the pentagon is responsible for its own network. the call went security department is responsible for the security of the civilian networks, the dot.gov networks. the call went security department is working through how to in short -- the homeland security department -- these are the networks that are the backbone of our country, the telecommunications, the financial, the health care, the electrical networks. all of them are critical infrastructure networks. one question that comes up is, how far the military can be involved in protecting domestic networks? the most -- the major thing that is happening is that the national security agency is working with the homeland security department to come up with a network intrusion monitoring system. they are in the process of doing that. there has been some controversy about that about half for military should be involved in the protection of domestic civilian networks. host: last question for me about what we know about the attack. the hacking attack took place in march. this is a private ne

it is up to congress to perform its oversight duty and rein in the pentagon. getting people to work in afghanistan is important. afghanistan -- afghans who are working in the farms and the police and the military are likely not shooting at our troops. but this report that accompanies the defense authorization bill that passed in may said it best and i quote from the defense authorization bill, quote, the function of a private sector business development falls outside the core competency of the department of defense. the house armed services committee went on to further state, quote, the mission should eventually fall under the jurisdiction of a different agency like usaid or the department of commerce. the task force for business and stability operations in afghanistan and its $115 million budget should not be funded and not authorized in the defense appropriations bill. this function and this money belongs in the state and foreign operations appropriation bill. this task force is another example of the militarization of foreign assistance that diverts the peb

we're saying to the pentagon, you find it. don't cut military personnel, don't cut health but perhaps some of the bases we maintain overseas, some of the subsidies we give to nato, lip services paid here to an alliance in which the budget is based. unfortunately, mr. chairman, i have to say it's trivial. the obama administration and members of the appropriations committee, the armed services committee, they are the enablers of one of the great welfare dependencies in the history of the world. the ability of wealthy european nations 61 years after the foundation of nato to get subsidized by america. so then military budget can be a small percentage of ours as percentages of the g.d.p. so they can provide more services, better rail, better health care, earlier retirement for their own people. this says to the pentagon not that we're going to cut you, this gives them a greater than 1% increase at a time when everyone else is being cut and it means nothing to the pentagon. let's look at the basis we have -- bases we have all over t

while congress debates cutting your programs we're going to tell you about the hefty new paycheck the pentagon is about to get also say goodbye to nasa shuttle program and figure out what could be next for space exploration but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. guess who's going to turn out let's just say that it's a foreign visitor of great importance to america's diplomatic relations with the world a visitor that might affect the lives of americans the security of this country and our economic future just kidding it's wills and kate. first for the duchess of cambridge to visit the united states for the very first time following a whirlwind tour through canada with the very this is just. very different the. royals now head to los angeles are going to be doing a weekend visit to personally would have a jam packed weekend planned in california during their first visit to the united states since getting married back in april and that's right apparently after getting tired of whipping americans into a frenzy over the casey anthony trial now the mainstream media

you have a piece last week, "the pentagon premium." you're right about the phenomenon of overspending at the pentagon. back in the 1980 proxy, there were toilet seats that cost hundreds of millions -- hundreds of dollars. guest: the answer depends on who you talk to. when you talk to whistle- blowers and watchdogs, those who do $640 a troy linseeds say there is not much of an impetus or commitment to reform. -- who found the $640 toilet seats say there is no impetus. host: we have this image from your piece. this is a widget. they paid $640 dollars and retail it's $12. guest: when i spoke with the inspector general's office, one of them spoke saying that those who were at the deposition of putting these parts in the army helicopter did not know what it had cost and the people in hyattsville, alabama, did not know what they were buying when the part went under contract. they did not know what a gear was or that $644 was too much when it sells at your local hardware store for much less. host: you say it despite further reform attempts tha

approves their script is that really the nature of the game today well exactly you know the pentagon supports an affectedly senses when necessary and this isn't a great many films transformers are unmanned came out the last few years those franchises rules of engagement film called still some cigars and thought we were so when talkers buckle down through lawyers executive decision the list goes on and on and some of this for decades since the start of the nation which is the complete recruitment film wings an oscar winner from what many twenty seven and of course in global two as well and if it was. co-opted by the government for the war effort well you'd be quite rightly right good props of consent three films that depict the armed services have support from the pentagon in some way because the cia support as well since ninety five in french eyes is like twenty four and films like the recruit and some of wolf it's all of which have an effect upon. the scripts so if about a third there that have this involvement directly with the government or with the pentagon signing off on their s

