Terry ‘Col Birther’ Lakin is coming home, political spectacle likely to follow

He is the medal-winning former Army doctor from Greeley who became a hero to “birther” conspiracy theorists like Denver radio talker Peter Boyles when he refused to deploy to Afghanistan, demanding to see his commander-in-chief’s birth certificate. Lakin didn’t get to see any birth certificate. He was court martialed, More…

Why No GOP Outrage Over Failed Plane Bomber’s Detention in Michigan?

So Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the alleged would-be bomber of Northwest Airlines Flight 253, is being detained and questioned in a federal prison in Michigan. He’s expected to appear in court today, after federal authorities indicted him yesterday. If convicted, he’ll be imprisoned in a federal prison. A federal civilian More…

Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Unlikely to Get Death Penalty

Crimes that occur on military bases are usually heard in the military justice system. But while that may sound harsher than a civilian court, the sentences usually turn out to be more lenient.

The result is that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who allegedly gunned down 13 people at More…

Gitmo Prisoners Could Be Headed to Michigan

Obama administration officials will tour a Michigan state prison today in the hopes of using it to hold suspected terrorists now imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, The Associated Press reports.

Representatives of the Departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security are scheduled to visit the prison in Standish, Mich., More…

How Much Counterinsurgency Training?

This is the 10th piece in a series: The Rise of the Counterinsurgents

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The instructor called up the slide on a extra-large screen, so that the nearly 200 students in the lecture hall could see. The lesson was about the effect of leadership on the durability More…