“It’s not a crime to publish classified information,” explained Washington Post reporter Dana Priest in an electric moment on last Sunday’s NBC Meet the Press, even though “[commentator William] Bennett…
Military doctrine on the control of stress in combat is presented in a new Army field manual (pdf). “In our own Soldiers and in the enemy combatants, control of stress…
One reason why classification is an unreliable guide as to what should or should not be published by the press is that classification policy is implemented erratically by the government….
The global war on terror has cost the U.S. $437 billion since September 11, the Congressional Research Service estimated last month, including $319 billion for the war in Iraq. (The…
One of the most vivid allegations made by the U.S. government regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction was the claim that Iraqi had developed mobile laboratories for the production of…