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Analysis
Six House Members Seek to Oust Intelligence Director
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper should be removed because of untruthful statements he made before Congress concerning the intelligence community’s use of bulk data collection programs, six members of Congress said this week in a letter sent to President Obama.
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AnalysisComments on F-35 Testing
F-35 observers, both advocates and critics, have been waiting for the 2013 Annual Report of the Pentagon's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E). After its initial leaking to Reuters last week, the F-35 section became available to many Monday night. It is c...
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Analysis
DOJ Sues Firm That Screened Edward Snowden and Navy Yard Shooter
The Justice Department alleges contractor U.S. Investigations Services submitted more than 600,000 falsified security clearance background investigations over four and a half years and defrauded taxpayers of millions of dollars.
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Analysis
What Does the New Spending Law Mean For the Pentagon?
Let’s take a quick look at the winners and losers in the recently enacted omnibus appropriations package, which provided funding for the Pentagon for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2014.
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AnalysisWhat’s the Latest Word on F-35 Unit Cost?
The 2014 "Omnibus" appropriations act, now signed into law, gives us further insights into the unit cost of the F-35. The fine print in the "Omnibus," or actually in its "Joint Explanatory Statement," also suggests the possibility of turbulence i...
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Analysis
Will the president end spying on Americans?
On Friday, President Barack Obama will give a highly anticipated speech on reforming surveillance activities by the National Security Agency (NSA).
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Analysis
Energy Department Looks for Alternatives to UPF
The Department of Energy has begun looking for cheaper and faster alternatives to the proposed Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12, a muti-billion dollar boondoggle construction project with no end in sight.
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Analysis
2013: The Year in Federal Fraud Recoveries
The federal False Claims Act -- still a potent anti-fraud weapon after 150 years.
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Analysis
Effort to Discredit Snowden Short on Evidence; Ignores Need for NSA Reform
Last June, we learned that the U.S. government was spying on Americans. Since then, we have learned much more, such as that the NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ communications by Americans has not been essential to preventing terrorist attacks and that the system of oversig...
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Analysis
Loophole in Law May Allow Pentagon Savings to Escape
A loophole in the Budget Control Act gives congressional appropriators wiggle room to avoid required Pentagon savings as they put the final touches on a new defense spending bill.
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Analysis
POGO Applauds Retirement of Head of DoD Sexual Assault Program
Shortly after the POGO called for the removal of the head of the Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, the Department announced that Maj. Gen. Gary S. Patton is retiring from the position and will be replaced in January 2014.
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Analysis
Recent Watchdog Reports Call into Question V-22 Safety
Recent DoD IG reports raise concerns about the readiness of V-22s being deployed.