The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Last week I circulated a piece discusing an eight page advertising special in The Washington Post, paid for by Lockheed-Martin and Boeing (and a credit union). The huge ad commemorated the 100th anniversary of Marine Corps aviation. (My piece with a link to the advertisement is at the end of this message.) In the special …
POGO Source Page, May 8, 2012 Wasteful Spending in the Department of Defense Budget Wasteful Spending on Nuclear Weapons Programs Service Contracts Conclusion Endnotes Americans are tightening their belts, and it’s time for the U.S. government to do the same. In light of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the subsequent failure of the “Super Committee,” …
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From the guys who brought you the F-35 JSF…….unreal! Lockheed to provide cyber security support to DOD in $454M contract Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide the U.S. Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center with cyber security support in a contract that will net the company $454 million. Federal News Radio reports that Lockheed’s services …
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Foreign Affairs, May 1, 2012 also Army.mil The U.S. Army In A Time Of Transition Building a flexible force By Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Army Chief of Staff After six months as chief of staff, I can see clearly that the coming decade will be a vital period of transition for the U.S. Army. The …
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This new commentary on the F-35 appears at the website for Foreign Policy at . It is a short piece that does not need to be summarized by me. The editors at Foreign Policy gave it a wonderfully insightful title: The Jet That Ate the Pentagon BY WINSLOW WHEELER | APRIL 26, 2012 The United States is …
Hardware Über Alles in the Spendagon (Note to Readers, the following essay is a revised version of one that appeared in Time Magazine’s Battleland blog found at this link.) For a good example of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex’s (MICC’s) value system — which is hardware before ideas and people — read this New York Times column by Nicholas …
Cost growth in the last year in DOD’s acquisition system was $74 billion, 34 percent more than the $55 billion presumed to occur in the sequester in January; while the time frames are different (see discussion below), so much for Secretary of Defense Panetta’s asinine rhetoric that sequester would be a “Doomsday.” Analysis of two recent acquisition reports …
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