re: evidence.
You wrote: "So unless you can prove otherwise, the Department of Defense is a valid source of information."
I guess you missed the part where the pentagon announced plans to fake the news.
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002938.html
or this, where the Pentagon admitted paying for phony news stories...
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1205-33.htm
A Google search on
Pentagon fake news
should open your eyes, but maybe not...
good luck
S
