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Tribe set to bring up barrels Army deep-sixed in Lake Superior

By Chris Steller | 08.06.09 | 5:03 pm

Last summer Tom Elko posted here about barrels containing who-knows-what that U.S. Army contractors sank in Lake Superior 50 years ago. Last night, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa told a Duluth audience about its plans…

Tuesday’s other Wikileak: Army memo on soldiers’ exposure to toxic trash

By Chris Steller | 03.12.09 | 10:09 am

51px-wl_hour_glass_uppercase_halfsizeWikileaks: They’re not just for revealing how Norm Coleman stores unprotected, unencrypted donor data anymore.
We mentioned yesterday the varied mix of leaked documents that the Wikileaks.org Web site posts, including a U.S. Army memo on soldiers’