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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20020120121307/http://www.ifpafletcherconference.com/2001/bios/thompson.htm Biography, Dr. Loren B. Thompson, Jr.], ''Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis'' (Internet Archive Mirror-January 20, 2002- IA's 10 different versions look alike)
equivocator of American inhumanity
Dr. '''[http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/biography/thompsonbiobio.htm asp?bio=3 Loren B. Thompson]''' is Chief Operating Officer of the [[Lexington Institute]]. "Thompson's main job at Lexington is to oversee security studies, the institute's largest project.
"Dr. Thompson is a long-time advisor to high-tech companies, the federal government, and foundations. He conducts most of his for-profit activities through [[Source Associates]], a consulting firm that he heads in Northern Virginia. The areas on which he advises Source clients range from nonlethal weapons to industrial policy to military strategy.
"Dr. Thompson holds a Ph.D. in government from Georgetown University. He was born in 1951 and currently resides in McLean, Virginia and Plymouth, Massachusetts."
==August 2006; Equivocator of American Inhumanity==
Early in August, 2006, Thompson was quoted twice in news sources within one week, attempting to downplay the recent news of American Servicepersons' crimes against Iraqi citizens:
:'You could probably construct an empiri-cal case that US forces are exhibiting more restraint in their treatment of Iraqi civilians than has ever been seen in past wars of similar scale and duration,' says military analyst Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va, in an e-mail. 'Almost all of the atrocities that have been alleged involve small units deliberately disobeying rules of engagement and the orders of senior officers.'<br><br>'It is worth bearing in mind that the US routinely killed thousands of enemy civilians in bombing raids during World War II, and that the number of civilians murdered at My Lai, the worst atrocity committed by US forces in Vietnam, was over 300,' adds Dr. Thompson. 'The pattern of atrocities committed against civilians in past counterinsurgency campaigns is quite imposing, from the British Army in the Boer War to the US Army in the Filipino Insurrection to the Russian Army in Chechnya.'"<br><br>'''Brad Knickerbocker, "[http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0808/p01s03-usmi.html US troop scandals: Is Iraq different?: A military tribunal this week is hearing charges that troops killed an Iraqi family in March.]", ''The Christian Science Monitor '', August 08, 2006 edition'''
:"'When you look at the circumstances of whom we send and what we expect them to do, it's surprising we don't have more of those cases,' said Loren Thompson, defense analyst at Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va."<br><br>'''Anna Badkhen, "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/13/ING60KDD951.DTL Atrocities are a fact of all wars, even ours: It's not just evil empires whose soldiers go amok]", ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Aigist 13, 2006'''
==Former Fellowship with Alexis de Tocqueville Institution==
Loren Thompson was a Senior Fellow of the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]] (AdTI) where he was also Executive Director of the national-security program during the 1990's.
==External links==
*[http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/bio.asp?bio=3 Thompson's Lexington Institute Bio Page]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20020120121307/http://www.ifpafletcherconference.com/2001/bios/thompson.htm Biography, Dr. Loren B. Thompson, Jr.], ''Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis'' (Internet Archive Mirror-January 20, 2002- IA's 10 different versions look alike)
*[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1362 RightWeb Profile of Loren Thompson]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/congress/1997_hr/h970312t.htm Statement of Dr. Loren B. Thompson], March 12, 1997
*[http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/mm0997.09.html The B-2 Boondoggle], ''Multinational Monitor'', September 1997
*[http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=papers&code=02-F_02 Time for the Bush Military Build-up], ''Center for Security Policy'', January 7, 2002
*[http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/19_5/last-byte/23659-1.html Survival Guide: Perspectives from the field, Loren Thompson, COO of the Lexington Institute], ''Washington Technology'', June 7, 2004
