A Department of Defense Inspector General report on the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program reveals potentially billions in waste. The Pentagon audit found, “IVAS program officials did not define minimum user acceptance levels to determine whether IVAS would meet user needs. This occurred because Army policy did not require program officials to define suitable user acceptance levels. Procuring IVAS without attaining user acceptance could result in wasting up to $21.88 billion in taxpayer funds to field a system that Soldiers may not want to use or use as...
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Congress Fights to Keep Troops at War guest Dave DeCamp
Dave DeCamp, the assistant news editor at Antiwar.com, returns to COI to talk about several of his recent articles NATO Report: China is the Top Threat Congress to Use NDAA to Block Troop Withdrawals Senate May Block $23 Billion Arms Sale to UAE Trump Threatens to Veto NDAA China Offers Talks with NATO Trump Orders Most US Troops Out of Somalia Dave's Last COI Appearance YouTube – Conflicts of Interest Facebook – Conflicts of Interest Twitter – Conflicts of Interest Apple Podcast – Conflicts of Interest Support Our Sponsor Visit Paloma Verde and use code PEACE for 25% off our...
Biden’s Foreign Policy Could Start a Major War guest Dave DeCamp
On Conflicts of Interest #34, Dave DeCamp joins Kyle Anzalone to discuss Trump and Biden's destructive foreign policy. Dave explains how Trump has carried out an aggressive policy against China. Reports say Biden is likely to just as, if not more, aggressive towards China. Dave and Kyle discuss Iran and how Biden may return to the JCPOA. However, Biden is appointing hawks to his transition team. His likely Secretary of Defense is Michelle Flournoy. Dave DeCamp is the assistant News Editor at Antiwar.com. YouTube – Conflicts of Interest Facebook – Conflicts of Interest Twitter – Conflicts...
Matt Taibbi and the New Russiagate Whistleblower
Taibbi's new piece is called: "Our Man in Cambridge." It's about Stephen Halper's assistant, Steven P. Schrage, who has now written this new piece, "The Spies Who Hijacked America." Update: Steven Schrage's interview with Maria Bartiromo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O1Nxx0TQWE&feature=emb_logo
Influential China Hawks Push Trump Towards War guest Dave DeCamp
Dave DeCamp joins Foreign Policy Focus to discuss his recent coverage of Steve Bannon and Frank Gaffney's latest efforts to increase tensions with China. Bannon and Gaffney have stated the group Committee for Present Danger: China to further this goal. The Trump administration continues to adopt the group's language showing its influence. Dave debunks their hawkish and absurd claims. Dave DeCamp is assistant editor at Antiwar.com and a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn NY, focusing on US foreign policy and wars. He is on Twitter at @decampdave. Links Dave's China video The killing...
The Antiwar Comic: Tripwire
I love it when a comic comes together. This is my new favorite Antiwar Comic. Not to pat myself on the back too hard, but this one really came together, I think. I'd be remiss if I didn't say that Justin Raimondo inspired the title. It's a term he often uses in his columns at Antiwar.com. More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
Another DC Hawk Pundit Exposed as a Fraud
This time it's Robert Caruso. Expose by Brendan James in The Concorse. "Let’s begin with his résumé. Several sources close to Caruso say they never heard of him holding a job that went beyond an administrative assistant. 'His opinions should not be taken seriously,' said a onetime military colleague, who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation from Caruso. (As you’ll see, this is not an unreasonable fear). 'His opinion on Kit Kat bars should not be taken...
09/06/03 – Dan Wallach – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Dan Wallach, who is Assistant Professor in the Systems Group at Rice University's Department of Computer Science with nine years experience in computer security, about the fallibility of electronic voting machines. He is co-author of An Analysis of an Electronic Voting System and Authentication for Remote Voting....
07/17/03 – Glen Whitman – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Dr. Douglas Glen Whitman, a Research Fellow at The Independent Institute in Oakland, California, and Assistant Professor of Economics at California State University at Northridge, about his book Strange Brew: Alcohol and Government Monopoly....
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