Thursday, September 25, 2008

military corruption: generals nuked & photos altered

dod names generals punished for nuke errors
from danger room: Six generals have been smacked for their involvement in the mishandling of nuclear gear. One got a career-killing "letter of reprimand," and has "requested retirement." The other five will likely be barred from future promotion with "letters of admonishment." ...

Lt. Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan received a letter of reprimand for not adequately addressing logistics policy deficiencies and for not taking adequate action to correct previously identified systemic issues in ICBM logistics...

Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel
received a letter of admonishment for not effectively exercising responsibility for ICBM system sustainment matters within his authority...

Maj. Gen. Roger W. Burg received a letter of admonishment for not exercising effective command oversight of ICBM sustainment-related activities and for not effectively identifying and correcting deficiencies in shipping and receiving sensitive components at ICBM bases...

Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close received a letter of admonishment for not exercising effective command oversight of depot maintenance, engineering activities and materiel control of sensitive components...

Brig. Gen. Francis M. Bruno received a letter of admonishment for not exercising proper oversight to identify and correct weaknesses in logistics management and maintenance support for ICBM components...

Brig. Gen. Arthur B. Cameron III received a letter of admonishment for not identifying and correcting deficiencies in depot maintenance operations involving sensitive components...


army alters photographs & issues them to ap
army alters photographs & issues them to apfrom cjr: The Associated Press retracted two government-issued photographs last night after a photographer in Texas alerted the agency that the photos in question appeared to be doctored.

Bob Owen, chief photographer of the San Antonio Express-News, notified the AP that the photos of two deceased soldiers, who died in Iraq on Sept. 14, were nearly identical. Upon examining the photos, Owens noticed that everything except for the soldier’s face, name, and rank was the same. The most glaring similarity, Owen told CJR, was that the camouflage patterns of the two uniforms were “perfectly identical.”

After inspecting the photographs, the AP confirmed that the images were, indeed, Photoshopped, and issued eliminations on the two photos.

The elimination reads: "The content of this image has been digitally altered and does not accurately reflect the scene. No other version of the photo is available."

The photos were released by the U.S. Army at Fort Stewart in Georgia. Officials at the base could not be reached for comment.

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