http://pentagon.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for pentagon en Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:44:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045368 unknown@Netscape.com China is seeking to be the dominant power in cyberspace. The U.S. cyber-command is leading a new push to maintain its superiority in this area. But China is blatant in their plan to unseat the U.S. in cyberspace. The Pentagon has identified China's People's Liberation Army's units designated to develop viruses for attacking enemy computer systems a Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:44:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045368cyberattackcyberwarpentagonchinacyberspaceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2022461 unknown@Netscape.com The nation's largest combat veterans group on Friday urged the military to "exercise a little common sense" and call off its investigation of Iraq war veterans who wore their uniforms during war protests. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:50:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022461protestmilitaryspyingpentagonvfwNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1889360 unknown@Netscape.com Yet the numbers are staggering: each month, some 40,000 Iraqis flee their homes because of the war. Half of them go to other parts of Iraq; the rest go abroad. Iraq's population, frankly, is bleeding away. Mon, 14 May 2007 22:20:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1889360iraqwarpentagonbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1803992 unknown@Netscape.com A U.S. Army commander Tuesday said the military has apologized to Afghans whose relatives were killed in March when U.S. troops fired on them after a suicide attack. Tue, 08 May 2007 22:39:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1803992AfghanistanafghancivilianskillingNATOpentagonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1739560 unknown@Netscape.com Several military personnel have worked as independent contractors for a California woman who federal prosecutors say ran a prostitution ring in the Washington, D.C., area for more than 13 years, according to the woman's lawyer. A Naval Academy instructor was among those working for the "D.C. madam," Montgomery Blair Sibley said. Fri, 04 May 2007 05:50:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1739560washingtondcprostitutionringDeborahJeanePalfreypentagonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1689591 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. Special Forces may soon have a strange and powerful new weapon in their arsenal: a pair of high-tech binoculars 10 times more powerful than anything available today, augmented by an alerting system that literally taps the wearer's prefrontal cortex to warn of furtive threats detected by the soldier's subconscious. Tue, 01 May 2007 11:54:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1689591pentagonweaponsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1685871 unknown@Netscape.com A federal watchdog agency insists that its investigations clearly show the US government is facing serious long-term funding shortfalls, while federal contractors, doctors and medical suppliers, regularly receiving federal Medicare money, owe billions in unpaid taxes. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:15:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1685871taxesContractorscorporatismpentagonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1565062 unknown@Netscape.com September 10, 2001 (L): At least two messages in Arabic are intercepted by the NSA. One states "The match is about to begin" (bin Laden apparently uses football metaphors in many messages) and the other states "Tomorrow is zero hour." Later reports [Reuters, 9/9/02] translate the first message as "The match begins tomorrow. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:40:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1565062911nsaciapentagonreutersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1553477 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon is laying the groundwork to extend the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq. At the same time, the administration is warning Iraqi leaders that the boost in forces could be reversed if political reconciliation is not evident by summer. Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:32:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1553477troopsurgebushiraqwarpentagonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1542208 unknown@Netscape.com Pentagon lawyers abruptly blocked mid-level active-duty military officers from speaking Thursday during a closed-door House Armed Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee briefing about their personal experiences working with Iraqi security forces. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:50:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1542208militarypentagontestimonyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1518537 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon says it has enough money to pay for the Iraq war through June, despite warnings from the White House that troops are being harmed by Congress ' failure to quickly deliver more funds. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:03:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1518537pentagoncanpayforwarthroughjuneNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1501524 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. Defense Department ordered a contractor to hire a World Bank employee and girlfriend of then-Pentagon No. 2 Paul Wolfowitz in 2003 for work related to Iraq, the contractor said on Tuesday. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:50:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1501524paulwolfowitzShahaRizaworldbankpentagonContractorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1402542 unknown@Netscape.com ABC News has learned that the Pentagon is considering extending the tours of duty for every active duty soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1402542iraqwartroopsurgepentagonExtendedtoursNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1383312 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon is considering a plan to extend the tours of duty for up to 15,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq, a defense official said Monday. The idea is among options being considered in response to a request in the last couple of weeks by Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. commander in Iraq. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:58:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1383312iraqpentagonExtendedserviceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1321787 unknown@Netscape.com Several National Guard brigades are expected to be notified soon that they could be sent to Iraq around the first of next year, according to a senior Defense Department official. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:27:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1321787pentagonalertnationalguardTroopsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1234487 unknown@Netscape.com The memo reinforces suspicions that the Pentagon was more concerned with sparing officials from embarrassment than with leveling with Tillman's family. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:12:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1234487PattillmanbushpentagonAfghanistanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1059895 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. war in Iraq enters its fifth year today. That, and 3,197 U.S. military deaths reported by the Pentagon as of 10 a.m. Friday, are among the few numerical certainties in a conflict characterized from the start by confusion and misuse of key data. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:03:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1059895iraqwarfifthAnniversarypentagonmilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1042412 unknown@Netscape.com Photos from the ANSWER Coalition's March on the Pentagon in protest of the war in Iraq on its fourth anniversary held on March 17, 2007. Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:34:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1042412peacemarchiraqwarpentagonanswercoalitionpicturesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1019832 unknown@Netscape.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates approved the deployment of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division combat aviation brigade 45 days earlier than planned, meaning they will go around May, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Friday. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:38:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1019832pentagonDeployaviationunitToiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/969304 unknown@Netscape.com American military planners have begun plotting a fallback strategy for Iraq that includes a gradual withdrawal of forces and a renewed emphasis on training Iraqi fighters in case the current troop buildup fails or is derailed by Congress. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:33:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/969304iraqwartroopsurgePulloutpentagonwithdrawalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/899612 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon has approved a request by the new U.S. commander in Iraq for an extra 2,200 military police to help deal with an anticipated increase in detainees during the Baghdad security crackdown. