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Key 9/11 suspect charges dropped

News – The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi citizen alleged to have been the "20th hijacker" in the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US.

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Suicide at the Pentagon

Humor – Suicide at the Pentagon

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Antiwar Radio: Scott Horton Interviews Eric Boehlert

Politics – Eric Boehlert, senior fellow at Media Matters for America and author of Lapdogs: How The Press Rolled Over for Bush, discusses the Pentagon's army of retired generals sent out to disseminate the war party's propaganda,…

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Pentagon "Media Analysts" Appeared On Major Networks Or…

News – In April, The New York Times published a story exposing the deep ties between numerous media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries.

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Pentagon Balks At New G.I. Education Bill

News – Veterans groups say it's time to expand college aid for GIs, and Democrats want to use an election year to do it. Their biggest obstacle? The Pentagon.

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More on Pentagon's illegal "domestic propaganda campaign"

Politics – The Pentagon has posted the 8,000 pages and audio tapes it was forced to provide to the New York Times regarding its "military analyst" program. Anyone who reads through them, as I've now done, can only be left…

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Pentagon formally charges 5 with Sept. 11 conspiracy

News – The Pentagon has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, setting the stage for proceedings to begin…

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The Pentagon's Toxic Legacy

Science – The nation's biggest polluter isn't a corporation. It's the Pentagon. Every year the Department of Defense churns out more than 750,000 tons of hazardous waste -- more than the top three chemical companies combined.

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Embedding the Analysts: Modern-Day Propaganda?

Do No Evil – Setbacks in Iraq - like the generals' revolt, the Abu Ghraib scandal, and the growing insurgency - brought pushback from the Pentagon by way of a new set of talking points for the well-schooled retirees.

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Some War Dead Were Cremated at Facility Handling Pets

Do No Evil – The U.S. military has, since 2001, cremated some of the remains of American service members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere at a Delaware facility that also cremates pets, a practice that ended yesterday…

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CNN, the Pentagon's "military analyst program" and Gitmo

Do No Evil – The Pentagon has posted to its website the roughly 8,000 pages and audio tapes it was forced to provide to NYT regarding its "military analyst" program. Anyone who reads through them can only be left with one conclusion:…

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Pentagon Caves to Pakistani Pressure, Drops General's Post

News – The Pentagon has canceled the assignment of Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood to a top position in Pakistan after the Pakistani media excoriated him for his previous job as commander of Guantanamo Bay.

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The Engineering Of Consent Redux

Do No Evil – Who should we blame for retired military men getting themselves hired by TV networks to be talking head cheerleaders for "progress" in Iraq? The Pentagon? The media? Our elected officials and presidential wanabees?…

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Pentagon not warm to idea of Myanmar aid drop

News – Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he can't imagine dropping relief aid into Myanmar without the military junta's permission.

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Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Contractors

News – new torture claims were leveled at two U.S. military contractors by a former Abu Ghraib "ghost" detainee who was wrongly imprisoned and later released without charge.

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Pentagon's Security Clearance Deception

Politics – The Pentagon's new policy leads troops to believe that mental health issues will have no bearing on getting a security clearance. Nothing could be further from the truth. Only a question has been removed. Applicants…

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Pentagon Wants Cyberwar Range to 'Replicate Human Behavior…

Gadgets & Tech – The Pentagon's way-out researchers don't just want to build an Internet simulator, to test out cyberwar tactics. They want the range's operators to "realistically replicate human behavior and frailties," too.

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"Shell" firms shielded US contractor from taxes

Money – In March 2005, Virginia-based MPRI, founded by retired senior military leaders, won a $400 million contract from the Pentagon to train police in Iraq and other hotspots. Two months later, MPRI set up a company in…

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Good Morning Vietnam, Now With Adsense

Gadgets & Tech – Not content with using former military officers to justify their modus operandi, or funding academic research to further their agenda, the State Department is now purchasing text ads through Google's AdSense program.

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American Soldiers Electrocuted after Warning Issued in 2004

Politics – In October 2004, the United States Army Corps of Engineers issued an urgent bulletin to commanders across Iraq, warning them of a deadly new threat to American soldiers.

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Pentagon Backs $5 Billion Green Zone Development Plan

News – Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.

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Pentagon plans national mental health campaign

News – WASHINGTON ââ;¬" Senior military officers could be talking about their emotional struggles on YouTube and MySpace this year, in a Pentagon campaign to urge troops into counseling for wartime mental problems.

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Propaganda Meets Corporate Lobbying

Politics – What the Pentagon Pundits Were Selling on the Side

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Top Democrat: Investigate "Potentially Illegal" Military…

News – One of Congress' leading progressive figures sent a harsh letter to the Department of Defense on Friday demanding an investigation into reports of an "extensive propaganda program" involving the Pentagon, network…

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Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand - New York Times

Television – A PENTAGON CAMPAIGN Retired officers have been used to shape terrorism coverage from inside the TV and radio networks.

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