the safety and security of their citizens," Douglas and Manchin wrote to Paul Stockton, assistant secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/...009-08-10.html
A bipartisan pair of governors is opposing a new Defense Department proposal to handle natural and terrorism-related disasters, contending that a murky chain of command could lead to more problems than solutions.
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R), chairman of the National Governors Association, and Vice Chairman Gov. Joe Manchin (D) of West Virginia penned a letter opposing the Pentagon proposal, which they said would hinder a state's effort to respond to a disaster.
Current law gives governors control over National Guard forces in their own states as well as any Guard units and Defense Department personnel imported from other states.
The letter comes as the Pentagon proposes a legislative fix that would give the secretary of Defense the authority to assist in response to domestic disasters and, consequently, control over units stationed in an affected state.
"We are concerned that the legislative proposal you discuss in your letter would invite confusion on critical command and control issues, complicate interagency planning, establish stove-piped response efforts, and interfere with governors’ constitutional responsibilities to ensure the safety and security of their citizens," Douglas and Manchin wrote to Paul Stockton, assistant secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
DoD Training Manual: Protests are "Low-Level Terrorism"
http://open.salon.com/blog/dennis_lo...evel_terrorism
The Department of Defense is training all of its personnel in its current Antiterrorism and Force Protection Annual Refresher Training Course that political protest is "low-level terrorism."
The Training introduction reads as follows:
"Anti-terrorism (AT) and Force Protection (FP) are two facets of the Department of Defense (DoD) Mission Assurance Program. It is DoD policy, as found in DoDI 2000.16, that the DoD Components and the DoD elements and personnel shall be protected from terrorist acts through a high pirority, comprehensive, AT program. The DoD's AT program shall be all encompassing using an integrated systems approach."
The first question of the Terrorism Threat Factors, "Knowledge Check 1" section reads as follows:
Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism activity?
Select the correct answer and then click Check Your Answer
The Department of Defense is training all of its personnel in its current Antiterrorism and Force Protection Annual Refresher Training Course that political protest is "low-level terrorism."
The Training introduction reads as follows:
"Anti-terrorism (AT) and Force Protection (FP) are two facets of the Department of Defense (DoD) Mission Assurance Program. It is DoD policy, as found in DoDI 2000.16, that the DoD Components and the DoD elements and personnel shall be protected from terrorist acts through a high pirority, comprehensive, AT program. The DoD's AT program shall be all encompassing using an integrated systems approach."
The first question of the Terrorism Threat Factors, "Knowledge Check 1" section reads as follows:
Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism activity?
Select the correct answer and then click Check Your Answer
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