the pentagon is working on plans to implement the new policy, but last friday, a u.s. court of appeals ruled the old law unconstitutional. it gave the obama administration until next week to accept or appeal. meanwhile, a top pentagon civilian official has told the armed services to process applications without regard to sexual orientation. for more on what's next for current and prospective openly gay service members, we go to mark thompson is "time" magazine's washington deputy bureau chief. and aubrey sarvis is the executive director of the service members legal defense network, which advocates in favor of lifting the ban on gays in the military. we thank you both for being here. mark thompson, to you first, though. where do things stand with "don't ask, don't tell"? >> well, judy, we basically have two trains rushing to the same station, i think, in a matter of weeks, "don't ask, don't tell" will be history, one train is the pentagon certification process which has been under way for several months and it's designed to train troops to accept openly gay men and wome

john henry, the pentagon. >>> all right coming up. real life aqua men. s. >> p.m. okay. we have seen a lot of fireworks this holiday but nothing like this. the spy lot of fireworks this holiday but nothing like this. the spy cam that is giving a rocket eye . >> welcome back. we are giving you another look at sky 7 hd live at the san francisco fireworks display off the embarcadero. estimated 200,000 people are lining the banks to watch this. it the started at 9:30 and closing in on the grand finale of that fireworks display going on in two locations. down on the embarcadero. >> well have you ever wondered what july 4th looks like from a fireworks perspective? well wonder no longer. just watch. if there you go. 19-year-old jeremiah warren tie add camera on a series of rocket and the camera survived. multiple flight. this is what you get from it. very nice. kind of like being part of the fireworks display out there on the embarcadero tonight. >> you are right. >> no fog noychlt fog. which is a great thing. now we have great visibility for the fireworks. and

no problem. >> if you're a wife and your husband works in the pentagon there is no excuse. >> reporterit is handy for other holidays. i'm at the river entrance and there is one benefit to working here that nobody tells you about. on the 4th of july the best place in washington to watch the fireworks is right here. it is hardly compensation for repeat tours in iraq. if you return for duty here membership does have its privileges. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >>> changed the angle on our live camera. now looking north over -- actually south over federal hill. the fireworks will be coming up on curtis bay. people filling in atop the hill here. a lot of people down at harbor place. 87-degrees is what we have. humidity around 50%. it is muggy but not really a oppressively humid. it really depends where you are. just a little farther south muggy weather. hazy sunshine today and a lot of boat traffic on the bay. you know if you have a boat you head out now to see the best views of some of the fireworks around the are

if it was, that's like the pentagon papers case where the times received on a silver platter the pentagon papers from ellsberg. um, to be sure, publicizing documents that demonstrate high level lying and government duplicity as ellsberg did is different from the wholesale dumps that wikileaks at least initially specialized in, disclosing government secrets just because you can is not necessarily in the public interest. in recent months wikileaks seems to be moving away from anarchism toward journalism, maybe motivated, um, by the wish to seek some shelter under the first amendment. the wikileaks web site has changed its tune, it now repeatedly emphasizes that it, quote, journalists review leaked material and exercise some judgment about what to put in the public domain. it even says that documents are redacted to avoid harm to informants and others. it hasn't fore sworn indiscriminate dumping or hostility to any kind of government secrecy, but using responsible judgment certainly does give it a better chance at first amendment protection. seems to me that in deciding whether assange and w

write good approach of contemporary films that depict the armed services house for support from the pentagon in some way and of course the cia support as well since ninety five in french eyes is like twenty four and films like the recruit and some wolf is all of which have an effect on film scripts so it's about a third there that have this involvement directly with the government or with the pentagon fighting off on their scripts that means that the majority are independent so to what extent do you think that message is being cued and feta thousand and thirty a thing. well i think there isn't a large body of films that are supported by the government in some way or another and requests for changes by contract and so i think is very important but the same time i agree that there is a wider problem of the irresponsibility of of corporations that are running hollywood or that basically make up hollywood and if i corporate managers are just as serious a problem as the impact of the government in terms of shaping history so for example. rupert murdoch being topical at the moment although not muc

