Defense Department officials are on the verge of kicking off a formal military analysis that could spark a new program to equip U.S. troops fighting overseas with forensic analysis tools, DOD officials tell InsideDefense.com . The effort, called a capabilities-based assessment in military jargon, comes as law enforcement-style crime scene investigation techniques in Iraq have proven successful in tracking down bomb makers there, defense officials said. A capabilities-based assessment is a step in the Pentagon's Joint Capabilities Integration and Development...
