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(Video) Pentagon press secretary responds to Manning ‘torture’ charge

Posted on March 3, 2011 by jreid

Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morrell appeared on MSNBC Thursday morning and among other topics, he responded to the charges by Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning’s supporters that he is being “tortured” in U.S. custody. Watch: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world … Continue reading →

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Allowed: viewing the war dead

Posted on April 6, 2009 by jreid

For the first time in 18 years, the Pentagon allowed the media to cover the return of a fallen soldier.

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Binyam goes home

Posted on February 24, 2009 by jreid

The return of a Binyam Mohamed, a four-year Gitmo detainee, to Great Britain raises new questions about the Bush-era “war on terror,” and the complicity of the U.K. in what are by all accounts illegal detentions in an American gulag. … Continue reading →

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Lift the ban

Posted on February 17, 2009 by jreid

The Obama Pentagon mulls over the Bush-era rules on hiding our war dead.

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The propagandists

Posted on April 21, 2008 by jreid

I’m not sure how much of a bombshell it is that the military analysts paraded constantly on television in the lead up to, and during, the war in Iraq, were there to promote and propagandize the conflict. As far back … Continue reading →

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Wars, and rumors of war

Posted on September 27, 2007 by jreid

While you were choking on that $190 BILLION supplemental war request by the Pentagon, several chess pieces moved in the endless global war today. Here are three: The Knight: An amendment (#3017) to the 2008 Defense Authorization Bill, authored by … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Pentagon idiot guy

Posted on July 20, 2007 by jreid

The Pentagon’s Eric Edelman, one of those notorious neoocn undersecretaries, tossed Hillary a big, juicy softball with his ridiculous “aiding the enemy” letter in response to her letter, via the Senate Arms Services Committee, on which she serves to oversee … Continue reading →

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What are we fighting for?

Posted on June 4, 2007 by jreid

Why is the military going after Adam Kokesh? From RawStory: A veteran of the Iraq war is accusing the military of trying to stifle the freedom of speech he volunteered to fight to protect. After serving his country in Iraq, … Continue reading →

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The great Tillman lie

Posted on March 31, 2007 by jreid

The Bush administration has told so many lies, and twisted so much of government and military pursuit and well, everything, to cynical political ends, that it’s almost hard to be shocked anymore. But the Pat Tillman cover up stands out, … Continue reading →

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The shameful treatment of our veterans

Posted on February 20, 2007 by jreid

… the Congress, the Pentagon and the Bush administration should be ashamed. Unfortunately, most of the aforementioned appear to be incapable of shame. Update: But wait … there’s more. Courtesy of ThinkProgress and Americablog (who has apparently moved on from … Continue reading →

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