For the first time since it began debating the issue more than three decades ago, Congress is now poised to adopt legislation that will require — not merely recommend —…
The U.S. Senate is placing increased emphasis on exposing corruption and profiteering in military contracting in Iraq. Last week, Sen. James Webb (D-VA) introduced a bill with twenty co-sponsors that…
The 1982 U.S. Army medical manual for special forces presented in Secrecy News yesterday is dangerously misleading and it should not be used in practice, one expert in military medicine…
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has put forward an agenda to increase transparency in government that includes “publishing budgets for every government agency.” This appears to be a roundabout way…
Under extreme conditions, live maggots may be inserted into a wound to consume damaged or diseased flesh, according to a medical manual for U.S. Army Special Forces (large pdf). “Despite…