Pentagon

The American Leviathan

Stephen Glain

The Pentagon has all but eclipsed the State Department in setting US foreign policy.

We Count, They Don't

Tom Engelhardt : Iraq War

The Bush Administration once professed there were no body counts in its war on terror. But in the metrics-driven post-surge accounting in Iraq, it turns out it's been counting everything.

A Fabric of Illegality

: Constitutional Questions

The White House practices the dark arts of trashing whistleblowers who exposed prisoner abuse at Guantánamo and the warrantless spying program, adding another layer of illegality to the war on terror.

Pentagon Secretly Paid to Place Articles In Iraqi Newspapers: Another Lesson in Democracy

Calvin Trillin : Journalists & Journalism

This just in: The Pentagon offers yet another lesson in democracy. Just don't look for any bylines.

Hall of Mirrors

Laura Rozen : Middle East

A report on the mysteries of the FBI's Larry Franklin/AIPAC investigation.

Freeze-Out of the Arabists

Stephen Glain : US Foreign Policy

Neocons isolate State Department experts, with disastrous results.

Agents of Influence

Robert Dreyfuss : Israel

Did Ariel Sharon run a covert program to influence the Bush Administration's decision to go to war in Iraq?

Implausible Denial II

Jason Vest : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation

Seymour Hersh has been much more right than not in his reporting on the current Administration.

Implausible Denial

Jason Vest : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation

Have Yourself a Pentagon Xmas

Nicholas Turse : US Military

Death and Discourse

Patricia J. Williams : George W. Bush

Ideas the Pentagon Wishes It Never Had

Ari Berman

A recap of the Pentagon's most egregious post-9/11 mistakes, mishaps and manifestations of misdirection.

Northern Exposure

Korey Capozza : Pollution

Payments for Perle

Ari Berman : Richard Perle

More conflicts for Richard Perle.

Pentagon Aims Guns at Lynch Reports

Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration

When the Pentagon savages individual journalists for questioning its version of events, it is worth noting.

In Bed With the Pentagon

Carol Brightman : Media Coverage of the War on Terrorism

Instead of sidelining the press, as in the Gulf War, the Pentagon has decided to enlist the media's vast resources.

The Pentagon's 'Nonlethal' Gas

Bill Mesler : Biological & Chemical Weapons