The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The steps that the incoming Trump Administration could take to revise or reverse policies of the Obama Administration are considered in several new publications from the Congressional Research Service. “While the Constitution does not permit the President to single-handedly repeal or amend statutes, there is much that a new President can do to rapidly reverse …
Continue reading “Steve Aftergood: CRS – Trump “Undo” Options”
Contingent Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Perspectives and Contemporary Analysis by CRS Specialist Thomas H. Neale, November 3, 2016 What would happen if no candidate for President of the United States won a majority of electoral votes? The Congressional Research Service explains: “In these circumstances, the 12th Amendment . . . …
Continue reading “Steve Aftergood: CRS on “Contingent Election””
L. Paige Whitaker, Recent State Election Law Challenges: In Brief, Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. November 1, 2016. “Numerous” legal challenges to state election laws have been filed during the last few weeks and months, a new report from the Congressional Research Service found, generating new judicial interpretations of those laws.
DEFENDING U.S. FORCES AGAINST ENEMY DRONES Enemy use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is a growing threat to U.S. forces because of their low cost, versatility, and ease of use, according to a recent U.S. Army doctrinal publication. “The UAS is the most challenging and prevalent threat platform to combined arms forces and therefore, a …
Continue reading “Steve Aftergood: Defending Against (Swarm) Drones”
Sorting Through the Snowden Aftermath Public discussion of the Edward Snowden case has mostly been a dialog of the deaf, with defenders and critics largely talking past each other at increasing volume. But the disagreements became sharper and more interesting over the past week. . . . . In an interesting response to Jack Goldsmith, …
DEFENSE REFORM: YES, BUT HOW? There is widespread dissatisfaction with the organization and performance of the Department of Defense, a new Congressional Research Service report says, but no consensus on what to do about it. Driving the current debate, CRS says, are questions such as:
CROSS-CUTTING INTELLIGENCE ISSUES, AND MORE FROM CRS A new report from the Congressional Research Service raises the possibility that polygraph testing of intelligence employees could be phased out in favor of “continuous evaluation” (CE), i.e. the automated monitoring of financial, criminal and other databases. The notion was suggested in a CRS overview of selected intelligence …
Continue reading “Steven Aftergood: CRS on Cross-Cutting Intelligence Issues”
