News, February 2, 2010

Huge Deficits May Alter US Politics and Global Power
 
  Defense Stocks Gain on Spending Boost in Budget

Military Spared Belt-Tightening Budget

Iraq Veteran Leads 'Don't Ask' Push in Congress

Kuwaiti Pentagon Contractor Faces Fraud Charges

The War at Home
Gates Asks for $33 Billion in War Supplemental by Spring
Gates Shakes Up Leadership for F-35, Withholds Lockheed Funds
Air Force Eyes Summer Tanker Decision; Budgets $12 Billion for Controversial Program
Sikorsky to Develop Unmanned Black Hawk Helicopter
UK Army Chiefs Threatened to Resign in Outrage Over Budget Cuts

'War on Terror'
In Closing, Competing Portrayals of Defendant in Afghan Shooting Trial
Republicans Revive 'Soft on Terror' Charge
Terrorism Suspect's Father Headed to NYC Court
DC Metro Plans Terrorism Drills on Train, Bus Systems
UK Air Passengers Who Refuse a Full Body Scan to Be Barred From Their Flights

News, February 1, 2010


War Spending Surges in Obama's 2011 Budget
Afghan, Iraq Wars Shape Pentagon Budget, US Strategy

White House Won't Guarantee Civilian Trial for KSM


Haiti
US Military Stops Haiti Airlift Amid Disputes With States
White House Claims Will Soon Resume Military Airlift of Injured Haitians
Crist Disputes Claims That Military Halted Flights for Haitian Earthquake Victims



Frontline
Mullen: US Willing to Back Mexican Drug War
Navy Supervisor Doctored Whistle-Blower's Records
MI5: Terrorists 'Surgically Implanting Bombs'
Obama to Propose $3.8 Trillion 2011 Budget
US Examines Whether Blackwater Tried Bribery
Cleric in Yemen Admits Meeting Airliner Plot Suspect, Journalist Says
'War on Terror'
Axelrod: No Decision Yet on Terror Trial Site
Air Security 'Blacklist' Angers US Allies
Outrage as Massachusetts Town Invites Gitmo Detainee
Britain Warned Businesses of Threat of Chinese Spying
US Ties Israeli Billionaire With Chinese Intelligence

US Military
Varied Forces Pushing Obama to Act on Gays in the Military
Tough Old Soldier Battles New Enemy: Suicide Epidemic
Marines May Carry Portable Brain Scanners

News, January 31, 2010

Obama Seeks Major Nuke Increase
 
  Draft Defense Dept Budget Avoids Weapons Cuts, Adds Aircraft
  Obama's New Gitmo Closure Deadline: Jan. 22, 2013
  No Sanctions for Bush Lawyers Who OK'd Torture, Report Will Say
US Speeds Up Arms Buildup With Gulf Allies
 
  US Accelerates Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf
Proxy Detention 'Collusion' Exposed
 
  Courts, Congress Shun Addressing Legality of Warrantless Snooping
Obama to Propose $3.8 Trillion 2011 Budget
9/11 Trials
Skyrocketing Costs May Have Doomed NYC Trial Plan
In NYC, Relief and Disappointment Over 9/11 Trial's Move
Site for Terror Trial Isn't Its Only Obstacle
Obama Seeks $200m to Help Cities Host 9/11 Trials
Many Obstacles to Choosing a Site for 9/11 Trials

'War on Terror'
Canada Violated Inmate's Rights at Guantánamo, Supreme Court Finds
Terror Suspect Allowed to Keep Visa to Avoid Tipping Off Larger Investigation
Colorado: Arrest of Train Passenger Carrying Afrikan Liberation Army Literature Over Alleged Bomb Threat
Report: Critical Infrastructures Under Constant Cyberattack Globally
GOP: Underbomber Shows Obama Has 'Blind Spot' on Terror War

US Military
Pentagon Starts Clock on Lifting Gay Ban
Pearl Harbor Merging With Hickam Air Force Base

Americans Still Dying
Hornell (NY) Marine Killed in Afghanistan on First Tour of Duty
Livermore (CA) Soldier Dies as a Result of Burns Received in Iraq in October Accident
San Marcos (TX) Remembers West Point Grad Killed by Afghan IED
Family Remembers Fallen Florida Marine
Montana Soldier Who Grew Up in Decatur (AL) Dies in Combat
Yonkers (NY) Soldier Killed in Vehicle Wreck in Iraq
US Marine From Cherry Hill (NJ) Is Killed in Afghanistan
Jacksonville (FL) Marine With Ties to Kentucky Killed in Afghanistan