Details Emerge in First SEAL Court-Martial

April 21, 2010

The Washington Post reports that the first Navy SEAL court-martial got underway in Iraq on Wednesday.  The government’s star witness also provided what will likely be the most damning testimony of the event.  Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Demartino, who is not a SEAL and was assigned to process and transport Ahmed Hashim Abed [...]

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Touch and Go with Sexual Orientation Cases

April 21, 2010

As the Los Angeles Times reports, the military services appear to be walking a tightrope in cases involving homosexual conduct.  Of course these sorts of cases always have their own factual twists and turns, but there’s no doubt that recent call for policy change on the military’s ban on gays serving openly has some wishing the change [...]

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Cyberwar Nominee Sees Gaps in Law

April 15, 2010

An interesting read in The New York Times  today on the mismatch between the military’s technical capabilities to conduct cyberwar operations and the current governing laws and policies. The Times reports: The Army intelligence officer nominated to lead the Pentagon’s new command devoted to warfare in cyberspace has warned Congress that policy directives and legal controls [...]

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Military asserts right to return cyber attacks

April 14, 2010

My Way News report on the U.S. response to a cyber attack: The U.S. must fire back against cyber attacks swiftly and strongly and should act to counter or disable a threat even when the identity of the attacker is unknown, the director of the National Security Agency told Congress.

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False Official Statement Charge Dropped Against Two SEALs

April 7, 2010

Things appear to be going downhill a bit for the government in the Navy SEAL cases.  Following the recent ruling by the military judge to exclude Petty Officers Keefe and Huertas’ statements that they did not see the detainee struck by any of their cohorts, the government has dropped the false official statement charges against [...]

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2010 CSAF Reading List Announced

April 5, 2010

Each spring I look forward to the Air Force Chief of Staff releasing his recommended professional development reading list.  I usually only find time to make it through a couple of books on the list during the year, but I’ve generally been happy with the few books I select to read.  Last year, for example, [...]

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SEAL Cases Getting Close to Trial

April 4, 2010

Nothing could have been more shocking the morning after returning home from deployment in Iraq than to sit down in front of my computer, finally back in my comfort zone, taking in the latest news after the ridiculously long flight home from the desert, and seeing the name, Ahmed Hashim Abed, splashed across Fox News.com. [...]

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