The New York Times revealed that military analysts that appear as "independent experts" on news shows have actually been part of a "Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration's wartime performance," and that these analysts have been wooed in by private briefings with top military leaders and the Vice President. (nytimes.com)
Veterans joined the ACLU's demand that an independent prosecutor investigate the U.S. governments approval and use of torture. (veteransforcommonsense.com)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencier tells the story of a Navy woman who was arrested and given a choice between a court-martial or less-than-honorable discharge after refusing to serve in Iraq. However, her choice to refuse to serve was not based on a protest to the war itself, but over the "individual augmentee" program which sends Navy officers ashore to augment ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. (seattlepi.com)
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