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Final Inspector General’s Report Cuts References to Panetta’s Disclosure of “TOP SECRET” Info
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Shielding the Whistleblowers
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Congress Fighting Base Closures Despite Cost Savings
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The Air Force's F-35A: Not Ready for Combat, Not Even Ready for Combat Training
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IG Blasts Air Force's F-22 Crash Report as Sloppy
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June 17, 2013
GAP Releases Statement on Snowden and the NSA
The Government Accountability Project's (GAP) statement notes that Edward Snowden is facing “classic acts of predatory reprisal” for his leak of highly classified documents about the NSA’s surveillance programs.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
June 17, 2013
NSA Leak Prompts Talk of Limiting Contractor Access to Secrets
In the wake of Edward Snowden’s leak of highly classified documents from the National Security Agency, some in Congress are raising concerns about contractors’ access to government secrets, according to an article in The New York Times.
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Topics: National Security
June 14, 2013
By Adam Zagorin
Final Inspector General’s Report Cuts References to Panetta’s Disclosure of “TOP SECRET” Info
The Department of Defense Inspector General’s final report on what kind of access the Zero Dark Thirty filmmakers had to classified information omits any reference to then-CIA Director Leon Panetta’s disclosure of “TOP SECRET” and other sensitive informati
June 14, 2013
Cap Fight! Debate Continues Over Contractor Compensation
This week, the House Armed Services Committee took up the long-debated issue of setting the contractor compensation benchmark in the FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. Section 813 includes language to set the cap at its current level of $763,029, but allows for cost adjustments.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
June 14, 2013
When Will the Contractors Contract?
Does privatization work as predicted by the neo-liberal ideologues?
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Topics: National Security
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