Journal: Microcosm of US Failure in Afghan Development

More wasted money….. Program to modernize Afghan justice system yields little so far MORE FROM MCCLATCHY McClatchy’s November investigation of contracting in Afghanistan Military bans two U.S. firms from Afghan contracting Contractor Louis Berger settles in Afghan overbilling probe Follow Afghanistan developments at McClatchy’s Checkpoint Kabul See Also: Reference: Quadrennial Diplomacy & Development Review Graphic: …

US Loses Face & Standing with China & Pakistan

NIGHTWATCH Extract China-US: Special comment. International news services broadcast video and translations of Chinese Minister of Defense Liang insulting and hectoring the US, represented by the Secretary of Defense. The Chinese tasked Secretary Gates to defend and to explain to the Chinese why the US sells weapons to Taiwan and conducts naval training in the Yellow …

Review: Prophets of War–Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex

William Hartung Final Review: Boring, Limited, Not for General Audience January 3, 2011 After reading this book, which I found to be extremely boring, I have to give Pierre Sprey very high marks for his substantive contributions to the C-SPAN Book interview of the author. My summary of that interview is therefore an important part …

Assessment of the Position of Director of National Intelligence

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) was created to examine how the terrorist attacks of September 2001 could have occurred and what could be done to prevent future attacks.  Among other things the Commission recommended that there should be a National Intelligence Director who would have “two main areas …