Pentagon - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/pentagon/?source=rss&aim=pentagon en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST In the military we trust By William J. Astore Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/11/american_military/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/11/american_military/index.html?source=rss Progressives who want to disarm U.S. militarism must first understand the nation's faith in the military -- one of our least elitist, most diverse institutions. America's trinity of terrorism By Greg Grandin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/14/unholy_trinity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/14/unholy_trinity/index.html?source=rss The network of U.S.-sponsored terrorism now on global display relies on death squads, disappearances and torture. Feeding off the Pentagon By Mark Benjamin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/04/va_contract/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/04/va_contract/index.html?source=rss How did a former Bush official win an $800 million Department of Defense contract for his healthcare firm? That's what government watchdogs want to know. Guns, not roses, for Iraq By Mark Benjamin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/18/weapons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/18/weapons/index.html?source=rss The U.S. is selling billions in weapons to Iraq. Is the Pentagon's plan making the country secure or arming it to the teeth for civil war? Don't believe the surge hype By Joe Conason Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/07/iraq_surge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/07/iraq_surge/index.html?source=rss The Petraeus road show will roll into Washington with dubious claims that troop increases have reduced violence. Bush's new friends: The Sunnis By Mark Benjamin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/05/reconciliation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/05/reconciliation/index.html?source=rss As plans to stabilize Iraqi politics go nowhere fast, experts warn that the latest U.S. tactics could lead to greater civil war. U.S. military routinely hacks into Chinese networks Andrew Leonard Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/04/chinese_military_hackers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/04/chinese_military_hackers/index.html?source=rss Why wasn't that the headline on a "scoop" detailing Chinese infiltration of Pentagon computers? Bush's non-exit exit strategy By Joe Conason Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/08/03/iraq_mullen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/08/03/iraq_mullen/index.html?source=rss Not only is the "surge" not working, it's destabilizing Iraq. Yet military leaders say troops should stay for the long term. Operation Iraq betrayal By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/07/26/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/07/26/cheney/index.html?source=rss In the absence of anything remotely resembling victory in Iraq, Bush and Cheney play the blame game -- including in a new, authorized biography of the vice president. Hillary strikes back Julia Dahl Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/23/clinton_pentagon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/23/clinton_pentagon/index.html?source=rss After being dressed down by the Pentagon, Clinton leads a call for hearings on redeployment. Shot across the bow Digby Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/19/clinton_pentagon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/19/clinton_pentagon/index.html?source=rss Telling Mrs. Clinton to mind her business. One U.S. soldier who must be counted By L. Okey Onyejekwe Jr. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/22/iraq_casualty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/22/iraq_casualty/index.html?source=rss Veterans of the Iraq war, including heroic Army Cpl. Frank Sandoval, are dying here in America too. A whole new kind of missile defense test failure Alex Koppelman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/25/missile_defense/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/25/missile_defense/index.html?source=rss This time, they couldn't even get the target "missile" to launch correctly. George Tenet cashes in on Iraq By Tim Shorrock Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/07/tenet_money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/07/tenet_money/index.html?source=rss The former CIA chief is earning big money from corporations profiting off the war -- a fact not mentioned in his combative new book or heard on his publicity blitz. The Pentagon's chronic neglect of Iraq vets By Mark Benjamin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/25/walter_reed_groups/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/25/walter_reed_groups/index.html?source=rss Military officials knew long ago about the failure to take care of America's war wounded at the beleaguered Walter Reed hospital. Injured troops shipped back into battle By Mark Benjamin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/09/injured_soldiers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/09/injured_soldiers/index.html?source=rss Salon has uncovered further evidence that the military sent soldiers with acute post-traumatic stress disorder, severe back injuries and other serious war wounds back to Iraq. The long-term wounds of Walter Reed By Mark Benjamin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/23/walter_reed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/23/walter_reed/index.html?source=rss Despite military officials' "surprise" at recent coverage, Salon exposed inadequate care and an overwhelmed system unfriendly to vets beginning two years ago. The Pentagon's not-so-little secret By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/02/08/gop_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/02/08/gop_iraq/index.html?source=rss As the president and Republicans continue to hype the surge -- and stifle debate about it -- Bush's own war planners are preparing for failure in Iraq. The spy who came in from the boardroom By Tim Shorrock Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/08/mcconnell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/08/mcconnell/index.html?source=rss Why John Michael McConnell, a top executive at a private defense contractor, should not be allowed to run our nation's intelligence agencies. Pentagon still juking the stats Alex Koppelman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/19/underreporting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/19/underreporting/index.html?source=rss Former CNN head Eason Jordan says that the Pentagon is still underreporting the number of attacks in Iraq. Dear Mr. President: Al-Qaida isn't the problem in Iraq Alex Koppelman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/19/sadr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/19/sadr/index.html?source=rss A new Pentagon report says that the army of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is the biggest threat in Iraq. Pentagon reports Iraq violence at highest level Alex Koppelman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/18/iraq_attacks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/18/iraq_attacks/index.html?source=rss The weekly average of attacks in Iraq over the past four months is worse than at any point since the transfer of sovereignty, Congress was told today. New Flight 77 video released By David Puner Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2006/12/05/flight_77_rooftop_footage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2006/12/05/flight_77_rooftop_footage/index.html?source=rss FBI response to FOIA lawsuit. A vote for more cooked intelligence? By Mark Benjamin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/04/robert_gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/04/robert_gates/index.html?source=rss Little-known documents link Rumsfeld replacement Robert Gates with the kind of trumped-up reports that unleashed the Iraq war. Bush's presidential quagmire By Walter Shapiro Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/09/rumsfeld_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/09/rumsfeld_bush/index.html?source=rss Donald Rumsfeld's discharge continues a shake-up begun months ago -- and marks a major power shift in the White House. But is it too late for Bush to salvage his presidency?