John Patrick Bedell, 36, of Hollister, Calif., was identified as the shooter. Officials said they’d found no immediate connection to terrorism but had not ruled it out. Signs emerged that Bedell harbored ill feelings toward the government and the armed forces, and had questioned the circumstances behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.   Read More

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Pentagon OKs social media access | Digital Media – CNET News
With new policy, the Defense Department acknowledges the impracticality of an either/or decision between network security and information sharing via the Web.

Social Media Today | Pentagon Uses Twitter to Announce New Social Media Policy
Breaking with tradition, the Pentagon used Twitter to announce major changes in its social media policy rather than by issuing a traditional press release. You can read the NY Times coverage here.   ….

Pentagon Loosens Reins Over Facebook, Twitter, Web 2.0 Apps – Web Services Web 20 and SOA from eWeek
The Department of Defense granted military personnel access to Facebook, Twitter, Google Apps and other user-generated applications in a Feb. 26 memorandum. The move followed a review that began last August after the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army released contrasting policies for social network site use. The DOD clearly is trying to strike a balance between national security and acceptable social…

Pentagon Discloses Hundreds of Reports of Possibly Illegal Intelligence Activities | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Department of Defense has released more than 800 heavily-redacted pages of intelligence oversight reports, detailing activities that its Inspector General has “reason to believe are unlawful.” The reports are the latest in an ongoing document release by more than a half-dozen intelligence agencies in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by EFF in July 2009.The…

New Pentagon Policy Lets Troops Overshare Like the Rest of Us – Pentagon – Gizmodo
What’s really interesting is that the expanding internet and the increased openness of what is occurring in Iraq and Afghanistan from th perspective of the troops flies in the face of what philosophers like Baudrillard (in The Gulf War Did Not Take Place) said would happen in conflicts as technology increased. Rather than becoming increasingly hyperreal and subjective to the whimsy of the…

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KANNEKTED: Pentagon Shooting Suspect Died of Injuries
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Pentagon shooter doubted 9/11 facts in Web posting
The gunman in the Pentagon shootings may have harbored resentment for the military and had doubts about the facts behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Pentagon Shooting
A 36 years old man by the name of John Patrick Bedell opened fire at two Pentagon police officers. The gunman died in critical condition, a few hours after being admitted to the hospital.

Pentagon Shooter: Anti-Bush Nut Case & 9/11 Truther
Save this link when Big Media tries to portray him as a Tea Partyer or right-winger.

Pentagon Shooting ‘Oddities’
By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 05 Mar 2010 Another Manchurian-style shooting: Cops ID Pentagon Shooter, Eye Second Man –John Patrick Bedell ’showed no emotion’ as he opened fire… Shooting suspect may have had 9/11 conspiracy… 2nd person scrutinized in Pentagon subway shooting. (Compilation of items)

Pentagon Shooting, News Update
Pentagon Shooting, here the latest news update about pentagon shooting. A man who was shot by police after opening fire outside the Pentagon’s subway.

shooting at pentagon
A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at a security checkpoint into the Pentagon on Thursday in a point-blank attack that wounded two police officers before the suspect was fatally shot.

Pentagon Shooting | 24 X 7 News Spot
A serious incident of Pentagon Shooting has occurred when a gunman just walked up to the entrance of Pentagon on Thursday evening March 4, 2010. The

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Levin urges Pentagon to rethink plans for $1 billion in new Blackwater contracts – Washington Post
Levin did not directly say that the Pentagon should cancel its plans for the contracts but urged officials to "consider the deficiencies" in Blackwater's …

Pentagon orders new protocols to spot threats within military – Montreal Gazette
The shooting rampage at a US army base in November was "an act of terrorism," an Obama administration official said Friday, as the Pentagon ordered an …

Pentagon sees no erosion on F-35 total buy – Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon's chief arms buyer on Thursday said he was not seeing signs that the US military services or international partners …

Boeing says it will bid for Air Force tanker pact – The Associated Press
It remains to be seen if Boeing's bitter contest with Northrop will be renewed after two failed Pentagon attempts to pick a winner earlier in the decade. …

