The latest report from the Veterans Affairs Inspector General is “highly critical” of the way the VA managed the May 3 theft of VA data, says Sen. Larry Craig, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He goes on to call it a “stinging indictment of a security system that was lax to nonexistent.” The 68-page report could serve as a capstone for the IG’s work over at least the past five years to highlight data security problems within the VA. According to the IG, the employee from whose home a laptop and computer hard drive containing personal data of more than 26 million veterans and military personnel was authorized access to the data, but his supervisors did not know he had taken the data home. The report cites the delay in notifying the VA Secretary, writing, “No one clearly identified [the data theft] as a high priority item.” It goes on to outline “indifference and little sense of urgency or responsibility” displayed by some VA officials. In all, we agree with Mr. Craig and then some.
Navy CCA Program’s Shape Coming into Focus
Oct. 17, 2025
In announcing its Navy Collaborative Combat Aircraft contract, General Atomics has provided some clues as to where the service is heading with its version of an armed, autonomous fighter escort. It will likely be quite different from the Air Force version.
