Patriot Paradox

AFP – Harvard welcomed back a US military officer training program Friday that was booted off campus more than 40 years ago during the anti-war ferment at the height of the Vietnam War. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he expects no major cuts to weapons programs in the next two years but that fiscal pressures could require sacrifices. Read the rest of this entry »

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AFP – The US soldier suspected of passing secret documents to WikiLeaks is not being mistreated at a military brig or held “in a hole” as his supporters have alleged, the Pentagon said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A lawyer for the US soldier suspected of passing secret files to WikLeaks accused military authorities of abusing his client by leaving him naked in his prison cell for seven hours. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – China will beef up its military budget by 12.7 percent this year, the government said on Friday, a return to double-digit spending increases that will stir regional unease. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A US Navy intelligence specialist was charged with espionage after he allegedly tried to sell classified information to an undercover FBI agent, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US soldiers today face combat in some far-flung places, but it’s the battle for Columbia University, right in Manhattan, that could say most about the country they represent. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A former US Army major and his wife have been convicted of bribery and money laundering in a huge scheme that illegally funneled some $60 million in Iraq war contracts, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that members of a fundamentalist church have a free-speech right to hold anti-gay protests at military funerals to promote their view that God hates America for tolerating homosexuality. Read the rest of this entry »