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How Much Does an F-35 Actually Cost?
July 29, 2014 -
NY Times: Time to Reassess Costly F-35 Program
July 29, 2014 -
This is Terrifying: Why Isn’t Anyone Worried?
July 28, 2014 -
U.S. Efforts to Standup Afghan Air Force Still Falling Down
July 28, 2014 -
A Big Week for the F-35?
July 11, 2014 -
A Blatant Example of Pointless Government Secrecy
July 8, 2014 -
C-27A Shining Example of the Billions Wasted in Afghanistan
July 2, 2014 -
House Continues Overspending Spree with New Defense Bill
June 25, 2014 -
More than F-16 Bolts: A Problematic Ruse on Export Reform
June 6, 2014
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July 2, 2014
C-27A Shining Example of the Billions Wasted in Afghanistan
The $486 million G222 aircraft program demonstrates how wasteful and dubious American efforts at equipping the Afghan Air Force have been to date.
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Topics: National Security
June 30, 2014
By Max Johnson
House Report Faults TSA Security Marking in Air Marshal Case
A House Oversight Committee report on the Transportation Security
Administration’s use of the “Sensitive Security Information”
pseudo-classification found that TSA has had “organizational problems”
with the application of the SSI designation dating back
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
June 27, 2014
Union of Concerned Scientists Stands with POGO
The Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists wrote a letter to Veterans Affairs Acting Inspector General this week urging him to reconsider his office’s demand for the Project On Government Oversight’s whistleblower records.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
June 26, 2014
Intel Bill Passage is Breakthrough for Whistleblower Protections
While the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, which the House passed Tuesday, is not everything we sought, it goes a long way to putting into statute President Obama’s policies. This is a breakthrough for whistleblowers and accountability—
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
June 25, 2014
House Continues Overspending Spree with New Defense Bill
Last week, the House approved its largest annual individual spending
bill, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2015. While the
House adopted some common-sense reform amendments, the bill adds more than $3 billion in funding for unnecessary procu
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Topics: National Security
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