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:51:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/899612pentagonDeploysmoreTroopsbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/887890 unknown@Netscape.com A new combat truck with a V-shaped bottom designed to withstand blasts from roadside bombs is performing with such success in Iraq that the U.S. military is pressing a Wisconsin company and others to churn out hundreds more in the coming months. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:17:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/887890pentagonordersmineresistanttrucksNews http://web2announcer.com/go/826831 unknown@Netscape.com A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:49:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/826831pentagonglobalwarmingbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/811523 unknown@Netscape.com On March 17, 2007, the 4th anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of people from around the country will descend on the Pentagon in a mass demonstration to demand: U.S. Out of Iraq Now! 2007 is the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 anti-war march to the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:34:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/811523pentagonmassdemonstrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/544665 unknown@Netscape.com A special unit run by former Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's top policy aide inappropriately produced "alternative" intelligence reports that wrongly concluded that Saddam Hussein's regime had cooperated with al-Qaida, a Pentagon investigation has determined Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who requested the investigation, called the f Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:54:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/544665pentagonofficeProducedalternativeintelligenceoniraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/540462 unknown@Netscape.com As the Bush administration began assembling its case for war, analysts across the U.S. intelligence community were disturbed by the report of a secretive Pentagon team that concluded Iraq had significant ties to Al Qaeda. Analysts from the CIA and other agencies "disagreed with more than 50%" of 26 findings. Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:18:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/540462ciapentagoniraqDouglasJ.FeithNews http://web2announcer.com/go/521574 unknown@Netscape.com Pentagon officials undercut the intelligence community in the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq by insisting in briefings to the White House that there was a clear relationship between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida, the Defense Department's inspector general said Friday. Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:03:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/521574pentagonInteliraqpropagandaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/513504 unknown@Netscape.com A "very damning" report by the Defense Department's inspector general depicts a Pentagon that purposely manipulated intelligence in an effort to link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda in the runup to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, says the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:19:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/513504pentagoncorruptionintelligenceiraqliesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/509281 unknown@Netscape.com A U.S. watchdog agency has concluded a Pentagon office conducted intelligence work in the build-up to the Iraq war that was not illegal but was inappropriate, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday. Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:12:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/509281pentagonInappropriateiraqworkNews http://web2announcer.com/go/485679 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon is scrapping plans to begin building a costly amphibious vehicle for the Marines because the system developed by General Dynamics Corp is plagued with problem. Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:59:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/485679pentagonStallsgeneralDynamicsvehicleNews http://web2announcer.com/go/438903 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon is the big winner in President Bush's proposed budget for next year, while domestic items such as aid to schools and grants to local governments will get only the slightest of increases. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:06:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/438903pentagonbigwinnerbushbudgetplanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/253985 unknown@Netscape.com New on the Internet: a community of people who believe the government is beaming voices into their minds. They may be crazy, but the Pentagon has pursued a weapon that can do just that. Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:15:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/253985mindcontrolgovernmentpentagonweaponsmkultraciaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/234905 unknown@Netscape.com The steadily rising cost of the Iraq war will reach about $8.4 billion a month this year, Pentagon spokesmen said Thursday, as the price of replacing lost, destroyed and aging equipment mounts. Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:24:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/234905iraqwarcost8.4billionpentagonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/211719 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon has drafted a manual for upcoming detainee trials that would allow convicted terrorists to be imprisoned or put to death using hearsay evidence and coerced testimony. Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:47:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/211719pentagondetaineetrialsHearsayevidenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/196609 unknown@Netscape.com A Pentagon official who criticized American law firms for defending detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay apologized in a letter to the editor published in The Washington Post on Wednesday. Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:45:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/196609pentagonofficialsapologizesdetaineeslawersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/161436 unknown@Netscape.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates held talks in London on Sunday with top British officials on Iraq policy and ways to thwart any new offensive by the Taliban in Afghanistan . Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:48:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/161436PoliticspentagonchiefiraqafghanwarsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/158274 unknown@Netscape.com The Defense Department has used a long-standing authority to acquire the personal financial records of American citizens in military-related criminal and other investigations as part of an expansion of the Pentagon's gathering of counterterrorism intelligence at home, officials said yesterday. This story is an expansion on earlier stories dealin Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:55:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/158274pentagoncitizensrecordsFinanceintelligenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/139898 unknown@Netscape.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday said he would visit Afghanistan in the next few days, seeking ways to boost President Hamid Karzai's government and stop resurgent Taliban militants. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:26:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/139898PoliticspentagonafghanKarzaiTalibanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7308 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush came to his parent's century-old summer home on the Maine coast for a little relaxation, a distant cousin's wedding and some family time. He got all that, along with a boisterous reminder nearly on his bucolic doorstep of the unpopularity of his Iraq policies. What local police estimated were about 700 anti-war demonstrators Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:26:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7308Newsabbr titleiraqpentagonreutersjournalistsindependentiraqpenta...abbr http://web2announcer.com/go/1786 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration insists Iraq is a long way from civil war, but the contingency planning has already begun inside the White House and the Pentagon. Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:11:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1786PoliticsWhite Housebushiraqcivil warpentagonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/929 unknown@Netscape.com 9/ll theories have been stewing in their juices for five years. A confluence of events this past week suggests that the garbage can lid that's been tamping them down is ready to blow. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:57:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/929Politics911progressivespentagonconspiracy theories911 CommissionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/541 unknown@Netscape.com Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort to mislead the commission. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:51:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/541Politics911commissiondeceptionconspiracypentagonNews