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Court Rebukes CIA on Freedom of Information, Recognizes Journalists, Not CIA, Determine What Is News

The CIA has long maintained that it is the judge of what is newsworthy, even under FOIA.

The court disagrees.

Afghan Officials Aided an Attack on U.S. Soldiers - NYTimes.com

An Afghan police chief and another official colluded with Taliban in a recent attack on american troops, according to a military investigation.

Violations of Law May Be Classified, Court Rules | Secrecy News

Information that would reveal a violation of the law may be properly classified as long as it is not deliberately classified for the purpose of concealing the violation, a federal judge indicated this week.

That view, in a ruling (pdf) against the ACLU by DC District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, all but nullifies one of the principal limitations on national security secrecy contained in the executive order on classification policy.

Newswise Medical Substantial Proportion of Female Veterans Report Military Sexual Trauma

According to preliminary research results from the Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately 15 percent of recently returned female veterans utilizing the VA health care system report experiencing sexual trauma during military service.

The cross-sectional study, presented at the American Public Health Association's 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, examined health care screening data of over 100,000 veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) who utilized medical care at any Veterans Health Administration facility during a six-year period.

Eight die in US attack inside Syria: official media

American helicopter-borne troops launched an assault on Sunday on a building in a Syrian border village with Iraq, killing eight civilians, official Syrian media reported.

The government has summoned the official US and Iraqi representatives to protest, state television and the official SANA news agency said.

Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers

A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.

Yahoo! Buzz: The Elephant's No Longer in the Room

Jeez, who's next, Cindy McCain? What with ex-Bush press secretary Scott McClellan's endorsment of Obama, the initial trickle of high-profile Republicans coming out for the Democratic candidate has become something of a steady stream. Rats deserting a sinking ship or principled patriots putting country before party? Here's a guide to other recent defections.

Former Bush press secretary backs Obama

Colin Powell was the first former official of the Bush Administration to endorse Barack Obama in the upcoming election.

Now Scott McClellan stands with him.

What are they trying to tell us?

The Choice: Comment: The New Yorker

Never in living memory has an election been more critical than the one fast approaching-that's the quadrennial cliché, as expected as the balloons and the bombast. And yet when has it ever felt so urgently true? When have so many Americans had so clear a sense that a Presidency has-at the levels of competence, vision, and integrity-undermined the country and its ideals?

Islamic Terrorists Back McCain

"Al-Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election," said a commentary posted Monday on the extremist Web site al-Hesbah, which is closely linked to the terrorist group. It said the Arizona Republican would continue the "failing march of his predecessor," President Bush.

9/11 suspects get laptop, no Net

A military judge has ruled that Khalid Sheik Mohammed can have a laptop, but he won't be able to do much more than watch dvds, listen to music or play games. . .that's because he won't be given access to the internet. . .

Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the Homeland

For the first time in 100 years, and contrary to a long-standing legal prohibition, an active duty military unit is permanently assigned inside the U.S.

Several bloggers today have pointed to this obviously disturbing article from Army Times, which announces that "beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the [1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division] will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North" -- "the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities."

Tariq Ali, Has the U.S. Invasion of Pakistan Begun?

As Andrew Bacevich tells us in the latest issue of the Atlantic, there's now a vigorous debate going on in the military about the nature of the "next" American wars and how to prepare for them. However, while military officers argue, that "next war" may already be creeping up on us.

tehran times : Pakistan army ordered to hit back at U.S. forces

TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based U.S. troops inside the country.

Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.

Shooting from the hip on foreign policy, Palin raises spectre of war with Russia

The first time a reporter interviewed Sarah Palin on foreign policy, she threatened war with Russia. In an interview yesterday with ABC News, the newly minted Republican vice-presidential candidate made it clear that she believes Georgia and Ukraine should be brought into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and protected against any future acts of Russian aggression. When he asked whether, under the NATO treaty, the United States would have to go to war to protect Georgia if it were attacked again, Ms. Palin replied: "Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help ..."