proxy and taking the hit for someone bigger in the field, namely Gen. Stan McChrystal, who has previously been asked by the White House to provide his advice to the president in private.

More headaches for CNAS co-founder Michele Flournoy, now under secretary of defense for policy, about whether her influential think tank is back-channeling the generals and COIN mafia outside of the chain of command?

UPDATE: A senior Pentagon official says Flynn's report "caught everybody by surprise – his commander, Centcom, and this building."

"Forgetting for a moment the venue in which this was published, and keeping with the caveat that [Secretary of Defense Robert Gates] has not read it yet, I think that he historically has been supportive of people taking very critical looks at themselves," Defense Department spokesmanSearch form

Links and Resources

A summary of the 2004 survey, conducted by John C. Greene, that gauges the political attitudes in 18 American religious communities on a wide range of issues, and also illustrates the complexities between religious beliefs and politics—or read the complete report.

Article for Time by Nancy Gibbs that explores the degree of devoutness Americans look for in their candidates. The site also includes graphics galleries for two polls taken in June 2004 asking questions about religion in the presidential campaign and the role of politics in Catholicism.

A non-partisan project organized by a group of national religious organizations that encourages civic action as an act of faith and moral responsibility. It promotes the advocacy of voter rights, voter registration and education, and monitoring the polls.

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