Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
EXCLUSIVE FROM W I R E D By Noah ShachtmanWhile the Pentagon preps for a new administration, a scandal from an earlier era is rearing its head. A Defense Department project, supposedly designed to support U.S. troops, was used instead to channel millions of dollars to personal friends and allies of its chief. The “America […]
MoreMichael Isikoff NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE Issue dated Dec 22, 2008 Thomas M. Tamm was entrusted with some of the government’s most important secrets. He had a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance, a level above Top Secret. Government agents had probed Tamm’s background, his friends and associates, and determined him trustworthy. It’s easy to see why: he […]
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MoreBBC Shoe thrower ‘beaten in custody’ The brother of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush has said that the reporter has been beaten in custody. Muntadar al-Zaidi has suffered a broken hand, broken ribs and internal bleeding, as well as an eye injury, his older brother, Dargham, told […]
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