Combat Camera: Baghdaddi City Council Security

U.S. Marines, Navy corpsmen, interpreters, and Iraqi army soldiers listen to a mission brief prior to a city council meeting where they will discuss issues with local tribal figure heads, sheiks, and other community leaders in Baghdaddi, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Q. Retana

An Iraqi army soldier prepares his gear prior to a city council meeting in Baghdaddi, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Q. Retana

The Mayor of Baghdaddi Safaa Ibraheim greets city council members prior to a meeting with local tribal figure heads, sheiks, community leaders and U.S. servicemembers deployed with Regimental Combat Team-7 in Baghdaddi, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Q. Retana

Sheik Mulallah B. Hamreen Al Auuidy, of the military housing complex, speaks with city council members during a meeting with local tribal figure heads, sheiks, community leaders and U.S. servicemembers deployed with Regimental Combat Team-7 in Baghdaddi, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Q. Retana

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. A.C. Wilson, with 4th Civil Affairs Group, uses a fingerprint scanner to identify a member of the Baghdaddi city coucil prior to a meeting with local tribal figure heads, sheiks, community leaders and U.S. servicemembers deployed with Regimental Combat Team-7 in Baghdaddi, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Q. Retana

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. A.C. Wilson uses a retina scanner to positively identify a member of the Baghdaddi city council prior to a meeting with local tribal figureheads, sheiks, community leaders and U.S. servicemembers deployed with Regimental Combat Team-7 in Baghdaddi, Iraq, on Jan. 10, 2007. Wilson is attached to the 4th Civil Affairs Group. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Q. Retana

An Iraqi policeman passes out flyers to fellow officers to distribute throughout Baghdaddi, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Q. Retana

Iraqi policemen provide security at a meeting with local tribal figure heads, sheiks, community leaders and U.S. servicemembers deployed with Regimental Combat Team-7 in Baghdaddi, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Q. Retana

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Pelosi Seeks Routine Use Of Military Aircraft

She was against using the military till she wanted to hitch a ride.
Open thread:

Editor's note: this post has been updated. Read it.

• The Washington Times reports the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pressing the Bush administration for routine access to military aircraft for domestic flights, such as trips back to her San Francisco district, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
  
  The sources, who include those in Congress and in the administration, said the Democrat is seeking regular military flights not only for herself and her staff, but also for relatives and for other members of the California delegation. A knowledgeable source called the request "carte blanche for an aircraft any time."
  
  

  "They are pressing the point of her succession and that the [Department of Defense] needs to play ball with the speaker's needs," one source said. The request originally went to the Pentagon, which then asked the White House to weigh in.

Keep in mind that Nancy Pelosi represents San Fransisco, a city that recently decided to remove ROTC from school campuses because of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gay service members.

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Combat Camera: Soldiers Conduct Foot Patrol

U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment conduct a foot patrol in Kahlis, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Pfc. Chad Vos checks a mortar hole for post blast analysis while on a foot patrol in Kahlis, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Spc. Randy Flores, with Delta Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, provides security while his team members check a mortar hole for post blast analysis while on a foot patrol in Kahlis, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Spc. Randy Flores, with Delta Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, provides security while his team members check a mortar hole for post blast analysis while on a foot patrol in Kahlis, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment question an Iraqi policeman while conducting a foot patrol in Kahlis, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

Iraqi women watch as U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment conduct a patrol in Kahlis, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment keep watch after receiving small arms fire during a foot patrol in Kahlis, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Spc. Randy Flores, from 1st Cavalry Division, provides security during a patrol in Khalis, Iraq, Jan. 26, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

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Combat Camera: Defend America for 31 Jan. 2007

A KC-135 Stratotanker from Grand Forks Air Force Base N.D., refuels an F-22 Raptor from Edwards AFB, Calif. Jan. 18. A refueling team from Grand Forks will be the lead tanker unit at an upcoming Red Flag exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Darin Russell)

Four "golf ball" protective covers at Thule Air Base, Greenland that house satellite dishes glow during the darkness Jan. 25. Thule AB Airmen use the satellite dishes to communicate with orbiting satellites. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann)

Senior Airman Mathew Steer and Senior Airman Richard Rodriguez monitor vehicles closely Jan. 24 at an entry control point at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Both are Kirkuk Air Base perimeter guards for the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bradley A. Lail)

Pilots from the 354th Fighter Squadron taxi in their A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft to the runway Jan. 21 as they prepare to takeoff for a simulated deployed location during a training exercise at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jesse Shipps)

A C-17 Globemaster III prepares to take off Jan. 17 from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Edward D. Holzapfel)

Staff Sgt. Justin Mcnichols' checks one of the engines of a B-52 Stratofortress Jan. 19 at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. The engines are being tested to measure the difference between using traditional JP-8 fuel verses a synthetic fuel. The bomber is being used to test alternative fuels. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joe Rivera)

Tech. Sgt. Schubert observes a satellite dish inside one of the "golf ball" protective dish covers at Thule Air Base, Greenland as it rotates to track a satellite moving across the northern polar sky Jan. 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann)

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Update: What Did Sandy Berger Hide From the 9/11 Commission?

