Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?

By Sarah Laskow

Boston Marathon bombing raises new questions.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Colonel":

"… , but it takes time to answer those questions in a thoughtful way,” says Colonel Bob Stephan, a former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection. …"

"… I had a whole staff of people dedicated to being term paper writers.” Colonel Stephan actually found that for the most part the amount of congressional …"

Ghost soldiers

By Mark Benjamin and Barbara Slavin

The Pentagon sent ill-equipped and poorly trained reservists into harm's way as it scrambled to fill Civil Affairs units to rebuild Iraq and

Homeland Security’s billion-dollar bet on better communications

By Sarah Laskow

Interoperability money aids Motorola and other contractors, but are first responders better off?
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The looting of Russia

By David E. Kaplan and Christian Caryl

WASHINGTON, August 3, 1998 — "Can you take a look at this?" asked Joe Davidson's supervisor at the FBI, handing him a file. Davidson cracked

The risks of U.S. aid

By Ignacio Gómez G.

WASHINGTON, February 27, 2000 — Members of the U.S. Congress are concerned that military aid to Colombia could be used to violate human righ

Excerpts from this story referencing "Colonel":

"… 7th Group (Green Berets) carried out “military planning” training with Colonel Lino Sánchez’s troops, while he was planning a massive murder of civili …"

"… ”Colombian reports indicate that the unit being trained was commanded by Colonel Lino Sánchez. The Counternarcotics Police Intelligence Office gave the St …"

"… the guerrillas didn’t show up, they got bored and returned,” explained Colonel Eduardo Avila, who was assigned to the area.Later on, the Barrancón train …"

"… th “the personnel assigned to the Special Forces School in Barrancón.”Colonel Sánchez told the federal prosecutor’s office that “towards the end of …"

Australian past bordered on slavery and genocide

By Philip Knightley

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2001 — Soon after last summer's Olympics in Sydney, indigenous Australian senator Aden Ridgeway said the "groundswe
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Mapiripan: A shortcut to hell

By María Cristina Caballero

BOGOTA, July 28, 1997 — A paramilitary incursion from July 14 to 20 this year by private armed groups that combat guerrilla forces has made

Excerpts from this story referencing "Colonel":

"… , at the entrance to the Joaquín París Battalion, the Commander himself, Colonel Gustavo Sánchez-Gutiérrez, demanded to know why we were there, asked us …"

"… ffice of the Director of the Antinarcotics Police in Bogota. Nevertheless, Colonel Fernando Saavedra, San Jose del Guaviare’s Police Chief, confirmed that …"

"… receipt of the testimonial and the dispatch of the order to the Commander? Colonel Leonardo Gallego, Director of the Antinarcotics Policer, “explained that …"

"… is declaration be taken down regarding what had happened in Mapiripan. The Colonel claims that what really happened was that the small plane was being inspec …"

The Abu Ghraib supplementary documents

By Alexander Cohen

WASHINGTON, October 31, 2004 — Classified documents, obtained and posted by the Center for Public Integrity, reveal the extent to which prob

Excerpts from this story referencing "Colonel":

"… lack of corroboration from more than one witness. The report by Lieutenant Colonel Chris Gentry also recommended action against five soldiers who had witness …"

"… e could not bear to watch this treatment”—“especially disturbing.” Colonel Ralph Sabatino, a legal officer, in his testimony questioned the leniency …"

"… normal chain of command. The commanding officer at the time was Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Phillabaum, who would later command the main MP Battalion at Abu Ghr …"

"… r factors in the escape, according to the 15-6 investigation by Lieutenant Colonel Leigh Coulter, included “inexperienced compound guards, overcrowding and …"

The Abu Ghraib supplementary documents

By Alexander Cohen

WASHINGTON, October 8, 2004 — The military's mission at Abu Ghraib was inadequately planned almost from conception. It was subordinated to p

Excerpts from this story referencing "Colonel":

"… . The Brigade’s 320th Battalion, assigned to Abu Ghraib under Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Phillabaum, had also already been investigated, and four soldiers ch …"

"… uding an incident in which a prisoner was bitten. Witnesses indicated that Colonel Thomas Pappas, commander of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, appro …"

"… and Detention Center at the prison and the head of the center, Lieutenant Colonel Steven Jordan, told investigators that the interrogation center had been p …"

"… that Jordan visited the interrogation wing “almost daily.” In spite of Colonel Pappas’s role as the overall head of military intelligence at the facili …"

Route 15 winds through history, development target zones

By Dusty Smith

Route 15 winds through history, development target zones

Excerpts from this story referencing "Colonel":

"… Bluff, Point of Rocks, Middleburg, Unison, and Waterford. Confederate Colonel John S. Mosbyused Middleburg as a base camp for his rangers.President Jame …"

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