The Pentagon said Tuesday that several personnel involved in the Able Danger data-mining operation would not testify during open session Wednesday of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Considering the Pentagon already made so much public during a briefing earlier this month, one has to wonder what more could there be. (DR, 9/06/05)
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
