Tag: defense
member name: Steve A, Federation of American Scientists
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June 18, 2007 04:25 PM EDT --
DOD UPDATES POLICY ON CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
To qualify for conscientious objector status and to be granted military discharge on that basis, an individual must oppose all wars, not just a particular . . .
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September 19, 2007 03:42 PM EDT --
US EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD SEES WIDESPREAD IRAQI CORRUPTION
"Currently, Iraq is not capable of even rudimentary enforcement of anticorruption laws," according to a confidential draft assessment prepared . . .
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February 08, 2007 04:32 PM EST --
The National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. intelligence agency that builds and operates spy satellites, has released a redacted version of its declassification guide (pdf) for review of historical records . . .
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June 21, 2007 02:50 PM EDT --
The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney proposed to abolish the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), the executive branch organization that oversees the national security classification system, . . .
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June 05, 2007 03:39 PM EDT --
Letters sent to Judge Reggie B. Walton regarding the sentencing of vice presidential aide Lewis I. "Scooter" Libby, who was convicted of obstruction of justice, were released by the court today. . . .
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May 17, 2007 05:31 PM EDT --
Congressional Research Service (CRS) ON NEW U.S. AFRICA COMMAND
U.S. Government plans to establish a new military command to be known as AFRICOM with responsibility for U.S. military forces in Africa . . .
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August 08, 2007 10:15 AM EDT --
On August 1, the Pacific island nation of Palau became the 139th
country to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that would ban all
nuclear explosions.
Among states that possess nuclear weapons, only . . .
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June 05, 2007 03:42 PM EDT --
ODNI DOCUMENT SUGGESTS A LARGER INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Classified budget numbers concealed in an unclassified PowerPoint document suggest that total U.S. intelligence spending is significantly larger than . . .
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June 07, 2007 01:47 PM EDT --
The industrial base of contractors in industry seeking to do business with the National Security Agency has mushroomed in recent years, according to an NSA acquisition official.
In 2001, only 140 contractors . . .
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June 18, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
SPOTLIGHT ON SPECIAL FORCES AND INTELLIGENCE
The structure of Army special operations forces, their capabilities and characteristic mission profiles, and the role of intelligence in supporting them are . . .
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June 21, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing last April on the policy of "extraordinary rendition," referring to the seizure of suspected terrorists and their transfer to a foreign country . . .
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July 23, 2007 04:27 PM EDT --
A new publication of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presents U.S. military
doctrine on "homeland defense."
"It provides information on command and control, interagency and
multinational coordination, . . .
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July 23, 2007 04:29 PM EDT --
Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has put forward an agenda
to increase transparency in government that includes "publishing
budgets for every government agency."
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September 20, 2007 03:09 PM EDT --
US EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD SEES WIDESPREAD IRAQI CORRUPTION
"Currently, Iraq is not capable of even rudimentary enforcement of anticorruption laws," according to a confidential draft assessment prepared . . .
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August 06, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
One day after President Bush signed into law a bill that requires
public disclosure of the national intelligence budget, the House of
Representatives adopted an amendment to prevent that requirement from . . .
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May 23, 2007 08:51 PM EDT --
DoD Inspector General Reviews Detainee Abuse Investigations
The Department of Defense did a poor job of investigating and addressing reports of detainee abuse committed in Iraq by U.S. military . . .
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June 07, 2007 01:49 PM EDT --
The constitutionality of the so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program was examined from various points of view at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee today.
"The President had ample authority . . .
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July 25, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
The U.S. Senate is placing increased emphasis on exposing corruption and profiteering in military contracting in Iraq.
Last week, Sen. James Webb (D-VA) introduced a bill with twenty co-sponsors . . .
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August 01, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
The espionage statutes concerning classified information could be
employed against journalists who publish such information without
authorization, a Justice Department official told Congress recently, . . .
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October 09, 2007 01:07 PM EDT --
BILL ON CONTRACTOR LIABILITY RAISES INTEL AGENCY CONCERNS
Last week the House of Representatives passed a bill to extend federal legal jurisdiction to crimes committed abroad by U.S. contractors in war . . .
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