The Pentagon Burns Books Now, Too
The Pentagon held a book burning last week, destroying 9,500 copies of this memoir.
The Pentagon held a book burning last week, destroying 9,500 copies of this memoir.

The Pentagon is so worried about revelations in a new memoir about the War on Terror that it's considering buying 10,000 copies — the entire first printing — and destroying them. Sounds like a good book, no?
Just minutes after reports surfaced that secret-sharing website Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange was accused of rape and "molestation" he was un-accused of rape. Swedish police now say the rape accusations are "unfounded." (But not the molestation accusation.)
Wikileaks is sitting on as many as 15,000 more Afghanistan war documents, according to the Washington Post. And these are "potentially more explosive" than the 91,000 records already out there. What's Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about to drop?
The Pentagon was supposed to manage $9.1 billion in reconstruction money raised by Iraq. So how did that go? Pretty well, except for the 95 percent of it that the Pentagon can't account for. Good work, folks. [Image via Getty]
The pervs at the SEC can relax, because now the attention is on the defense and national security communities, where downloading child pornography on government computers is what happens when government officials aren't fighting the war on terror, apparently.
Advocacy group Servicemembers United got a hold of a survey the Pentagon circulated to 400,000 troops which asks obnoxious questions about how soldiers would react if they had to shower or share a tent with a gay person.
Pentagon-backed scientists have developed a paper-thin robot that can fold itself into any shape, like a plane, or a boat. Probably it will eventually rise up and kill us all, but until then, origami will be much easier. [Wired]
Pentagon investigators are supposedly "desperately searching" for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the Australian paranoiac who's always putting government secrets online, and is allegedly sitting on a big batch of intercepted State Department cables. We think we know where he is!
Two Washington Examiner reporters set up Grindr—the iPhone app that "connects" gay men based on proximity—traveled to the Capitol, White House, and Pentagon. Where were men looking for men the most? In the press corp, naturally.
Good news! President Obama has given his stamp of approval to a compromise on repealing the Pentagon's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, which effectively bars gay people from serving in the military. It might even happen this week!
Silver Spoons star Ricky Schroder went to Washington, D.C. last week. "I met with the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and with the guys at the Pentagon to see if I could help them with anything entertainment related." God help us.
President Obama met with Billy Graham for the first time ever on Sunday, kicking it with the legendary pastor in his log cabin for a half hour in a special top secret Jesus meeting. What did they talk about?
Wikileaks' most compelling aspect is its ability to dig up the raw data behind the scandals it exposes. You can't argue with documents produced by the culprits themselves! That's why 30 minutes of missing footage in their helicopter video matters.
You know that disturbing video of U.S. helicopters shooting civilians and journalists in Iraq leaked by Wikileaks? Turns out the Pentagon couldn't have released it even if they wanted to. They have no idea where their copy is.
If the U.S. is in fact spying on the secret-sharing website Wikileaks.org, it is related to their possession of a classified video of a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan. They will screen this video Monday. What will it show?