So previously, John Negroponte had acknowledged that the U.S. used waterboarding when he said in an interview that the technique "has not been used in years." http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/01/negroponte_confirms_use_of_wat.phpAnd now CIA Director [...]

My own anecdotal experience backs this up. I've had discussions with officers and enlisted in the AF and other services on the subject and I've seen that we're hardly the [...]

So for the last several years, the Bush administration has issued its proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, the defense spending in which was consistently under-estimated, resulting in requests [...]

Here's an article, which includes a link to the leaked (classified) document. http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/todays_must_read_268.phpInteresting to think how they got this document. Also interesting to note how the ROE have changed since [...]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/02/big-oils-shame/Is the fact this happens with 2 ex-oil men in charge of the administration a coincidence?

In 2007 dollars. (via Daily Kos)Iraq and Afghanistan To Date - $695.7 billionCompare to other wars...World War II - $3.2 trillionVietnam War - $670 billionWorld War I - $364 billionKorean [...]

More on the Liberal, than the JAG, but thought I would share this post from the Daily Kos...http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/28/221417/005

I'm back and just wanted to touch base. Thanx to Conservative Prof for putting up my out to lunch sign. Lots to talk about, but that'll have to wait for [...]

Conservative Prof here, sitting in for the Liberal JAG. He's going to be away from the blog for a while, at an undisclosed (but work-related) location. As you know, he's [...]

Libs, hold your nose, we're going to discuss an article from the National Review, graciously forwarded by Conservative Prof.Most of it I did have to hold my nose on - [...]