Subject: Fort Leavenworth

• Crankytown: Monday War Reading

  October 15, 2007

• Soldiers Properly Equipped, General Tells Jon Stewart

  March 13, 2008

• Daily Briefs in Brief: Propping up stereotypes; firing Gloria Squitiro

  June 6, 2008

• Mail

  May 18, 2000

• Why can't we have Guantanamo's prisoners?

  The closer it gets to Barack Obama's inauguration, the more talk we're hearing about closing Guantanamo Bay -- and what to do with the 250 supposed Islamic radicals who are still there. Last week, Kansas Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts said no way do they want the suspected terrorists shipped to the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. On Monday, Brownback issued a press release inviting Obama to tour the USDB."I would be honored to show him first hand why Fort Leavenw

  January 16, 2009

• Hell's Fury

  May 15, 2003

• Lawmakers kick and scream over transfer of Gitmo detainees

  The U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas, is one potential site to which Guantanamo Bay (Check out this week's feature story "Guantanamo's Last Days") detainees could be transferred. U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback toured the site on December 4 and declared that it wasn't secure enough to hold Guantanamo's prisoners. On January 28, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates that contained eight bullet-pointed reasons why the barracks was

  February 26, 2009

• As Fort Leavenworth waits for word on the future of Gitmo prisoners, here’s an up-close look at the toughest case

  February 26, 2009

• Arguing about the stimulus, pork-producing hometown Republicans have made a ridiculous stand for austerity

  February 26, 2009

• Letters from the week of February 19

  February 19, 2009

• At Fort Leavenworth, officers are marching on a new target: the blogosphere

  February 5, 2009

• The Toxic Avenger

  January 22, 2009

• Widow Shopper

  April 5, 2007

• Virtual War

  April 6, 2006

• Soldiers of Meth

  Meth addiction, adultery and murder. Welcome to today's Army.

  January 19, 2006

• Night & Day Events

  Week of September 19, 2004

  September 16, 2004

• Looking Good

  At The Overlook, the real view is on the plate in front of you.

  July 1, 2004

• The High Cost of Perfection

  Plastic surgeon Eric Swanson's bankruptcy stalls his malpractice lawsuits.

  June 20, 2002

• Men Of Dishonor

  March 14, 2002

• The Peacemakers

  Like thousands of others, these Kansas City men refused to fight in World War II.

  February 28, 2002

• A Woman Scorned

  J'Noel Gardiner used to be a man. When her millionaire husband died without a will, she had a point to make.

  November 29, 2001

• Colbert smacks down Brownback

  On Tuesday, Kansas U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback gushed about how Guantanamo Bay is a special snowflake of a maximum security prison and scoffed at the mere thought that Fort Leavenworth could hold back detainees. These prisoners must be like Wolverine times ten. Anyway, Brownback must have been reeling from Monday night's ripping by Stephen Colbert, who ripped Brownback's arguments against moving Guantanamo's detainees to Fort Leavenworth. Here's The Word: The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10

  May 20, 2009

• Michael Vick takes a break from prison, gives home confinement a chance

  Michael VickDogfighting impresario Michael Vick has finally left the federal penitentiary Fort Leavenworth. For real this time. ESPN says the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback left at around 5 a.m. with not so much as a goodbye, sneaking out a side door undetected by a pack of eagle-eyed reporters. Damn, Vick must still have those shifty moves. Next up, home confinement and a $10 an hour construction job.

  May 20, 2009

• Brownback likes prisons. Prisoners, not so much

  Space constraints did not allow me to share a bit of irony in this week's column, which explored one the weaker arguments against bringing detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Fort Leavenworth.The argument in question says moving the detainees to Kansas will lead Jordan, Saudi Arabia and other nations to pull military officers who attend the Command and General Staff College at Forth Leavenworth. The college's International Student Division receives officers from dozens of countries each year.In th

  June 19, 2009

• Trying to save Leavenworth from Gitmo detainees, Sen. Sam Brownback lacks good intelligence

  June 18, 2009

• Kansas is totally not psyched to house Guantanamo Bay detainees

  ​State and local officials are pissing themselves at the thought of Fort Leavenworth making the short list of new homes for detainees. U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback and U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins fist-bump-activated their Wonder Twin powers at a news conference earlier today. Jenkins transformed into an eagle and Brownback took the shape of water to douse the idea of moving detainees to Kansas. Then Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson said, "Bring 'em on, bitches," while touting Fort Leavenworth as the most impe

  August 3, 2009

• Gitmo stance may cost Kansas greenskeepers

  Port Royal Golf Course​Public officials blasting the possible relocation of Guantánamo suspects to Fort Leavenworth deserve no courage awards.They also may be depriving northeastern Kansas of golf-course workers.Four Chinese Muslims once confined at Guantánamo are working at a golf course in Bermuda, according to the Associated Press.The men were detained by the U.S. for seven years. The Bermudan premier, Ewart Brown, agreed to accept the former prisoners into his country after the Pen

  August 6, 2009

• A step backwards for General Caldwell's mil-blogging plans?

  Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell​A story on Wired's website a week ago outlined how a Department of Defense "warning order" solicited feedback on a potential ban on the use of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook by military personnel. Such a ban seemingly would fly in the face of efforts by Lt.General William B. Caldwell, who oversees the Army's Command and General Staff College on the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth, Missouri. Caldwell recently ordered every officer at

  August 7, 2009

• Michael Vick's salty tears soaked the pillows of Fort Leavenworth

  During an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes last night, dogfighting impresario and Philadelphia Eagles footballer Michael Vick never named the federal penitentiary he was locked up in for eight months. In the video below, which appears to be an outtake from the the TV interview, Vick is talking about crying in Fort Leavenworth. Watch CBS Videos Online After the jump, the full 15-minute interview in which Vick "encourages you to love your animal."

  August 17, 2009

• Still at war, the Army opens a new front: against soldier suicide

  August 27, 2009

• New Army program aims for emotional fitness and 'post-traumatic growth'

  Pitching a sweeping new program to a crowded auditorium, Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum told officers that being thousands of miles away from their families in the middle of a combat zone can benefit their mental health. Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum​Everybody knows about post-traumatic stress disorder, Cornum, one of the Army's top health officials said, but that's just one side of the story. Many men and women come back from war with enhanced leadership skills and a greater appreciatio

  August 27, 2009

• Letters from the week
  of September 17

  September 17, 2009

• Kansas senators say Gitmo transfer a no go

  ​For those of you already losing sleep over the possibility that torture-tuned terrorism suspects currently held at Guantanamo Bay might end up at Fort Leavenworth, I have four words: Rest easy my pretties.Today, Prime Buzz reported that Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts are "confident" the deal is kaput. The U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth was one of a handful of facilities being considered for the high-profile terrorism suspects.President Barack Obama has pledged to close th

  September 16, 2009