Steven Aftergood: Pentagon Secrecy Undermining National Security

NEXT HASC CHAIR SEES NEED FOR GREATER DOD TRANSPARENCY Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the likely chair of the House Armed Services Committee in the next Congress, told congressional colleagues that enhancing national security transparency is among his top oversight priorities. “Together, we have made strides on national security issues but much more must be done …

Steven Aftergood: Army Admits Intelligence Sucks

ARMY NEEDS INTELLIGENCE TO FACE “PEER THREATS” U.S. Army operations increasingly depend on intelligence to help confront adversaries who are themselves highly competent, the Army said this week in a newly updated publication on military intelligence. Future operations “will occur in complex operational environments against capable peer threats, who most likely will start from positions …

Berto Jongman: Laurence Kotlikoff – “Is Our Government Intentionally Hiding $21 Trillion in Spending” [On Deep State Projects Including Secret Space and Underground Mind Control Facilities]?

Is Our Government Intentionally Hiding $21 Trillion In Spending? This column is co-authored with Mark Skidmore, a Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. In our prior column, Mark and I wrote about $21 trillion in unaccounted government transactions, primarily on defense. The DOD’s (Department of Defense) as well as HUD’s (Department of Housing and Urban …

Steven Aftergood: Pentagon Audit Underway, “There Will Be Unpleasant Surprises”

PENTAGON AUDIT: “THERE WILL BE UNPLEASANT SURPRISES” For the first time in its history, the Department of Defense is now undergoing a financial audit. The audit, announced last December, is itself a major undertaking that is expected to cost $367 million and to involve some 1200 auditors. The results are to be reported in November …