the pentagon says it's a battle to protect national security secrets but the other side is winning. some of the nation's most sensitive military secrets have been looted by spies who managed to break into government computers. david martin got an exclusive look into the pentagon command center. >> reporter: the joint strike fighter is the pentagon's high priced ticket to air superiority for the 21st century except four months ago the designs for that and other sophisticated weapons were stolen from defense industry computers by hackers, 24,000 files in all. >> designs of satellites, uavs, unmanned aerial vehicles, cutting edge military technology. >> reporter: is somebody out there robbing us blind? >> a lot of people out there are taking a lot of information. >> reporter: he told cbs news the u.s. is not sure who stole the data although the most likely suspects are china and russia. >> the attackers are ahead of the defenders in cyberspace. the technology for intrusions is far ahead of the technology for defenses and we need to catch up. >> reporter: how often are there attacks on

an attack on the pentagon, officials call thing this the biggest ever. details on how hackers got thousands of sensitive documents. and box three, most avoid sharks but but will tell you about who guy who picked a fight with one ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." first from fox at 3:00, a stunning turn of events in the they day old perjury trial of baseball great only -- roger clemens after prosecutor told jurors about evidence that was ruled out of bounds. he was phasing 30 years in prison over suspected use of drugs stemming from this testimony he gave on capitol hill back in 2008. >> i have been accused of something i'm not guilty of. how do you prove a negative? no matter what we discuss here today i'm never going to have my name restored. but i've get to try and set the record straight. let me be clear: i've never taken steroids. >> but today prosecutors played videotape from the same 2008 testimony the judge had explicitly told them not to show. and he claimed the mistake meant he could not give clemens a fair trial.

served at the highest levels of the cia and the pentagon. one of the most striking things about his last tour of service was his insistence, pleading even, that some other part of the government do some of the nation's work around the world aside from the u.s. military. bob gates is a republican. he is sort of a republican hawk. this is not bob kucinich, bless him. this is bob gates. but as defense secretary, he has been talking about how bad it is for the country that the u.s. is always flexing our military muscle and allowing our other muscles to attrophy. three months into obama's presidency, he was lobbying senators asking for money not for the defense department but for the state department. kent conrod received one of those callsa the home and said afterwards, i have never had the secretary of defense call me to support the budget for the state department. but the insistent lobbying by bob gates on behalf of the state department may have been for naught, as the pentagon has seen its budget double since 9/11. the state department has bee

the pentagon may be the headquarters of the fierce u.s.ary, but it's actually got a real warm and fuzzy side too. abc's john henenen has the inside story. >> reporter: it's a fortress city unto itself. >> we like to think of ourselves as a small economy within a small city. >> reporter: the pentagon is the world's largestlow-rise office building. one the nation's military leaders never have to leave. for dinner, dry cleaning, many anything. patrick tate works for the pentagon mayor's office which oversees everything from the drugstore to the barbershop. >> short, cropped, military-style cuts. >> reporter: here at the pentagon there are 1 million doughnuts sold every year. with a little under 25,000 employees, that means each one of them has to eat 40 of these. i'm getting a start now. there's a best buy, several clothing shops, and a post office. there's even a virginia dmv. the best part about it? no lines. but you've got to have one of these to get in. the troops can nosh on fast food or linger over fine dining. then there's the notoriou

the pentagon is confirming tonight that some of the nation's most sensitive military secrets have been looted wholesale by spies who managed to break in to government computers. plans for the wars in iraq and afghanistan, secret information about american satellites, plans for a new fighter plane are gone, vacuumed up in computer hacking apparently by hostile governments. the confirmation came today in a speech in washington by deputy secretary of defense william lynn. >> to date, malicious cyber activity has been directed at nearly every sector of our infrastructure and economy. our national security correspondent david martin has been investigating and hi managed to get the first television camera ever into the pentagon's command center that defends against computer attacks. david also spoke to deputy secretary lynn about the information that's been lost. >> reporter: the joint strike fighter is the pentagon's high- priced ticket to air superiority for the 21st century. except four months ago the designs for that and other sophisticated weapons were stolen from defense industry compu

