During 2010, I researched, wrote and published several stories about issues impacting people on the front lines in defense of this country. I revisit some of those stories below: MICHAEL BEHENNA 1st Lt. Michael Behenna On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st. Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a [...]
Top Three Defense Stories of 2010 Revisited
December 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Special Forces Veteran Says ‘No’ to Courageous Restraint Medal for Troops Who Don’t Shoot
May 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Jake Johnson is a man with more than a decade of Special Operations experience who left the service in 2006 for a sales career in Arizona. During a recent interview, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to ask him about a NATO proposal to award what some are calling the “Courageous Restraint Medal” to soldiers in [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Defense, Special Forces
Prosecution of One Navy SEAL Takes Good Turn
March 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
WARNING: This is good news. Three months ago, I published several posts about the cases of three U.S. Navy SEALs who face assault charges related to their capture of Ahmed Hashim Abed, the alleged planner of the March 2004 ambush, killing and mutilation of four Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, Iraq. Abed, it’s alleged, was punched [...]
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Congress to Debate Raising Debt Limit — Again!
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Congress is scheduled to begin debate tomorrow on raising the debt ceiling near the $12.4 trillion limit, and Americans need to take action to stop them, according to the folks at the Employment Policies Institute. Why? Because spending is out of control. “Last year, all of the government’s tax revenue was used to cover Social [...]
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Check Out My Latest Piece at Pajamas Media
January 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Hey folks, check out my latest piece, Small Group of Bureaucrats Hampering Use of Anti-Terror Technology, published today at Pajamas Media. Based on an interview Monday with Professor James Chapman, the world’s foremost authority on the use of Computer Voice Stress Analysis® as a tool that can be used by law enforcement, intelligence and military [...]
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Despite President Obama’s Objections, Those in Uniform Know Global War on Terror Continues
November 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Almost nine months ago, President Barack Obama ordered members of his administration to stop using the phrase “Global War on Terror” to describe the nation’s effort to fight back against the likes of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. In it’s place, he let it be known that “overseas contingency operation” was a term better suited to [...]
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Attorney Calls for Formal Investigation of DoD Contract for Study of Portable Lie Detectors
November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
In a post almost seven months ago, I reported on a claim that the Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System, a hand-held portable lie detector system made by Lafayette Instrument Company, was never tested for countermeasures before it was deployed to troops in combat zones and that it was the success of National Institute for Truth [...]
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