Patriot Paradox

Time.com – The Senate Armed Services Committee reveals how Rumsfeld’s DoD adapted methods used to train U.S. personnel to withstand pressure for false confessions Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Russia’s plans to renew its military and nuclear arsenal are not cause for alarm, the US Defense Department said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US Defense Department on Monday made light of Russia’s possible use of air bases in Venezuela or Cuba for its strategic bombers. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US Defense Department said Friday it opposed a key lawmaker’s proposal this week to split in two a 35-billion-dollar plan to replace the Pentagon’s aging fleet of in-air refueling tankers. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US Defense Department said on Wednesday it has made no decision to delay the purchase of aerial refueling tankers, despite reports the White House asked it to put off the move. Read the rest of this entry »

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AFP – Senior Pentagon officials have had to promise they will keep the details of the US military budget secret as the Defense Department prepares to make tough cuts on weapons programs, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US Defense Department on Monday confirmed it has a team of military advisers training the Pakistani army in counter-insurgency operations but said the program has been openly discussed for months, rejecting a newspaper report suggesting it was a “secret” project. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US Defense Department on Friday said it had finished a review ordered by President Barack Obama examining conditions at the Guantanamo prison to ensure inmates are held in keeping with the Geneva Conventions and other laws. Read the rest of this entry »