A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
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“I think everyone now is sufficiently worried,” a NATO official said.
Ukraine’s Appetite for Weapons Is Straining Western Stockpiles (Archived)
Waiting on someone to run out, first. Doubt that it will be Russia.
South Korea is racking up multibillion-dollar defense deals in Europe as Seoul pushes to become a bigger player in international weapons sales.
Better call Seoul: U.S. watches nervously as Europe turns to South Korea for weapons
The people of Jackson, Mississippi, have toxic sludge coming out of their kitchen faucets. In some neighborhoods, there isn’t enough water pressure to flush toilets. They’ve gotten, at most, the distracted attention of President Joe Biden.
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One joker suggested that if the city of Jackson declared itself a part of Ukraine, the $2 billion check would be in the mail tomorrow.
Biden adds billions in Ukraine ‘aid,’ pushing total to $70 billion
In passing a $728.5 billion war budget, US legislators prove that they are willing to fund war, unwilling to fund relief
US spends billions on war in Ukraine and working class pays the price
Defense contractors and program advocates have unusual control over what the public sees, leading to bad oversight, or worse.
By Winslow T. Wheeler | Responsible Statecraft | February 3, 2022
Defiant Pentagon hides poor testing results behind phony firewall
The China threat is being inflated to justify more spending
China possesses a decided advantage on its own turf, as Pentagon leaders have seen repeatedly during simulations in which our ships are sunk and air bases obliterated from a distance. With its integrated air defense network, anti-ship missiles and vast number of soldiers, any attempt to attack China within its security perimeter would be a self-inflicted disaster.
But the Chinese military advantage evaporates as you move beyond its shores. The Chinese defenses are almost all based on land and meant to keep invaders at a safe distance rather than project its own military power forward.
Pentagon Starts Bailing Out Defense Firms
On Wednesday, officials announced that five mid-tier defense companies had received a total of $135 million to “help sustain defense-critical workforce capabilities in body armor, aircraft manufacturing, and shipbuilding,” according to a Defense Department statement.“ These actions will help to retain critical workforce capabilities throughout the disruption caused by COVID-19 and to restore some jobs lost because of the pandemic,” Lt. Col. Mike Andrews, a Defense Department spokesman, said in the statement.
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