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Analysis
Justice Department Caves In: Allows Publication of Retroactively Classified Information; Lawsuit Challenged Classification of Public Information
A hearing scheduled for this morning before U.S. District Judge John D. Bates was abruptly cancelled after the Justice Department gave up and admitted that the information it had retroactively classified could be released to the public.
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Analysis
“Independent” Test of F/A-22 is misleading
Here's a surprise: The Air Force has issued a press release boasting that the F/A-22 Raptor has just passed its "independent" testing by the Air Force. The fighter has demonstrated "overwhelmingly effective" war-fighting capability, according to the Initial...
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Analysis
Air Force’s F/A-22 is a Relic and a Loser
The lingering misery of the F/A-22 should end now.
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Analysis
Bogus Budget
In a new Op-Ed in Baron's magazine, CDI Visiting Senior Analyst Winslow Wheeler argues that the proposed budget cuts for the Department of Defense are virtually dead-on-arrival in Congress.
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AnalysisControlling the Most Dangerous Weapons
In her recent op-ed, CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl argues that as casualties mount in Iraq, it is obvious that the greatest current threat to American soldiers comes not from exotic weapons of mass destruction, but from the vast quantities of conventional weapons – guns, mis...