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today the pentagon is ready to certify it will admit openly gay members without sacrificing security. the president has to endorse it and then there's a 60-day waiting period. after that the controversial policy is history. >>> 11 days to default and still no deal on the debt ceiling, but it is a new day. our sources say president obama is trying to koex members of his own party, while cutting as much as $3 trillion in spending. that is going to mean changes in health and retirement programs, also puts off tax reform, something a lot of people felt is very important, until later. the details are very fluid. no agreements yet. congressional democrats are very nervous. the president trying to figure out a way to work it out. he's holding a two-hour meeting at the white house. he did that last night. writing about compromise in this morning's "usa today." "some of the cuts would target worthwhile programs that do a lot of good for our country. there are cuts some people in my own party aren't too happy about and frankly, i wouldn't make them if we didn't have so much debt." this is a sal

and jennifer griffin has it from the pentagon tonight. hello. >> hi, shep. the first living recipient, first marine to receive this oner in 41 years but he is a reluctant recipient. >> i feel i'm the furtherrest thing from a hero. i went in there to do a job and the way i view it is that i left those guys down. but the award will be for them and the corps and the marines who didn't get recognized. >> he was based in kunar province. a scout sniper, his unit got ambushed. he was hit with shrapnel but kept going to tie triand help find the three fellow marines and navy corpsesmen who were missing. he found them dead and stripped of their gear but managed to

but it has still been on the books and the pentagon prepares to certify it's ready to welcome gays inthe military, she believes this order sends a mess yanl to the defense department to get moving. >> it's gratifying. the court can see injustice of the law. it's unconstitutional. it goes against american value autos the pentagon released a statement saying we will, of course comply with orders of the court and are taking immediate steps to inform the field of this order. and says certification is just weeks away. in the meantime, doning says gays and lesbians in the military are being discharged when sexuality is discovered. now, with today's ruling. people with k.breathe knowing at least today won't be the day i get investigated and i'm safe. >> the pentagon statement seems to indicate this won't be an appeal, but she and others are cautioning gay troops to not immediately come out, saying it's better to wait until the pentagon certification is complete and the policy is officially off the books. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> and marines based out of california will be among

let's not take a look at some other stories from around the world in the pentagon has admitted suffering one of its largest ever happen taps with thousands of sensitive to fans' files still one deputy defense secretary william lynn says all the data was taken in a single intrusion in march officials blame an unspecified foreign government and comes after revealing a new internet strategy which treats cyberspace as operational terrain like land air and sea. thousands of pro-government libyans have rallied in a town west of tripoli expressed support for the embattled colonel gadhafi and demanded that nato stops its military campaign else words leave your content group of nato nations arab countries and other states is meeting in turkey to find a political solution to a five month long conflict. mexico's biggest ever marijuana plantation has been discovered by authorities two hundred fifty kilometers south of the u.s. border it covers one hundred twenty there is and as water by an advanced irrigation system last year investigators found a tunnel running from mexico to the u.s. that was fitt

we begin tonight at the pentagon. >> i'm chris lawrence at the pentagon and coming up this week, newn panetta who we can't call new for much longer will welcome israeli defense minister ehud barak to the pentagon for some talks and the pentagon will also wrestle with how to implement the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. because of the defense of marriage act certain benefits, housing benefit also not be able to be given to same-sex couples. that means some troops could get some benefits and other similar troops not getting them. something the pentagon will have a long time and lot of work to do to take care of. >> i'm paul steinhauser. chris christie is in iowa. he hasn't changed his mind about running for the president but there to speak about an education summit. but plenty of people will be in the state that votes first in the caucuses and primaries. michele bachmann, tim pawlenty and ran sanatorium all campaigned there. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. reports from amazon, ford and caterpillar and mcdonald's. tuesday, two key reports, one on consumer confidence, and new home sale

