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...military investigation is expected to conclude in the next few weeks. Pentagon sources say at least three Marines are likely to face criminal charges, including homicide. Three officers have already been removed from their posts--in part for actions related to Haditha--and may be punished further. An additional nine Marines at the scene that day, who were led by a staff sergeant, could be charged with lesser violations...
...Neill said he and the producers were perplexed at what they perceived as a withdrawal of support by the Pentagon for the film, which premiered last week at the National Museum of American History. Paul Boyce, a Pentagon spokesperson, pointed out that 40 members of the unit attended the premiere and the film was also screened at 22 military installations. "Every person in uniform we've spoken to has said that we've presented the truth," O'Neill says...
...Still, Hayden surprised the Senators with his openness on a few issues. He questioned the use of intelligence by former Department of Defense Official Doug Feith, who had created an office in the Pentagon to explore the links between al-Qaeda and Iraq in 2002, comparing it to someone putting together a dossier on their child and including only negative information. He admitted he and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld had some disagreements about the authority of the new national intelligence director. And in discussing the intelligence failures on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, his comments seemed to implicitly criticize...
...House Intelligence Committee, say they worry about putting a military man in charge of the CIA when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been expanding an empire that already absorbs about 80% of the U.S. intelligence budget. In that view, the CIA needs to remain an independent counterweight to the Pentagon, another set of eyes, ears and instincts, not become a subsidiary of it. But Hayden has hardly been acting like a covert Rumsfeld agent. In his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in August 2004, he strongly supported the plan to create the DNI role, over Rumsfeld's objections...
...DIED. A.M. Rosenthal, 84, combative New York Times editor credited with reinvigorating the paper during the financially strapped 1970s; in New York City. Over 55 years, the onetime foreign correspondent presided over the winning of 23 Pulitzers-most famously for publishing the classified Pentagon papers that detailed the U.S.'s secret involvement in Vietnam. While his temper and management style drew critics, few questioned his dedication to the news...