I could really do this all day (pending WikiLeaks’ available server space), but a trip down the rabbit hole for information on drones led me to this chilling 2006 account of how Iraqi soldiers and border enforcement (“DBE”) appear to have turned on a U.S. platoon trying to scout out infiltration routs for Iranian elements [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 968-10 October 22, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Gerald R. Jenkins, 19, of Circleville, Ohio, died Oct. 20 in Maquan, Zhari district, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 960-10 October 20, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Joshua J. Cullins, 28, of Simi Valley, Calif., died Oct. 19 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 958-10 October 20, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Francisco R. Jackson, 24, of Elizabeth, N.J., died Oct. 19 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, [...]

So Cliff Lee is a post-human model of remorseless efficiency and the Yankees have only barely escaped being down three games to none. There’s no shame in being beaten 2-0 by a performance like that, especially given how well Andy Pettitte pitched. There is, however, shame in a six-run ninth inning bullpen implosion. On the [...]

1. The woman I love has started a new market-to-table foodblog with lots of healthful and delicious recipes I have been lucky to field-test. Read it all the time. 2. Pal/Washington Independent colleague Annie Lowrey is starting a new job at Slate. At the risk of saying something self-interested, the last bunch of TWI reporters [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 952-10 October 18, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Cpl. Jorge Villarreal Jr., 22, of San Antonio, Texas, died Oct. 17 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 951-10 October 18, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Ian M. Tawney, 25, of Dallas, Ore., died Oct. 16 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 949-10 October 18, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn. Pfc. Dylan T. Reid, 24, of Springfield, Mo., died Oct. 16 in Amarah, Iraq in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th [...]

Former guestblogger Adam Weinstein from Mother Jones has been turning in some fuego on national security lately. MJ shows extremely good judgment in giving his stuff a permanent home. Start out with this piece about investigating the botched Linda Norgrove rescue. (And while you’re at it, don’t miss Sean Naylor’s great piece about its leader, [...]