Two GOP senators have urged the Department of Defense (DoD) to immediately investigate whistleblower allegations that hundreds of Afghan evacuees who appeared on official watchlists were not properly vetted before they were released into the United States. According to the DoD whistleblower, the Biden administration failed to properly vet 324 Afghan evacuees who appeared on the DoD’s Biometrically…
Biden Admin Evacuated Hundreds From Afghanistan on US Watchlist: Whistleblower
August 5, 2022
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Biden Admin Evacuated Hundreds on US Watchlist From Afghanistan: Whistleblower
August 5, 2022
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Two GOP senators have urged the Department of Defense (DoD) to immediately investigate whistleblower allegations that hundreds of Afghan evacuees who appeared on official watchlists were not properly vetted before they were released into the United States. According to the DoD whistleblower, the Biden administration failed to properly vet 324 Afghan evacuees who appeared on the DoD’s Biometrically…
DOD ‘Wiped’ Phones of Senior Trump Officials—Jan. 6 Communications No Longer Accessible
Some senior Trump administration officials had their phones “wiped” by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Army after the former president left office, meaning messages that were sent around the time of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach are no longer accessible, court filings show. The DOD acknowledged that the phones belonging to former Pentagon officials…
Pentagon Spending Millions on High-Altitude Spy Balloons
The Pentagon is investing tens of millions of dollars into high-altitude balloons that it intends to use for surveillance. The balloons are hoped to fly twice as high as most commercial aircraft and may be used one day soon to locate and track China’s hypersonic weapons. Though the move may sound like the plot of…
Pentagon Wants Elon Musk to Drop Soldiers Into Conflict From Space
June 22, 2022
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The Pentagon is collaborating with Elon Musk’s company SpaceX to investigate the possibility of using the company’s rockets to drop troops and equipment into global flashpoints. The military’s work with the private space company covers a wide array of research initiatives, according to a partially redacted research agreement, originally obtained by The Intercept via a…
Pentagon’s Austin Holds First Call with Chinese Counterpart Amid Rising Concerns Over Beijing-Moscow Partnership
April 20, 2022
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his counterpart in China for the first time on April 20, after more than a year in his position. The call came amid increasing global concern over the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) partnership with Russia and its continued threats against Taiwan. Austin requested the meeting with his counterpart,…
Another Top Pentagon Tech Official Resigns, Says Breaking Through Bureaucracy Was Like ‘Working to Defy Gravity’
The Department of Defense (DoD) lost another top IT official on April 18, with the resignation of Preston Dunlap, the founding Chief Architecture Officer of the Air and Space Forces. Dunlap said that he was proud of the three years he spent at the Pentagon in an open resignation letter posted to social media, but…
Oversight Watchdog Wants to Know Why Two Intelligence Community IGs Were Overpaid
Presidentially appointed inspectors-general (IG) at two key intelligence community agencies were collectively overpaid more than $168,000 between 2016 and 2020, but it is unclear if any corrective action has been taken, according to a Department of Defense (DOD) memo obtained by a non-profit government watchdog. Information about the overpayments is contained in a Jan. 25,…
China’s Military Can and Will ‘Challenge’ the US: Report
February 17, 2022
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China is increasing its capacity to challenge the United States across a spectrum of capabilities and is likely to do so, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. “China is increasingly assertive and the only competitor potentially capable of combining its economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to mount a sustained challenge…
Pentagon Tightening COVID-19 Restrictions After Secretary Austin Tests Positive
The Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday tightened its COVID-19 restrictions in the midst of a rise in cases nationwide and days after Secretary Lloyd Austin tested positive for the virus. Starting Jan. 10 at 5:00 a.m., the Pentagon will reduce its occupancy limit to 25 percent or fewer, while social distancing will stay at…
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