Tag: Military
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US uses cluster bombs in sadr city
from press tv: An Iraqi member of parliament has revealed that the US forces have used forbidden weapons against Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Sadr City. DPA quoted Leqa Yasin, a Sadrist lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament, as saying that technical and medical examination on the bodies of the victims and wounded of the recent clashes…
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petraeus chosen as new centcom commander
from thinkprogress: The AP reports that President Bush has tapped Gen. David Petraeus, currently the Commanding General of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, to become the new commander of the U.S. Central Command. He will replace Adm. William Fallon, whose “premature departure” at least stemmed from policy disagreements with Petraeus, “a favorite of the White…
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former US army engineer accused of spying for israel
from voa: The Department of Justice says federal authorities arrested Ben-Ami Kadish, a U.S. citizen and mechanical engineer, on charges of taking part in a conspiracy to disclose national defense information to Israel. Kadish, formerly employed at the U.S. Army’s Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center in New Jersey, is accused of taking classified material…
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thoughtcrime, hydrant cams, recycle cops & dc detectors
could soldiers be prosecuted for thoughtcrime?from danger room: The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding a number of technologies that tap into the brain’s ability to detect threats before the conscious mind is able to process the information. Already, there is Pentagon-sponsored work on using the brain’s pattern detection capabilities for enhanced goggles…
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behind tv analysts, pentagon’s hidden hand
from new york times: Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found. The effort, which began with the buildup to the Iraq war and…
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‘operation sudden impact’
from steve watson: Federal law enforcement agencies co-opted sheriffs offices as well state and local police forces in three states last weekend for a vast round up operation that one sheriff’s deputy has described as “martial law training”. Law-enforcement agencies in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas took part in what was described by local media as…
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pentagon seeks authority over training foreign militaries
from afp: The Pentagon asked Congress Tuesday to give it permanent authority over training and equipping foreign militaries, in a shifting of roles from the State Department. Both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Congressional approval for the change, as well as authorization for the Pentagon to spend 750 million…
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armed robots still in iraq
from danger room: A recent news report that armed robots had been pulled out of Iraq is mistaken, according to the company that makes the robot and the Army program manager. We linked last week to a Popular Mechanics article reporting that the armed SWORDS robots, made by Foster-Miller, has been pulled out of Iraq…
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oregon civil air patrol drills & mystery earthquakes
oregon cap to conduct major exercise this weekendfrom salem-news: The Oregon Wing of the Civil Air Patrol will be conducting a major area wide multi-scenario training exercise this weekend, with aircraft and ground teams operating out of the Aurora State Airport north of Salem. The exercise, which will focus on scenarios involving air search and…
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zombie computers, pocket lie detectors & stolen laptops
zombie computers decried as imminent nat’l threatfrom threat level: Gangs of thousands of zombie home computers grinding out spam, committing fraud and overpowering websites are the most vexing net threat today, according to law enforcement and security professionals… at the RSA 2008 security conference entitled “Protecting the Homeland: Winning the Botnet Battle,” which was marked…
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collateral 40: a bug’s life
from collateral news: This weeks episode is about remote controlled bugs, implanted micro-cameras and the Pentagon’s latest attempt to spy on terrorists … wait a few years and this new technology called ‘Hybrid Insects Mems’ or ‘Hi-Mems’ will be in the hands of domestic law enforcement flying around your living room.
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what do we consider to be an act of war in cyberspace?
from washington times: U.S. military officials seeking to boost the nation’s cyberwarfare capabilities are looking beyond defending the Internet: They are developing ways to launch virtual attacks on enemies. But first the military will have to figure out the proper boundaries. “What do we consider to be an act of war in cyberspace?” asked Lt.…
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military to ‘recruit or hire bloggers’ & intellipedia
military report: secretly ‘recruit or hire bloggers’from danger room: A study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested “clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers.” Since the start of the Iraq war, there’s been a raucous debate in military circles over how to handle blogs – and the servicemembers who want to keep them. One faction…
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fbi focusing on ‘about 4’ suspects in anthrax attacks
from fox news: The FBI has narrowed its focus to “about four” suspects in the6 1/2-year investigation of the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, and at least three of those suspects are linked to the Army’s bioweapons research facility at Fort Detrick in Maryland, FOX News has learned. Among the pool of suspects are three…
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nga eyeing power grid
from upi/daily dose of terror: The agency that manages data from U.S. spy satellites is exploring ways to map the nation’s entire electric grid as part of efforts to protect infrastructure. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants to create an “electric energy infrastructure dataset,” including the geographical locations of all transmission lines, power plants, substations, and…