The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Climate Change: Information on Potential Economic Effects Could Help Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Fiscal Exposure GAO-17-720: Published: Sep 28, 2017. Publicly Released: Oct 24, 2017. Phi Beta Iota: What they do not talk about is the weaponization of weather, the export of virtual water (alfalfa export to Saudi Arabia) and more. No one in …
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Huge FBI facial recognition database flawed: GAO audit The FBI’s facial recognition database of 411 million photos includes some 30 million criminal mugshots, drivers’ license pictures from 16 US states, 140 million images from visa applications by foreign nationals and 6.7 million photos of individuals detained by US forces abroad, but lacks adequate safeguards for …
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GAO DCGS Letter B-412746 A few days ago, I stumbled upon a copy of a letter from the GAO concerning Palantir Technologies dated May 18, 2016. The letter became available to me a few days after the 18th, and the US holiday probably limited circulation of the document. The letter is from the US Government …
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GAO – U.S. intelligence agencies can’t justify why they use so many contractors Brian Fung Washington Post, 14 February 2014 Private contractors play a huge role in the government, particularly in civilian intelligence services like the CIA. Contracting critics say it’s an addiction whose overhead costs drive up the federal budget and leads to data …
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Huh? Pentagon expands cyber-attack capabilities Jim Michaels USA Today, 21 April 2013 WASHINGTON – The U.S. military is increasing its budget for cyber-warfare and expanding its offensive capabilities, including the ability to blind an enemy’s radar or shut down its command systems in the event of war, according to two defense officials. In the 2014 …
Last week, GAO defended itself, as it should have, at the Foreign Policy website against my criticisms of its latest F-35 report. This week I responded, also at Foreign Policy. In sum, GAO’s retort to my article makes me even more concerned about the state of affairs at GAO than I was before. Find my original article, …
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