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NSA Leak Prompts Talk of Limiting Contractor Access to Secrets
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June 18, 2013
By Neil Gordon
DynCorp Accused of Being a Deadbeat
A Turkish construction company has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against DynCorp International, seeking nearly $6 million in overdue payments and damages for construction work in Afghanistan, including a project for which the government failed to hold
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Topics: Contract Oversight
June 18, 2013
Does America Have a Security-Industrial Complex?
A new article in The Atlantic argues that the level of secrecy in Washington has become “absurd,” especially around intelligence and defense programs.
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Topics: Open Government
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
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