- Medals of Honor Go to 24 Army Veterans Who Had Been Denied—"They received the recognition after a review determined that some service members had been passed over for the Medal of Honor because of their race, religion or ethnicity." NYT
- Congress lacks veterans, empathy, critics say—"[T]he defeat of the veterans bill in the Senate was mostly a party-line vote, with all Republicans who are veterans opposing the measure."
- Disabled vet kicked out of Houston restaurant over service dog—"He claims the officer who responded made him feel even worse. 'I told him what my disabilities were. That's when he said, you're not blind,' recalled Ohayon. '[He said] I don't see why you need the dog.'" Who's the blind one again?
- Collateral damage: The mental health issues facing children of veterans
- Marijuana study in veterans wins federal backing
- A 10-Point Plan to Keep the NSA Out of Our Data—"Snowden talks at TED and says that the biggest revelations are yet to come."
- US Intel Program Targets Email Addresses, Not Keywords—"The US government's clandestine PRISM Internet program exposed by Edward Snowden targets suspect email addresses and phone numbers but does not search for keywords like terrorism, officials said Wednesday."
- NSA surveillance program reaches 'into the past' to retrieve, replay phone calls—"The surveillance system is capable of recording '100 percent' of calls in at least one foreign country." WaPo
- Church Committee staff: NSA 'dwarfs' past spying scandals
- Feds confirm Bush-era e-mail surveillance Politico
- Ad Industry Feeds White House Its Fallacious "Internet Depends on Spying" Logic
- Nancy Pelosi Admits That Congress Is Scared Of The CIA
- After Senate revelations, the CIA should be looking over its shoulder WaPo
- US terror 'watchlist' risks stigmatizing hundreds of thousands, says ACLU
- Judge Questions Secrecy Shrouding 'No Fly' List—"Federal court skeptical of claims that sharing classified evidence With targets undermines national security." WSJ
- Plaintiffs: No-Fly List Deprives Due Process Right
- Veterans among Americans suing over fed's no-fly list
- Grounded: Life On The No-Fly List
- Guantánamo hunger-strikers endure 'water cure' torture, federal court hears—"Lawyers say inmate Emad Hassan has been force-fed 5,000 times as practice gets first legal challenge at US federal level."
- A letter from Guantanamo: 'Nobody can truly understand how we suffer'—"Al-Alwi describes the humiliating and brutal treatment he suffers at Guantanamo."
- Algerian freed from Guantanamo after 12 years—"Ahmed Belbacha turned over to Algerian government after being held in US prison for more than a decade without charge."
- Is Afghanistan really impossible to conquer?
- Afghanistan's powerful vice-president Fahim dies in Kabul—"Afghanistan's powerful vice president, Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, died of natural causes on Sunday, only weeks before the country is due to elect a new leader. He was 57." Natural?
- Swedish radio reporter shot dead in Kabul
- Involved since 2001, Canada wraps up its mission in Afghanistan
- Karzai says US troops can leave Afghanistan—"In final address to parliament, outgoing president says Afghan forces are capable of defending country on their own."
- Israel's defense chief says U.S. projecting weakness
- Israeli troops shoot dead a Palestinian-Jordanian judge at border crossing—"Palestinian Authority and Amman demand investigation over incident at crossing between West Bank and Jordan." Netanyahu expresses regret.
- West Bank settlement starts double in 2013
- American Jewish groups oppose Maryland anti-boycott law—"The AJC and the ADL say that though they don't support the ASA's call for a boycott of Israel, which occasioned this bill, they also do not support any attempt to stifle academic freedom."
- Editorial: A chilling effect—"Our view: Lawmakers should reject a bill that would punish state colleges and universities for associating with groups that advocate boycotts, divestment or sanctions against Israel.
- Israeli Prime Minister: Boycotters Are "Classical Anti-Semites in Modern Garb"
- Companies Profiting the Most From War
- How the Government Pays Defense Contractors Tens of Billions for Nothing—"By starting expensive technology programs but ending them before they bear fruit, the military has spent a taxpayer fortune without getting anything in return."
- Tomgram: Mattea Kramer, Is the Pentagon Doomed -- To Be Flush Forever
- Senators: DOD ordered $754 million in unnecessary parts last year
- A-10's prowess touted as pressure grows to retire jet
- Top Gun takeover: Stolen F-35 secrets showing up in China's stealth fighter
- Chinese raw materials also found on U.S. B-1 bomber, F-16 jets
- American flags made in China now banned in U.S. military
- Commercial Drones Are Completely Legal, a Federal Judge Ruled
- FAA Fine Against Drone Photographer Dismissed
- Facebook Looking Into Buying Drone Maker Titan Aerospace—They want to provide internet to remote places. [WaPo]
- The Military's Budget for New Drones Is Bigger in 2015
- Intern shot with 80,000-volt, drone-mounted stun gun
