“While executive officers can declare the military reasonableness of conduct amounting to torture, it is beyond the power of even the president to declare such conduct lawful,” wrote appellate Judge Barbara Keenan…
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U.S. Drops More Than 1400 Bombs On ISIS In First Week Of Mosul Operation…
U.S. forces dropped more than 1,400 bombs, rockets and various other munitions on Islamic State targets in Mosul last week…
Pentagon Seeks to Waive Troops’ Debt in California Guard Bonus Scandal…
Top-level Pentagon officials are exploring ways to potentially waive the debts imposed upon more than 10,000 military reservists after the California National Guard sought to force the veterans to repay generous recruitment bonuses that were fraudulently awarded a decade ago…
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U.S. Soldier Dies of Wounds From Bombing in Iraq…
Pentagon says a US soldier has died from wounds sustained in a bombing in the northern part of Iraq. The US Central Command announced that the soldier died on October 20, but it did not revealed where the explosion took place…
Air Force Chief Foresees Decades More of U.S. Wars…
“We’ve been deploying now for 15 years, we’ve probably got 15, 20 years to go,” Gen. Goldfein warned. This wasn’t just about the current wars, either”…
Pentagon: Hillary Clinton Should Be Arrested For Leaking Top Secret Nuclear Intelligence on National TV…
Hillary Clinton divulged Top Secret nuclear security intelligence to tens of millions of worldwide television audience viewers Wednesday night during the third presidential debate…
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General Cartwright Is Paying the Price for Hillary Clinton’s Sins…
The Obama administration Justice Department has investigated three senior officials for mishandling classified information over the past two years but only one faces a felony conviction, possible jail time and a humiliation that will ruin his career…
‘Guantánamo Diary’ Author Released After 14 Years Without Charge…
After unlawfully imprisoning our client Mohamedou Ould Slahi at Guantánamo for 14 years without charge or trial, the U.S. government has finally released him. He is now home in his native Mauritania…
Pentagon Backs Away From Own Justification For Strikes On Yemen…
The Pentagon declined to say on Monday whether the USS Mason destroyer was targeted by multiple inbound missiles fired from Yemen on Saturday, as initially thought, saying a review was under way…
U.S.-Backed, Saudi-Led Coalition Found Responsible for Yemen Funeral Attack That Killed More than 135…
The bombings killed senior officials and scores of civilians. Houthi administration officials said the number of dead was 135, while the United Nations placed the death toll at 140…
‘Sodomized’ Guantánamo Captive Recovering After Surgery. Prison: No comment…
An alleged accomplice in the Sept. 11 terror attacks underwent reconstructive surgery for decade-old damage from his “sodomy” in CIA custody and was to be returned to his clandestine prison to recuperate
As Many As 44 Afghan Troops Go Missing While on U.S. Military Training Visits…
In an effort to find illegal work and settle permanently in America, at least 44 Afghan troops visiting the US for military training have gone missing since January 2015…
British Companies Rake in Billions from Pentagon Military Contracts…
UK defense firms have earned more than £47 billion ($60 billion) from US military contracts during Barack Obama’s eight year presidency, an analysis of Pentagon spending has found…
A Short Refresher of the U.S. Chain of Command to “Make War” Opposed to the Power to “Declare War”…
Just to make sure that everyone knows who has the power TO MAKE WAR in the US as opposed to the power TO DECLARE WAR, I will explain the present set up…
Fort Campbell Soldiers Sold Stolen Army Gear to Buyers Overseas…
U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee David Rivera formally announces charges against six Ft. Campbell soldiers and two others on charges they conspired to steal and sell Army equipment on eBay…
Russia Warns U.S., ‘attack Syria and we will shoot down your aircraft’…
Russian Defence Ministry spokesman says Russian air defence forces based in Syria are ready to shoot down US aircraft and missiles attacking the Syrian military if they believe the lives of Russian personnel are threatened…
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Court Rules Former Top CIA Officials Must Be Deposed in Torture Psychologists Lawsuit…
A federal judge has ordered that former high-ranking CIA officials will have to sit for depositions in the lawsuit against the two psychologists who designed and implemented the CIA torture program…
The FBI’s Secret Methods for Recruiting Informants at the Border…
The FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection work closely together to turn these vulnerabilities into opportunities for gathering intelligence, according to government documents obtained by The Intercept…
Destroying Syria: a Joint Criminal Enterprise by Diana Johnstone…
Everyone claims to want to end the war in Syria and restore peace to the Middle East. Well, almost everyone…
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“White Helmet” “Save Aleppo” Protest Proves How Easy it is to Dress Up Actors as “War Victims”…
Recent protests held across North America and Europe staged by supporters of armed militants in Syria have staged scenes in Western streets eerily similar to those featured in the photos and videos of…
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