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Latest Afghan Attacks Highlight Challenges of Training, Vetting Afghan Security Forces
April 27 by Pro PublicaThe news out of Afghanistan seems to be almost all doom and gloom: 8 NATO soldiers and one civilian were killed today by a veteran Afghan army pilot who reportedly turned on his trainers. The...
US Officials Equate Pakistani Spy Agency With Terror Groups in Leaked Documents
April 26 by Pro PublicaDocuments published yesterday by Wikileaks and a threat matrix quoted today by the Guardian show that what U.S. officials have said publicly about Pakistan and terrorism often has not squared with w...
Appeals Court Makes it Easier for US Government to Hold Guantanamo Detainees
March 30 by Pro PublicaIn a decision that will likely make it more difficult for Guantanamo prisoners to win release, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today reversed a lower court’s ruling in the pivot...
US Army Plans New Guidelines to Resolve Denials of Purple Hearts to Brain-Injured Soldiers
March 18 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR March 16, 2011, 6:33 p.m. Acknowledging that commanders have sometimes wrongly denied the Purple Heart to soldiers who suffered...
Status of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Question at Crippled Japanese Power Plant
March 15 by Pro PublicaConcerns about a radiation release from the Fukushima Daiichi power facility have focused on its stricken nuclear reactors, but the plants of that design also store highly radioactive spent fuel in...
Overview of Middle East Crackdowns and the (Varying) US Responses to Each
February 23 by Pro Publicaby Marian Wang ProPublica As protests—and crackdowns—have been rippling through the Middle East, the U.S. response has varied by country. For instance, while the Obama admin...
Months Before Brutal Attacks in Bahrain, US Praised Ally’s Progress ‘On All Fronts’
February 21 by Pro Publicaby Marian Wang ProPublica When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the tiny island nation of Bahrain for the first time in December, she made headlines here in the U.S. for one thing:...
Despite Drive to Cut Costs, US Defence Programmes Deemed Unnecessary May Prove Difficult to Kill
February 16 by Pro PublicaPresident Obama’s proposed budget for next year recommends cutting some weapons programs that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said are unnecessary and wasteful. But don’t hold your br...
Scientific Review Kicks Off to Weigh Treatment for Brain-Injured Soldiers
February 09 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR The Institutes of Medicine kicked off its yearlong study of cognitive rehabilitation therapy on Monday, a process that will help...
US Representative Giffords Could Receive Brain Injury Treatment Thousands of American Troops Do Not
January 28 by Pro Publicaby Marian Wang ProPublica, Jan. 26, 2011, 11:31 a.m. As Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords begins rehabilitative therapy in Houston after being shot in the head in Tucson earlier this...
American Legion Pushes For Coverage of Treatment for Troops With Brain Injuries
January 17 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans’ organization, is calling for the Pentagon’s health pla...
Mumbai Case Offers Rare Picture of Ties Between Pakistan’s Intelligence Service, Militants
December 31 by Pro PublicaPakistan's powerful intelligence service has been accused for years of playing a "double game:" acting as a front-line U.S. ally in the fight against terror while supporting selected terrorist group...