. >> woodruff: then, we interview deputy secretary of defense william lynn about the pentagon's plans for combatting cyber attacks. >> suarez: gwen ifill examines a new crackdown on multiple purchases of semi-automatic weapons in border states. >> woodruff: we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight: slum dwellers in kenya resist development projects aimed at helping them. >> suarez: and jeffrey brown talks with historian david mccullough about 19th century artists and thinkers who brought lessons home after living in paris. >> these were people who created the american look. people don't realize to what degree we are affected the french and by french history. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is tough right now, everywhere. >> we pumped $21 million into local economies, i

will tell you about one hundred seventy detainees are currently out of the syllabi but of course the pentagon won't confirm that number and we've also spoken about the eight detainees who have died while being held at guantanamo bay the pentagon claims they were suicides but a lot of critics disagree in fact on this show we interviewed harper's magazine scott horton who wrote an award winning article casting doubt on the official story of those suicides so with all of that information on get well including accounts for former detainees about ramp. the use of the facility is certainly sound like they offer sterling accommodations maybe brian kilmeade should pack his bags for a long weekend head down to give over a little r. and r. i bet of the g.o.p. these would make it one day living in inhumane from nations that those detainees face daily and that's why we're giving brian kilmeade tonight's full time work. ok it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening is r.t. producer jenny churchill and made us a nominee the head of the herd on the hill reporter excuse me for roll call thanks for

supporters every big defense spending, but a conservative factor now wants to shrink the size of the@ pentagondefit fought, namely, the head of the americans for tax reform grover norquist. last november he sent a letter to republican leaders calling for congress to -- norquist in january said shrinking the pentagon meant that conservatives need to rethink our presence in afghanistan. >> >> question, next year's g.o.p. presidenti p mares, will defense spending be nds off a wedge issue@that divides the contendsers? >> i thk they're alrey divided. i think tim pawlenty is tang a super-hawk pro defense, we're not @@going to cut defense spending stance. other candidates, ronpaul, jon huntsman are for@shrinking the dget. it about 5%. at the ends of the clinton era it was 3. i think there's tremendo appetite in both parties to lower defense spendi. what will @@republicans offer t democrats in return for getting entitlement reform and they don't want raise@taxes. they might office defen cu. >> south carolina senator setor grahamcan't imagine a repuican running to the left of president @@obama on defen

and afghanistan and really the six total countries that are being bombed by the united states by the pentagon this second of robert gates wants to see for himself what his legacy is he should spend just one day with a grieving family in the united states in iraq or afghanistan or in pakistan who has lost a loved one in these wars for profit so stephen let me go t. you do you think that there was a change for gates as he went through this job over the years oh there really wasn't any change at all. to go on but he had a very you know to be so you know we want to you have. any position of power to you with them and they really had a little because what you have is completely is. how it was structured. if and when it comes to war and peace america has a permanent war agenda i wrote three major articles to try to hold america's criminal war agenda. with the. military keynesianism on steroids and i just floated out of the look you didn't use to go to the business of america is war that's what america's business is it was the. it was the. for around still it was here only gates will be here under a

patrick tate works for the pentagon mayor's officicwhich oversees everything from the drugstore to the short. >> yes. short, cropped. military-style cuts. >> reporter: here at the pentagon there are 1 million doughnuts sold every year. with a little under 25,000 employees, that means each one of them has to eat 40 of these. i'm getting a start now. there's a best buy, several clothing shops, and a post office. there's even a virginia dmv. the best part about it? no lines. but you've got to have one of these to get in. the troops can nosh on fast food or linger over fine dining. then there's the notorious bistro in the center courtyard. it's been called the most dangerous hot dog stand in the world. that's because up through the 1980s, rumor had it when the russians set their missiles for e pentagon, they set their coordinates right there. soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines can choose from two credit unions and a bank. >> there's money in the pentagon somewhere. >> reporter: caught flowerless on valentine's day, soldier? no problem. if you're a wife and your husband works in the pent

