A new U.S. Navy instruction offers a “guide to the operation and administration of detention facilities.” Detention means “the temporary holding of persons in custody in a detention facility pending…
A recent Congressional Research Service report observed irregularities in government spending on military space. “Tracking the DOD space budget is extremely difficult since space is not identified as a separate…
The apparent murder of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko through polonium poisoning seemed like an outlandish innovation in crime. But it was not the first time that polonium had…
The flight test of a sea-based missile defense system in the Pacific was aborted yesterday after an interceptor missile failed to launch from an Aegis cruiser, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense…
In a major new report (pdf) that could serve as an appendix to the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission, the Congressional Research Service performed a detailed assessment of the…