Pentagon officials are drafting the first-ever high-level directive on the management and use of forensic capabilities in the military, according to Defense Department sources. The document is seen as a crucial step toward establishing a "defense forensics enterprise," a concept spurred by lessons learned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one source said. While the Pentagon has several forensic sciences organizations, those offices traditionally were used to identify service members' remains and solve criminal cases involving military personnel. Officials...