. >> a look inside of the pentagon. the virtual city inside of the famous five-walled building. >> and celebrating coco the gorilla's 40th birthday with choice words. >> right now here is a look at traffic on skyway. you can see it's very light. cars head to the bay bridge, or on the right of the screen to the peninsula. stay with us. >> sth this is a live look at white houts, obamas marking july 4th wealth a special barbecue and a uso concert on the south lawn followed by fire works viewing. this has been a day of celebration for the family. president obama's oldest daughter, malia turned 13 today. you can see the weather looks okay there now. before the party began washington, d.c. was hit by a fierce summer storm there. was heavy duty clean up z loose branches blown off trees had to be cleared off the lawn. and all was in order by the time the party began. >> commanders of the military overseeing who two wars in a no-fly zone. it's in a national interest when not on duty they work in comfort. abc takes us through the

he was saluted with all the pomp and circumstance the pentagon could muster. president bush reshaped the wars in iraq and afghanistan. and today, president obama not only gave his thanks, he surprised gates by giving him the nation's highest civilian award, the medal of freedom. gates' served eight presidents in a career that took him through the ranks of the cia and into the pentagon in late 2006. >> bob, today you're not only one of the longest zash serving secretaries of defense in american history, but it is also clear that you've been one of the best. >> i'm just saying here, that i will think of these young warriors, the one who is fought. the ones who keep on fighting, the ones who never made it back until the end of my days. >> and emotional bob gates and monterrey native leon panetta takes his place as defense secretary tomorrow and general david petraeus was confirmed to take panetta's place as cia director. >>> changing the way you buy alcohol. new restrictions that could be coming to a grocery store near you. >>> tsa employees under fire this week f

the way the pentagon can get this to go faster, certify tomorrow. ave training done on august 15th. i don't know what else they can do, considering the training only covers, hey, treat everyone equally. not sensitivity training, it's telling everybody what the standard are given what they certify, 60 days to repeal. it's unfortunate they didn't certify nearly a month ago. >> why does anyone think rolling it back slowly is preferable. i ask that because it will have to take place among the men and women in uniform. that's where the real living is going to take place. are they underestimating our men and women in uniform? >> well, i think they are. if you look at our allies, united kingdom, australia, canada, a bunch of other countries when they repealed their law, they did it immediately and didn't have any major negative events. i think there are concerns out there, but it's really like if you're teaching a kid to swim, and you say it's going to be okay, and you prepare the kid all you can, and the kid keeps on saying i don't want to jump in quite ju

"the new york times" has 1000 pages of the pentagon papers. 1 months before he gave it to them. fresh news. amazing stuff. [laughter] what was the question? [laughter] when he released the pentagon papers, did they suddenly change things? actually, nixon was reelected after data released the pentagon papers. the vietnam war did not stop. the information was very important. over time, it was very important. the most boring thing to come -- most important thing to come out of the papers was the reaction to the pentagon papers. they describe a situation in the past -- the most important thing to come out of the papers was the reaction of the pentagon papers. to reaction describe what was going on right now. it showed a tremendous overreached by the nixon administration. various attempts to cover things up. "the new york times" probably would not have printed the pentagon papers. it was scheduled to be published in four months' time. very interesting. on december 6 last year, visa, mastercard, western union, bank of america all bank debt -- gang up together to engage in an economic b

but they never mention any of the number funding may never point any fingers are they scared of the pentagon of course they are everybody is afraid to be seen especially the left the left is petrified to be seen as weak on terrorism weak on international security and certainly never want to be seen as anything anti deal deal or even questioning d.o.d. they want to be on the same side but you know i guess the other way of looking at this is there are far too busy fighting about the budget right now or maybe they're all just sitting around watching what happens to casey anthony and i can is that that better myself and we will get into the ridiculousness of this budget fight later on in the show but for now thank you so much jack my pleasure. now speaking of the military as you know the u.s. has a top secret military base in the u.k. it's called men with hill and since the one nine hundred fifty s. has been a crucial element in surveillance and intelligence gathering however like many u.s. military projects this base is quite expensive it cost ten billion dollars to be exact and its presence do