Guantánamo Bay Judge Admits Possible Error (2)
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The judge in the war-crimes trial against the former driver for Osama bin Laden said he might have given the military panel incorrect instructions.
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John said:
I'm no lawyer and I don't want to get into a political discussion, but it seems like they're making a bigger deal of this than it actually is. That's expected from the defense; it's their job to vigorously defend their clients. However, to claim that someone involved with Al Queda is engaged in a random act of violence rather than being part of a coordinated effort is not taking this organization at its face value. An excellent book came out detailing their efforts before 9/11 called "In the Name of Osama bin Laden" by Roland Jacquard. It was originally scheduled to be released before 9/11 and is less politicized than later books.
Gates Wants to Shift $1.2 Billion to Bolster War Surveillance (2)
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has asked Congress for the authority to shift more than $1 billion in Pentagon spending to increase the ability to provide surveillance to battlefield troops.
Pentagon's IT unit seeks to adopt cloud computing (6)
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The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency has been reaching out to a wide range of companies to learn about their IT approaches, including the use of cloud computing.
Efforts to Slow Defense Industry’s Brain Drain (1)
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DoD establishes institute tasked with regrowing body parts (1)
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Apparently not satisfied with simply building robotic body parts, the Department of Defense has now announced a brand new effort that it hopes will one day allow it to regrow actual body parts. Dubbed the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (or AFIRM), the new group will explore the use of stem cell research, among other things, to "reconstruct new skin, muscles and tendons, and even ears, noses and fingers." Or, ...
