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  • More than a "few rotten apples"

    A U.S. soldier who tortured an Iraqi general to death got his wrist slapped. Yet his appalling sentence made a certain sense.
    By Brig. Gen. David Irvine and David Danzig January 27, 2006

  • The Pentagon may be watching you

    A database of "threats" and "suspicious incidents" suggests that the military is monitoring the peaceful activities of U.S. citizens.
    By Tim Grieve December 14, 2005

  • Incalculable pain

    The Pentagon is underreporting the number of American soldier casualties in Iraq, say House Democrats.
    By Mark Benjamin December 10, 2005

  • The Pentagon's picture problems

    The Army calls off its investigation of the pictures-for-porn swap just as a federal judge says the government must release more photos from Abu Ghraib.
    By Tim Grieve September 29, 2005

  • Was the Pentagon's party a bust?

    The Pentagon threw a party to celebrate 9/11 and promote the war in Iraq. Not so many people showed up.
    By T.G. September 12, 2005

  • Let's Iraq and roll

    In a surreal twist on the political demonstration, the Pentagon put on a show to mark 9/11 and honor U.S. troops serving in the war.
    By Mark Benjamin September 11, 2005

  • Why does the Washington Post hate America?

    Under pressure from readers, bloggers and its own employees, the newspaper pulls out of the Pentagon's 9/11 party plan.
    By T.G. August 16, 2005

  • "Females are essential"

    In the aftermath of the deadliest attack ever on American women soldiers, Marines unite around the need for military women in a war zone.
    By Phillip Robertson June 29, 2005

  • The real news from Iraq

    What would news coverage look like if the Bush administration could design it?
    By Tim Grieve June 28, 2005

  • Still to blame

    Newly declassified files on detainee abuse include sworn statements by a Pentagon employee about a military interrogator who threw the Koran on the floor and "stepped on it" -- provoking detainees to riot.
    By Joe Conason May 27, 2005

  • Down and out with Iraqi forces

    On patrol with Iraq's ragtag army, a reporter discovers why American troops will not be coming home anytime soon.
    By David Axe May 23, 2005

  • The bigger story on Quran abuse at Gitmo

    Newsweek's blunder aside, numerous past stories revealed that the Quran was abused by interrogators at the U.S. military prison in Cuba.
    By Mark Follman May 16, 2005

  • Prophetic words

    Just about everyone -- even Bush -- predicted the perilous situation the U.S. military finds itself in.
    By Robert Schlesinger May 6, 2005

  • Uncovering the cost of war

    The Pentagon is forced to release some images of the flag-draped coffins of American soldiers.
    By Mark Follman April 28, 2005

  • Wolfowitz's new agenda

    Experts say the war hawk's fealty to the oil industry could derail the World Bank's mission to reduce poverty.
    By Daphne Eviatar April 26, 2005

  • How many have gone to war?

    Even experts are surprised at the vast numbers of U.S. soldiers who have been deployed after 9/11. Even if troop levels in Iraq are cut next year, the military may be permanently damaged.
    By Mark Benjamin April 12, 2005

  • Relief in sight for the troops?

    With relatively good news out of Iraq lately, the Pentagon is talking up some downsizing in the war zone -- but it's baby steps more than big ones.
    By Mark Follman April 11, 2005

  • Head scratcher

    Bush cites Wolfowitz's Pentagon experience in choosing him to head the World Bank. Considering his atrocious track record at Defense, the Bank should get ready for an epidemic of waste, fraud and corruption.
    By Joe Conason March 18, 2005

  • Mr. Magoo goes to the World Bank

    The problem with Paul Wolfowitz isn't that he's an evil genius. It's that he has been consistently, astonishingly, unswervingly wrong about foreign policy for 30 years.
    By Michael Lind March 17, 2005

  • Counting on the AWOLs

    A new GAO report exposes the Pentagon's fuzzy math regarding Iraq's new security forces.
    By Mark Follman March 16, 2005

  • The invisible wounded

    Injured soldiers evacuated to the U.S. never arrive in the light of day -- and the Pentagon has yet to offer a satisfactory explanation why.
    By Mark Benjamin March 8, 2005

  • Coming to a flat screen near you: The Pentagon Channel

    If you hate the truth, you'll love DoD TV!
    By Arianna Huffington February 24, 2005

  • If you don't write me a blank check, the terrorists have won

    In asking for $82 billion more for the Iraq war, Bush shows his strong commitment to sacrifice, for both Americans and Iraqis!
    By Joyce McGreevy February 22, 2005

  • "A military in extremis"

    Still living in a fantasy world, the administration has no strategy for maintaining the current number of U.S. forces in Iraq for two more years.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 27, 2005

  • Clinging to happy talk

    Bush says elections will bring democracy to Iraq, but that is as unrealistic as all his other now-disproved rosy scenarios.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 14, 2005
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