Democrats vow quick end to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ as Senate bill is introduced – Washington Post
The Pentagon and congressional Republicans have urged Democrats to allow the military to first complete its study of the policy and the impact of a …

Congressmen to Pentagon: Exonerate Navy SEALs in Iraq incident – CNN
The congressmen said they plan to present to Pentagon officials petitions signed by thousands of people supporting the SEALs. …

Lieberman Submits Military Gay Ban Repeal Ahead of Pentagon Study – Tips-Q GLBT News (blog)
By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, DC, March 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Instead of waiting for the results of a Pentagon study on the consequences of allowing …

‘Pentagon Papers’ whistleblower story makes the big screen – Tulsa World
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" opens Friday at Circle Cinema, …

Rep. Dicks named chairman of Pentagon spending committee – Peninsula Daily
Norm Dicks on Thursday officially was designated chairman of the House subcommittee overseeing Pentagon spending, succeeding Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., …

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Pentagon: Suspect, Police Hurt in Pentagon Shootout
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Pentagon On Lockdown: Metro Shooting Prompts Pentagon Lockdown
The Pentagon is on lockdown after a shooting at a nearby D.C. Metro station, according to BreakingTweets, a Twitter account maintained by MSNBC. More details to come. 9:55 PM ET — Suspect named. John Patrick Bedell, 36, is the alleged gunman in today’s shooting, according to officials who spoke to the AP: Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as John Patrick Bedell, 36. They also said they were investigating whether a second person was somehow involved. No further information was available. 9:26 PM ET — “This has never happened in our history.” Watch as Pentagon Protection Force Chief Richard Keevil holds press conference: 9:21 PM ET — Pentagon releases statement. The Pentagon has released a statement about the incident: A shooting incident has occurred at the Pentagon Metro Entrance this evening at approximately 6:40 p.m.

Two Pentagon Police Officers Shot; Gunman Killed
The two officers were wounded when a man walked up to them outside of the Pentagon Metro station and opened fire. The gunman was later fatally shot by police in a shootout..

Gunman Killed After Shooting 2 Pentagon Police
Metro reports shooting outside Pentagon station.

2 Pentagon cops shot
A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at the subway entrance to the Pentagon last night, wounding two cops before being fatally shot, officials said. The two officers suffered graze wounds, said Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police. John Patrick Bedell, 36, allegedly walked up….

Pentagon shooting suspect fatally shot
John Patrick Bedell killed after wounding two police officers in close-range attack at security checkpoint outside PentagonA gunman opened fire at a security checkpoint at the Pentagon yesterday in a close-range attack that wounded two police officers before the suspect was fatally shot.The two officers suffered grazing wounds and were being treated in a hospital, said Richard Keevill, chief of the Pentagon police. The shooter, identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, of California, died hours after being admitted to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said. They had no motive for the shooting.The gunman walked up to the checkpoint at the Pentagon’s subway entrance in an apparent attempt to get inside the fortified defence department headquarters. “He just reached in his pocket, pulled out a gun and started shooting, no more than five feet away,” Keevill said. “He walked up very cool. He had no real emotion on his face.” The Pentagon officers returned fire with semi-automatic weapons.Bedell’s death was confirmed early on Friday by Beverly Fields, chief of staff of the Washington medical examiner’s office, and Leigh Fields, medical legal investigator for the office.

Officers Hurt, Gunman Killed in Pentagon Shooting
2 police officers shot at entrance to Pentagon, suspect killed in return gunfire.

Pentagon Shooting Suspect’s Motive Probed
Web Posts Apparently by Man Killed by Pentagon Police Show Skepticism of 9/11 Attack, U.S. Military.

Shooting of 2 officers closes Pentagon subway station
An investigation into the shooting of two police officers outside the Pentagon subway station will close the transit hub Friday, affecting the commute of thousands of Washington-area residents, transit officials said..

Man dies after shooting Pentagon security officers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man shot and wounded two security officers at an entrance to the Pentagon near a busy commuter rail station on Thursday before being fatally wounded in a shootout, officials and media reports said..

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