When one joins the United States military, one becomes subject to a completely new justice system. While the primary purpose of the United States justice system is to dispense "justice," that is not t...
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Roberta Wohlstetter, a military intelligence expert who said faulty analysis of intelligence signals enabled Japan to attack Pearl Harbor and who saw the same danger in a possible Soviet nuclear st...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
PROSECUTING BLACKWATER (The New York Times, New York)
A report in The Times this week says that the F.B.I. is reaching
the same horrifyin...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlined for the first time Wednesday his concerns about oversight of private contractors in Iraq, telling Congress that he sent a fact-finding team to Baghdad and re...
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The Army is taking stronger steps to warn soldiers they will be punished if they reveal sensitive military information on Web sites or blogs.While the possibility of punishment is not new, the Army...
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A Pentagon review team has recommended the U.S. military have more control over contractors hired in Iraq and private security guards fall under the military code of justice in some cases, Defense ...
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Nooses were left in a black Coast Guard cadet's bag and in the office of a white officer who conducted race relations training after the incident, leading a congressman to call Tuesday for a thorou...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
BLACKWATER'S IMPUNITY (Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles)
''They can get away with murder'' has been the cry of critics of
hiring private co...
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Politics: Ted Kennedy attaches hate crime legislation to a needed defense authorization bill. Is he more interested in defending the U.S. or the gay rights agenda?Knowing that President Bush would ...
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Military defense lawyers preparing for trials at the Guantanamo Bay prison fear their work on behalf of terrorism suspects could derail their careers _ or possibly even subject them to punishment.T...
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The economy needs help and fast, Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Monday, claiming the experience for the job and saying the nation can't afford to break in a newcomer.In speech that kicked off a tw...
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Military Justice System in the United States
Intelligence expert Wohlstetter dies
