Early Bird Brief

Today's Top 5

1, Amid police shootings, Army 'serious' about tackling anger among combat vets (USA Today) This month's shooting deaths of police in Baton Rouge, La., and Dallas by former servicemembers who saw combat in Iraq and Afghanistan comes as the Army is trying to better understand why up to 40 percent of troops return from war struggling with anger and aggression.

2. New York Times sues for Defense Secretary Ash Carter's emails (Politico) Carter’s case has received little publicity in comparison to Clinton’s, but it also raises questions about the security procedures in place at the top rungs of the executive branch -- and whether officials are attempting to use their personal email accounts to skirt the Freedom of Information Act, the press and the public's main tool for forcing the release of government records short of the courts.

3. Rescuers, rescued recall events that led to Lt. Col. Charles Kettles' Medal of Honor (Army Times) Less than 24 hours before receiving the Medal of Honor for his role in a Vietnam helicopter rescue in a ceremony Monday at the White House, retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles sat with friends, crew members and some of the soldiers he saved to share stories of survival from nearly half a century ago.

4. Pre-Snowden Whistleblower Explains How NSA Got 'Unleashed' To Spy On Everyone (Motherboard) Thomas Drake was a 48-year-old decorated Air Force and Navy veteran, and a senior executive at the National Security Agency, the NSA, when he decided he had to speak up against what he considered the spy agency’s abuses.

5. AP Exclusive: Document shows less limits on Iran nuke work (Associated Press) Key restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will start to ease years before the 15-year accord expires, advancing Tehran’s ability to build a bomb even before the end of the pact, according to a document obtained Monday by The Associated Press. http://link.militarytimes.com/view/5758843b498e57457960d54e4a03r.ya2/2342145f