Edwards now represents hundreds of Navy sailors who were aboard the USS Ronald Reagan… “We have all these sailors whose case is now five years old, who have died or are in the process of dying right now,” said Edwards… Edwards noted that some of his other clients have seen their children born with birth […]
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Empty Cockpit Syndrome: Air Force Struggles to Pull Pilot Plunge Out of Tailspin…
These are desperate times for the Air Force. To carry out its assigned missions at a time of rising tensions with North Korea and increasing demand for air power to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Air Force is losing too many of its best pilots. They’re not being lost to enemy fire, but to […]
Green Beret Discovered SEALs’ Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed…
Logan Melgar hadn’t had a drink on June 4. The Green Beret sergeant’s dry day became a key to unraveling the narrative spun by the elite Navy commandos whom military investigators now suspect killed him, officials familiar with the case said. Melgar, a staff sergeant in the Army’s 3rd Special Forces Group, was specifically selected […]
STUDY: Since 9/11, the U.S. Has Spent the Unbelievable Sum of $5.6 TRILLION On Wars…
According to a new study by the end of 2018 the United States will have spent $5.6 trillion on war since 9/11. The Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Center says the average American taxpayer has spent more than $23,386 on wars since 2001. “The U.S. wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, […]
Army to Determine If Bergdahl Will Receive Up to $300k in Back Pay, Benefits…
The U.S. Army needs to determine whether or not former Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who pleaded guilty in October to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after deserting his Afghanistan outpost, will receive back pay and other benefits, following his sentencing last week. A military judge at Fort Bragg ruled that Bergdahl will receive a […]
Hate Crime Hoax: Air Force Cadet Admits to Faking Racial Crime…
A black Air Force cadet has admitted to writing racial slurs targeting blacks attempting to generate hate crime outrage. The Air Force Academy announced on Tuesday that the black cadet who was supposedly the victim of the racial slurs was, in fact, responsible for writing them. Officials said the cadet admitted to being behind the […]
After Night of Drinking, F.B.I. Supervisor Wakes to Find a Woman Stole His Gun…
An F.B.I. counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after a woman stole his gun following a night of heavy drinking in a North Carolina hotel, according to documents and government officials. In July, Robert Manson, a unit chief in the F.B.I.’s international terrorism section, had his Glock .40-caliber handgun, a $6,000 Rolex watch and $60 […]
Star Witness Testifies in Benghazi Trial…
Five weeks into the criminal trial for the alleged ringleader of the deadly Benghazi attacks, prosecutors called their star witness Monday: a Libyan businessman whom the U.S. government paid more than $7 million in a high-stakes operation to befriend and capture the key suspect. Taking the stand before a federal court jury in Washington, the […]
Central Americans and Haitians No Longer Need Protected Status…
More than 300,000 Central Americans and Haitians living in the United States under a form of temporary permission no longer need to be shielded from deportation, the State Department told Homeland Security officials this week, a few days ahead of a highly anticipated DHS announcement about whether to renew that protection. On Tuesday, Secretary of […]
What Is Fat Leonard Scandal? 440 Navy Officials Investigated for Taking Bribes…
Investigation into the “Fat Leonard Scandal” has expanded to include 440 active-duty and retired personnel, including 60 current and former admirals, of the U.S. Navy, according to reports. Reports said these personnel might have violated military law or federal ethic rules in their dealings with Leonard Glenn Francis, a Singapore-based maritime…
‘The Message From Mattis Is Basically Square Your Shit’: DoD Scrambles for Facts in Niger…
In the month since four Army Special Forces and five local security forces troops were killed by jihadi-aligned militants in Niger, the Department of Defense has insisted that the ambush was a complete surprise, catching the joint patrol off guard while they were on a routine mission to meet with local leaders in a village […]
Deserter Bergdahl Gets No Jail Time, Dishonorably Discharged…
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former Taliban captive who pleaded guilty last month to deserting his combat post in Afghanistan and endangering his fellow troops, will not serve prison time, a military judge ruled Friday. The judge, Army Col. Jeffery R. Nance, sentenced Bergdahl to forfeit $10,000 in pay, a reduction in rank to E-1 […]
The Real Scandal of the Declassified Osama bin Laden Trove Implicates Obama and the CIA…
The Central Intelligence Agency has finally declassified and released hundreds of thousands of documents it seized when it liquidated al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Initially, the Obama administration released only a handful of documents which, divorced from the context of the larger trove, appeared to support its narrative that the war…
CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran…
The U.S. government may be considering military action in response to chemical strikes near Damascus. But a generation ago, America’s military and intelligence communities knew about and did nothing to stop a series of nerve gas attacks far more devastating than anything Syria has seen, Foreign Policy has learned…
How Afghans View the Endless U.S. War…
On a recent Friday at the Afghan Peace Volunteers‘ (APV) Borderfree Center, here in Kabul, 30 mothers sat cross-legged along the walls of a large meeting room. Masoumah, who co-coordinates the Center’s “Street Kids School” project, had invited the mothers to a parents meeting. Burka-clad women who wore the veil over their faces looked identical…
Bridge, Crewmembers’ Errors Led to Deaths Aboard 2 Navy Destroyers…
The two collisions that killed a combined 17 sailors aboard the destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain resulted from sailors not following procedures and lack of communication between officers and the rest of the ship, a Navy report released Wednesday concluded. Watch-standers aboard USS Fitzgerald were not paying attention to the right-hand side […]
CIA Releases Massive 470,000 Page Release of Files Captured During 2011 Bin Laden Raid in Pakistan…
Beware, be careful – The CIA site presents a raft of warnings about the content of the downloads: The material in this file collection may contain content that is… Prior to accessing this file collection, please understand that this material was seized from a terrorist organization. While the files underwent interagency review, there is no […]
In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War…
A television interview of a top Qatari official confessing the truth behind the origins of the war in Syria is going viral across Arabic social media during the same week a leaked top secret NSA document was published which confirms that the armed opposition in Syria was under the direct command of foreign governments from […]
Navy SEALs Suspected of Strangling, Killing Army Green Beret in Africa…
Two Navy SEALs from SEAL Team 6 are reportedly “persons of interest” in the investigation to determine who strangled and killed an Army Green Beret in Mali, West Africa, in June. The New York Times first reported on Sunday that Navy criminal authorities are looking into whether or not two members of SEAL Team 6 […]
U.S. Special Operations Forces Capture Key Militant in Benghazi Attack…
U.S. special operations forces have captured a “key” militant involved in the 2012 attack on an American diplomatic facility in the Libyan city of Benghazi that left four dead and sparked an ongoing political firestorm, unnamed U.S. government officials told the Associated Press. The U.S. officials identified the captured suspect to the Associated Press as […]
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