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** PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ACT, AND MORE FROM CRS
Steve Aftergood: CRS Defense Primer Series
Congressional Research Service, MilitaryCongressional Research Service Reports
Defense Primers
- Defense Primer: A Guide for New Members, updated September 3, 2019
Remaining Primes Below the Fold
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Steven Aftergood: CRS on Foreign Agent Registration & Political Warfare (PBI: Half the Story, As Usual)
02 China, 02 Diplomacy, 03 Economy, 06 Russia, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Congressional Research Service, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Officers Call, Peace IntelligenceForeign Agents Registration Act: An Overview, CRS In Focus, updated March 7, 2019
Phi Beta Iota: Valuable itemization of the requirements for registration. Unstated but obvious: both AIPAC and ADL are illegally unregistered agents of a foreign power.
Strategic Competition and Foreign Policy: What is “Political Warfare”?, CRS In Focus, March 8, 2019
Phi Beta Iota: High school version of the concept, neglects fact that the US Government does not do holistic analytics or true cost economics, loves regime change as a pay to play profit center for the banks, and lies to the public every single day while the Chinese whip our ass world-wide using peace, commerce, and friendship, the Ron Paul playbook.
Steven Aftergood: CRS Defense Primer – Intelligence Support to Military Operations
Congressional Research ServiceDefense Primer: Intelligence Support to Military Operations
- Inform the commander
- Describe the operational environment
- Identify, define, and nominate objectives
- Support planning and execution of operations
- Counter adversary deception and surprise
- Support friendly deception efforts
- Assess the effectiveness of operations
Steven Aftergood: CRS on US Research & Development (R&D) Funding and Performance – Half a Trillion — 500 Billion — A Year
Commerce, Congressional Research Service, Fact Sheets, Government, IO ImpotencyU.S. Research and Development Funding and Performance: Fact Sheet
John F. Sargent Jr.
Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
Congressional Research Service
June 29, 2018
Comment and key graphic from report below the fold.
Congressional Research Service: Presidential Stuff
Congressional Research Service
Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations
The report addresses the use of executive orders, record preservation and clemency actions by the outgoing Administration, as well as cybersecurity, budget preparation, political appointments, and so forth. Essential reference.
In fact, the security clearance system itself is an expression of presidential authority. Its scope and operation are defined in an executive order (EO 12968), and its terms can be modified by the President at will. And if the President wished to grant access to classified information to a family member, for example, there would be no legal barrier to doing so.
See “Trump Will Have Wide Latitude to Let Family Into Government's Secret Circles” by Mark Landler, New York Times, November 16.
CRS: US Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts
Congressional Research Service, Peace Intelligence
U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts, updated September 29, 2016
Many wars or conflicts in U.S. history have federally designated “periods of war,” dates marking their beginning and ending. These dates are important for qualification for certain veterans’ pension or disability benefits. Confusion can occur because beginning and ending dates for “periods of war” in many nonofficial sources are often different from those given in treaties and other official sources of information, and armistice dates can be confused with termination dates. This report lists the beginning and ending dates for “periods of war” found in Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It also lists and differentiates other beginning dates given in declarations of war, as well as termination of hostilities dates and armistice and ending dates given in proclamations, laws, or treaties. The dates for the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are included along with the official end date for Operation New Dawn in Iraq on December 15, 2011, and Operation Enduring Freedom on Afghanistan on December 28, 2014. This report will be updated when events warrant. For additional information, see the following: CRS Report RL31133, Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications, by Jennifer K. Elsea and Matthew C. Weed, and CRS Report R42738, Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798 – 2015, by Barbara Salazar Torreon.
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