Word: pentagon
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...them saying, We need to stick our hands up your back and move your mouth for you.' ROBERT BEVELACQUA, retired Green Beret and former Fox News military pundit, describing Pentagon efforts to influence news coverage via sympathetic analysts...
...them saying, We need to stick our hands up your back and move your mouth for you.' ROBERT BEVELACQUA, retired Green Beret and former Fox News military pundit, describing Pentagon efforts to influence news coverage via sympathetic analysts...
...gung-ho chief military prosecutor in charge of all cases at Guantánamo Bay. But before the end of April, Davis will be on the witness stand, testifying in defense of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's onetime driver. Davis will swear, according to court papers, that top Pentagon officials interfered in planned detainee trials, subverting the judicial process for political reasons...
...three of these Pentagon officials dispute Davis' version of events. Yet his statements under oath may affect future prosecutions, notably those of six high-value detainees, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whose trials are slated to begin later this year. Their lawyers are likely to use Davis' testimony to show that the Pentagon crossed legal boundaries, bolstering claims that key evidence against their clients was obtained through torture. Ensuing legal wrangling could push proceedings well into next year, after President Bush has left office. And all three candidates vying to replace him have already called for shutting Guant?...
...Force officials, upset by Gates's comments, say they have given him as much surveillance capability as they have. And they suggest that his statements are based on a misunderstanding that stems from a dearth of Air Force officers at the highest levels of the Pentagon's Joint Staff. "This fight has been going on since 1947," when the Air Force was created, says one recently departed Air Force officer. "The Army always wants more [such assets] - they're never satisfied...