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U.S. Department of Defense

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Weapons of Mass Disease: UW Gets $8.1 Million to Study Ebola, Yellow Fever, and More for Biodefense

    "There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise." Albert Camus wrote that in his classic The Plague back in 1947, and the words are as true now as they were then. That's one reason why a UW lab is collaborating with a local biotech com ... More >>

  • News

    May 2, 2012

    Our Military Has a Gambling Problem

    Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate--where's the military when the chips are down?

  • News

    April 4, 2012

    Robert Bales' War on Drugs

    Was the accused mass murderer prescribed a hallucinogen?

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Elspeth Ritchie, Former Top Army Psychiatrist, Warns of Military's Use of Anti-Malarial Drug Possibly Linked to Afghan Massacre

    Why is the military continuing to use the dangerous anti-malarial drug Lariam? That's the question former top military psychiatrist Elspeth Ritchie is asking in the wake of the Afghan massacre allegedly carried out by Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Boeing May Lose $500M In Air Force Tanker Contract

    ​Under a fatty 179-aircraft contract signed by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force, any costs that go over the $4.8 billion budget agreed to will be absorbed by Boeing. And according to new estimates, Boeing is set to do a lot of absorbing.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Report: Boeing Sold Plane Parts to Army at 16,000 Percent Markup

    ​When the U.S. Army put in an order with Boeing for 50 ramp gate rollers for the Apache and Chinook helicopters, they got a bill for $81,324. And being the Army, an agency that need never fear for a lack of finances, it paid the bill, no questions asked. But now that someone has come and check ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Tableau Software Boots WikiLeaks Without Prodding, Finds Swift and Harsh Backlash Among Users

    ​It took a personal phone call from a United States Senator and right wing calls for a boycott, before Amazon agreed to quit hosting WikiLeaks's servers earlier this week. Tableau Software, another Seattle-based company (albeit an exponentially smaller one), however, just barred WikiLeaks from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Major Margaret Witt Says Her Case Offers Crucial Lesson for Congressional Hearings on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

    ​As the Pentagon and Congress gear up for hearings later this week on the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, Major Margaret Witt and her attorneys suggested at a press conference in Seattle today that that her case offers important evidence. Witt, a flight nurse, was ousted from the Ai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Gays Allowed to Enter U.S. Military? Local Recruiter Says Not Yet

    ​According to Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic magazine, being openly gay will no longer get you turned away from the U.S. military. "As of today," he writes, "one can walk into a military recruitment office with one's same-sex partner, fill out forms, and get the process started." But take note, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Major Margaret Witt's Case May Help Bring an End to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

    ​UPDATE: A judge ruled that Major Witt should be given her job back as soon as possible. Someday, we're all going to look back at this whole hunting-and-trapping-the-gays-out-of-the-military thing and just laugh. Or cry. Or both. But until that hypothetical enlightened age, there's Major Marg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Seven Food Technologies I Wish Existed Right Now

    Better living through chemistry!​So earlier today, I wrote a brief piece about this cool new map gizmo for folks looking to navigate Portland's maze of street food trucks and carts. And that was all well and good--a cool toy that I now covet like the neglected step-brother on Christmas morning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    'Top Secret America': Microsoft, Boeing, Adapx Involved In Clandestine Anti-Terrorism Warfare

    ​Of nearly 1,300 government organizations and almost 2,000 private companies working on counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence programs in the U.S., 17 federal agencies and six of the companies are located in and around Seattle, the Washington Post reports today in a sweeping acc ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Watching the Protesters

    These spies may have known too much.

  • Arts

    March 17, 2010

    Opening Nights: Sunlight

    Academic conflict in the wake of 9/11.

  • Film

    March 10, 2010

    Green Zone: No WMDs for Matt Damon

    Academic conflict in the wake of 9/11.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Bob Gates' Boeing Par-tees

    The Boeing Co. was among the big defense contractors who threw $340,000 worth of parties and other events to honor Defense Sect. Robert Gates last year, reports public watchdog CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (D.C.). But Gates, the Bush-administration holdover who continue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    First Call: Barrio

    Bar: Barrio, 1420 12th Ave., 588.8105, barriorestaurant.comBarrio is a Mexican restaurant in the Trace condos building. It's been open for only a month and features a beautiful wall of open squares--like latticework--each containing a lit candle.  Lighting them must be quite a process, though s ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2008

    The Army’s Brain Lives in Seattle

    Cray Inc. is improving soldiers’ armor, tanks, and supercomputers, thanks to millions in government contracts.

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2008

    Le Sang Song

    Saturday, November 1

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Boeing Pal McCain?

    Saturday, November 1

  • Music

    September 10, 2008

    A Terrorist’s Worst Enemies: Morissette, Oberst, and Mick Fleetwood

    If the CIA’s going to break the bad guys, they’re going to have to turn up the pain.

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    Stay Together, Carry a Gun, Protect the Hill

    Frustrated by what they view as police indifference, a group of Beacon Hill residents takes to the streets packing heat.

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    No Boeing Bid? Ha

    Frustrated by what they view as police indifference, a group of Beacon Hill residents takes to the streets packing heat.

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    Peggle Your Way to Health!

    One Seattle company tries to prove that playing its games improves your mental state.

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    Boeing Tanker Reprieve

    One Seattle company tries to prove that playing its games improves your mental state.

  • News

    January 10, 2007

    Stonewalled

    What happens when a war memorial runs out of space for the newly deceased?

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Real IDiocy

    A national identity card issued by the state Department of Licensing? Yes, it's the law—and a dumb, expensive one.

  • Music

    June 29, 2005

    Weapons of Mass Distraction

    How the military uses music and sound.

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    Buzz

    How the military uses music and sound.

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Is That All There Is?

    How the military uses music and sound.

  • News

    July 14, 2004

    The Home Affront

    They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    The Gagging of Capt. Yee

    They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Bad Days Ahead

    A leaked coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil war in the occupation of Iraq.

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    I think the quality of life interests who arent confirmed slackers are living a pre-bubble-burst pipe dream. . . .

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    When Freedom Is Academic

    The postcolonial U.S. Congress wants a say in the curricula of postcolonial studies.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Crippled Home Front

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    The Official War Glossary

    Doublespeak edition.

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Find Yourself

    Or find your loved ones and pets—with GPS.

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    Press passing

    Or find your loved ones and pets—with GPS.

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    American ingenuity

    Or find your loved ones and pets—with GPS.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Tomorrow's terror

    The next attack will likely be by land or water.

  • Arts

    December 27, 2000

    Highlights and lowlights of the year

    The next attack will likely be by land or water.

  • News

    July 19, 2000

    You are here

    GPS means never having to say "Where the fuck are we?"

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    Block at the dock

    Port commissioner Jack Block was in the middle of controversial toxic waste shipment.

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Resistance is fertile!

    After the WTO, Electrohippies plan online "hacktivism" against biotech targets.

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    No brains, no domains

    After the WTO, Electrohippies plan online "hacktivism" against biotech targets.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    The privacy shell game

    What one branch of government giveth, another taketh away.

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Delta's down with it

    The Justice Department and the elite Delta Force pushed for Seattle crackdown against WTO protesters.

  • News

    June 17, 1998

    The End is Nigh:

    A search for the truth about the millennium bug leads our reporter to a shocking revelation.

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