He agreed to a polygraph test before the Justice Department decided not to give one.
Here's an update to a recent post about ol' "Docs in his Sox" Berger:

All things being equal, why does the Justice Department's case against Scooter Libby deserve more attention than their case against Berger? Perhaps it is easier for Hillary to run for president on Bill Clinton's legacy if that legacy remains untarnished by the truth.

• Update: John Fund, writing in The Wall Street Journal asks, "Did investigators turn a blind eye to the seriousness of the Sandy Berger scandal?"
  
  

  Prosecutors accepted Mr. Berger's assurance that he had taken only five documents from the archives, even though on three of his four visits there he had access to original working papers of the National Security Council for which no adequate inventory exists. Nancy Smith, the archives official who provided the materials to Mr. Berger, said that she would "never know what if any original documents were missing." We have only Mr. Berger's word that he didn't take anything else. The Justice Department secured his agreement to take a polygraph on the matter, but never followed through and administered it.
  
  The issue is still relevant. Officials of the 9/11 Commission are now on record expressing "grave concern" about the materials to which Mr. Berger had access. A report from the National Archives Inspector General last month found he took extraordinary measures to spirit them out of the archives, including hiding them in his pockets and socks. He also went outside without an escort and put some documents under a construction trailer, from where he could later retrieve them.
  
  While a polygraph is not admissible in court, it is a valuable tool investigators can use to lead them to other evidence. Andrew Napolitano, a former judge who is a legal analyst for Fox News, notes: "If they ask him, did you take document X, Y, Z, and he says no, and the polygraph shows that he's lying, that will send them on a hunt for document X, Y, Z." In addition, Mr. Berger would have to take the test under oath and thus could be prosecuted for perjury if he lied, even though his document-theft case is closed.
  
  The 9/11 Commission wishes it had known answers to that and more. It's time that Congress and the public learn why the Berger scandal was treated so nonchalantly.

• The Washington Times reports eighteen House Republicans have urged the Justice Department to proceed with a polygraph test for Samuel R. Berger, the former national security adviser who agreed to take the test as part of a plea of guilty of stealing documents from the National Archives.
  

  "This may be the only way for anyone to know whether Mr. Berger denied the 9/11 commission and the public the complete account of the Clinton administration's actions or inactions during the lead-up to the terrorist attacks on the United States," the congressmen said in their letter to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.

  Berger agreed to a polygraph examination as part of a plea deal, but Justice never administered the test, according to two Justice officials closely connected to the case -- John Dion, chief of the counterespionage section, and Bruce Swartz, deputy assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division.

• The Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Tom Davis (R-VA) released a formal statement a few days ago on a committee report that sheds important new light on Sandy Berger’s theft of classified documents from the National Archives. The report makes it clear that the full extent of Mr. Berger’s document removal can never be known, and consequently the Department of Justice could not assure the 9/11 Commission that it received all responsive documents to which Mr. Berger had access.
  
  

  “The 9/11 Commission relied on incomplete and misleading information regarding its access to documents Mr. Berger reviewed. No one ever told the Commission that Mr. Berger had access to original documents that he could have taken without detection."

Also see:

Staff Report- Sandy Berger's Theft of Classified Documents: Unanswered Questions (PDF)

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Combat Camera: Joint Operation in Baqubah, Iraq

U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, share a moment before going on a mission in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. military personnel with the Multi - Iraqi Transitional Team follow Iraqi army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, as they clear rooms during the recapturing of a building from insurgents in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, provides security on the rooftop after recapturing a building from insurgents in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jonathan Hicks, from Alpha Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, talks with Capt. Damon Holditch, with Multi-Iraqi Transitional Team, on how to clear the upper levels of a building after recapturing it from insurgents in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jonathan Hicks, left, from Alpha Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, attempts to access the upper levels of a building recaptured from insurgents in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, carries a rocket propelled grenade launcher into a building found in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, kicks down a door during the recapturing of a building from insurgents in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jay George, the Multi - Iraqi Transitional Team chief, escorts Iraqi army Lt. Col. Tariq, executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, after the Iraqi army recaptured a building from insurgents in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

Iraqi army Lt. Col. Tariq, executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, visits his troops after they recaptured a building from insurgents in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jay George, left, the Multi - Iraqi Transitional Team chief, discusses the future plans of a recaptured building with Iraqi army Lt. Col. Tariq, executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

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The Decline and Fall of Western Civ for 29 Jan.

After reading: wash, rinse and repeat.

