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How Secure Is the Pentagon?
By Dale Eisman - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 5) -- John Patrick Bedell, the man police gunned down Thursday night as he tried to shoot his way into the Pentagon, chose one of the capital's toughest targets for his attack. Security upgrades since Sept. 11, 2001, funnel visitors to the nerve center of America's military through a series of checkpoints, all manned by heavily armed police, before they can get inside. Employees have a slightly easier time, but even top generals and admirals must show security badges to gain admission. "We have layers of security, and it worked. He never got inside the building to hurt ...
Pentagon Allows Social Networking on Military Computers
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyReversing a 2007 decision banning social networking on military computers, the Department of Defense announced a new policy allowing users on Pentagon servers to access Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Flickr and other similar sites. The new rules show an increasing awareness by top brass that more troops, even those overseas, are using social networking on the web to keep in touch with loved ones. Restrictions still exist, of course, but they're not much different than those in place at any major private company. The new policy says that commanders shall "continue to defend against ...
One Man's Solemn Mission to Recover WWII Remains
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsAt first, it seemed like a sick joke or, worse, some sort of scam. The caller from North Carolina was telling John Lenox that the wreckage of his father's plane had been located. Staff Sgt. Alvin Lenox had been dead for two weeks longer than his 66-year-old son, John, had been alive. The Army Air Force radio operator crashed with four others in a cargo plane flying a supply mission from Yantai, China, to Joraht, India, in August 1943. They went down in a treacherous mountain region known as The Hump, which swallowed about 600 U.S. planes during World War II. Yet the fellow on the phone ...
Can Terrorist Strikes Be Predicted?
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News(Nov. 5) -- An elite group of scientists who advise the government on national security issues has issued a harsh critique of attempts to predict 9/11-type attacks. There is "no credible approach that has been documented to date" for predicting terrorist or weapons of mass destruction attacks," the group concluded in a study obtained by the Federation of American Scientists. That statement may seem glaringly obvious to some, but it counters the Pentagon's predeliction for funding social scientists to come up with models that predict the future. The critical study was performed by JASON, a ...
Obama Waives Own Executive Order for Defense Lobbyist
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Obama's much trumpeted ethics rules did not last very long from the time he signed them into existence in an Executive Order. Just two days after establishing the rules, which were touted as the most sweeping ethics reforms in history, President Obama waived the rules to allow William Lynn to take a position as Deputy Secretary of Defense. Up until last fall, Lynn was a lobbyist for the defense contractor Raytheon. In his new position in the Pentagon, Lynn will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Defense Department, as well as handle budget and procurement issues.The ethics ...
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