One of the “compelling” reasons for repealing the ban on homosexuals openly serving in the US military was the claim that ‘thousands’ of people were being discharged from critically undermanned career fields necessary to the war effort. (Arab linguists were the most common scare-statistic used.)
Nearly a year after repeal, the DOD has said Read more
A recent article at the New York Times highlighted an effort by the US military to engage in an information campaign with those who might be, or might be recruiting, “militant adversaries in cyberspace.”
The “war” they’re fighting?
In recent months, Mr. [Ardashir] Safavi and his teammates spotted posts that included doctored photographs of Osama bin Laden purporting to prove that Al Qaeda’s leader had not died in an American commando raid. They turned up blogs stating that the Pentagon was accelerating war plans for invading many Muslim nations, and others amplifying Taliban accusations that American troops rape with impunity across Afghanistan.
These targeted sites mentioned in the article appear to be primarily foreign language and are apparently foreign run: Read more