• KHON reports whatever was in the sky over Hawaii Friday evening around 6:20 p.m. drew a crowd along Kewalo Basin and Ala Moana Beach Park. Honolulu resident Peter Hollingworth described as two lights circling in the sky, about 45 degrees above the horizon.
  

  “These two little fireballs with a stream behind it,” said Hollingworth. “Looked kind of like a shooting start but it just kept going. They changed directions a few times, at first it was coming in then it turned, then it went out then it came back in again"

• The National Football League has boosted the law enforcement budget and heightened the security threat level for Super Bowl 41 because of terrorism fears reports AP.
  

  "We consider the Super Bowl so high profile that we see it as attractive to terrorists," said Milt Ahlerich, NFL vice-president of security.

• AP reports President Bush said Monday the United States "will respond firmly" if Iran escalates military action in Iraq and endangers American forces. But Bush emphasized he has no intention of invading Iran.

• If you are having second thoughts about voting for Hillary because of the possibility of Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton dynastic presidencies, you may want to read Michal Barone's piece, Battle Royal, in The Wall Street Journal.

• In yesterday's DFWC I noted that some anti-war protesters who were in town over the weekend spray painted the steps of the Capitol building. I am happy to report that, according to AP, nine anti-war protesters were arrested Monday when they gathered in a House office building to read off the names of American and Iraqi war dead.
  
  The New York Times reports, while protesters said they supported the troops while being against the war, some anti-war folks took the opportunity to engage in a spitting match with Joshua Sparling, 25, who was on crutches and who said he was a corporal with the 82nd Airborne Division and lost his right leg below the knee in Ramadi, Iraq. Mr. Sparling spoke at a smaller rally held earlier in the day at the United States Navy Memorial, and voiced his support for the administration’s policies in Iraq.
  
  As if it is a war in its own right, once again the ideology of peaceful tolerance comes in direct conflict with the typically intolerant behavior of ideologues on the left.

• Reuters reports 13 percent of Americans have never heard of global warming even though the mainstream media and crisis mongers have tried to make climate change theory into fact for the last 30 years. Heck, and all this time I thought the world ended at Y2K.

• The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on Monday there was enough evidence against a Congolese militiaman to launch the new court's first trial, according to Reuters.

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Combat Camera: USS Ronald Reagan Deploys

San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) -- A Sailor embraces a loved one during the early morning hours before boarding the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) for deployment. Ronald Reagan and attached ships of the Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) surge deployed to the 7th Fleet Area of Operations from Naval Station North Island on Jan. 27. Surge deployments are part of the Navy’s Fleet Response Plan (FRP), which ensures ships are able to respond to real-world situations by maintaining high states of readiness during their surge windows. The Reagan CSG is comprised of, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, Commander Carrier Strike Group 7 (CCG 7), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 11, Detachment 15. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique M. Lasco (RELEASED)

San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) -- Sailors arrive in the early morning hours to board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the ship prepares to depart on deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Joseph M. Buliavac (RELEASED)

San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) -- Seaman Mathew Arthur heaves around a line aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during preparations for getting underway. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kathleen Gorby (RELEASED)

San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits San Diego Bay. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden (RELEASED)

San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits San Diego Bay. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden (RELEASED)

San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits San Diego Bay. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden (RELEASED)

San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) -- On the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Sailors man the rails, as final preparations are made for getting underway for deployment. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John P. Curtis (RELEASED)

Pacific Ocean (Jan. 28, 2007) -- Sailors aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) prepare an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three (VFA-113) for launch as an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron Two Two (VFA-22) performs a touch and go. Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean on a surge deployment in support of U.S. military operations in the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden (RELEASED)

Pacific Ocean (Jan. 28, 2007) -- Operations Specialist 3rd Class Marian Cox from Holland, Mich., stands watch on vultures row as guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) sails alongside USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is currently underway in support of operations in the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joe Painter (RELEASED)

Pacific Ocean (Jan. 28, 2007) -- Military Sealift Command (MSC) underway replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) transfers JP-5 to USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a refueling at sea. Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is currently underway in support of operations in the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kathleen Gorby (RELEASED)

Pacific Ocean (Jan. 28, 2007) -- Watching the hand signals of an aircraft handler on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), a pilot assigned to the “Stingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three (VFA-113) is directed into launch position. Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is currently underway in support of operations in the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden (RELEASED)

Pacific Ocean (Jan. 28, 2007) -- In a flash of steam and fire, an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the “Stingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three (VFA-113) rockets down the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) after being launched from the number one steam-powered catapult. Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is currently underway in support of operations in the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden (RELEASED)

Pacific Ocean (Jan. 28, 2007) -- Aircraft fill the hanger bays on board USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) after recently embarking Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14). Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike group is currently underway in support of operations in the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John P. Curtis (RELEASED)

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