Saturday, September 1, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 1, 2012



Pentagon Warns Former SEAL About Bin Laden Book -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon general counsel threatened legal action Thursday against a former Navy SEAL who wrote a revealing book about last year's Osama bin Laden raid, warning him he has violated secrecy agreements and broken federal law.

In a letter addressed to "Mark Owen," the pen name of book author Matt Bissonnette, General Counsel Jeh Charles Johnson wrote the Pentagon is considering pursuing "all remedies legally available" against the former SEAL and his publisher, Penguin Putnam.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Navy SEAL Author Rejects the Pentagon's Legal Threat -- The Atlantic

Borey Class Subs to be Deployed in Russian North, Pacific Fleets -- RIA Novosti

China Now Using a Cruise Ship to Haul Troops and Tanks
-- Danger Room

German air force wants drones for future conflicts -- Stars and Stripes/Deutsche Presse-Agentur/MCT

Russia develops underwater drones -- Russia & India Report

China Cannot Get Enough Mi-17s
-- Strategy Page

Canadian shipbuilders fear navy will buy German vessels
-- CBC

NORAD holds hijacking drill with U.S., Russia and Canadian military
-- Examiner

U.S.-Israeli military exercise to be smaller than first planned
-- Reuters

Boeing Sees Promise in F-16-to-Drone Conversion Market -- Defense News

Navistar Files JLTV Protest; Humvee Replacement Will Probably Top $15.5B -- AOl Defense

Humvee accidents cause of one-third of military fatalities, Hopkins analysis finds -- Baltimore Sun

Military Leads in Treating Traumatic Brain Injury, Expert Says
-- US Department of Defense

Army Not Changing Physical Fitness Test For Now
-- ABC News/AP

Race Against Time to Find US MIAs in Vietnam -- Military.com

Sixth-Largest Defense Company Breaking Up Months Before Pentagon Cuts -- Business Insider

Internal Army Poll: Only 26% of Officers Say Army Headed in Right Direction--'Political Correctness' Cited -- CNS

Obama to troops: We're stronger, Defense cuts not my fault
-- Politico

There's A Secret Ruling That The NSA's Domestic Spying Violates The 4th Amendment -- Business Insider

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