According to a new Pew Research Center poll, the American attitude toward news media has improved of late, rising seven points in just over a year. Americans also have relented in their desire to have the government censor the press. Just after 9/11, a majority felt it was OK to censor for national security reasons. The latest Pew poll shows the opposite.
The Pentagon has concluded a new agreement to buy laser-guidance kits that turn rockets into drone-killing weapons. BAE Systems and the Defense Department announced a framework deal of up to seven years for 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance kits annually for the U.S. military.