ON THE FIGHT
A handful of human rights and constitutional rights groups have penned a letter to President Obama begging for answers about the planning and execution of drone strikes and that he put a stop to targeted killings.
ON THE FORCE
Reuters takes a snapshot of the slightly-less-known Defense Intelligence Agency and its decades-long role in assessing and spying upon foreign militaries.
POTOMAC TWO-STEP
Secretary of the Navy Mabus has announced the commissioning and names of a slew of new ships, a curious move in the face of current budgetary pressures.
One of the top Navy assets in the southern hemisphere has returned home because of cuts imposed by sequestration.
ON SECRECY – OR LACK THEREOF
Marc Ambinder examines the breakdown in the classification review process and the misapplication of alternative and compensatory control measures in keeping a classified assessment of North Korea’s nuclear capability secret.
CONTRACT WATCH
The State Department is hard at work soliciting new contractors to build a sprawling new diplomatic mission in Mexico.
The Navy has begun to refresh its contract support services contracts with Gulfstream, the luxury jet maker.
The Air Force is erecting a fence inside the secretive Edwards Air Force Base Test Center.
A new contracting boom is on the way, and it involves Africa — the continent, that is. US Special Operations Command is looking to augment its presence throughout Africa with private security and logistical contractors.
