The Pentagon has revealed what it wants to spend next year on classified intelligence programs. That’s “an implicit repudiation of the Director of Central Intelligence,” according to Secrecy News. DCI George Tenet has said that “public disclosure of a single aggregate figure for all intelligence-related spending would damage national security and compromise intelligence sources and […]
February 2004
“The Bush administration plans to announce that, in a step to lessen the dangers of land mines, it will end the use of long-lasting mines in warfare and instead concentrate on mines that go inert within hours or days,” the New York Times reports. However, “there are no plans for the United States to sign […]
Pakistan’s government is now trying to portray the sale of nuclear technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea as the cloak-and-dagger work of a few, isolated rogues. But that’s a lie, says Jane’s Defense Weekly, in a report released today. Nuclear sales were so out in the open that underlings of Abdul Qadeer Khan — […]
The military satellite business is a strange beast. The Pentagon long ago made it policy to rely on civilian contractors to supply their eyes in the sky. But there’s not enough of a commercial market to make the satellite business worthwhile. So, instead, the U.S. military throws extra cash at the companies, to make sure […]
UPI: “The Pentagon reversed course Wednesday and told Congress it would look into whether an anti-malaria drug… might be causing suicides, one month after asserting the drug could not be a factor.“ 21 G.I.s assigned to Iraq and Kuwait have committed suicide, according to the wire service. “The Army is investigating another five deaths in […]
