Cost Overruns To Update Nuke Weapons Facilities Approach $5 Billion
In just two years, the budget overruns have gone “from $2.1 billion to $4.8 billion,” according to the GAO (Government Accountability Office).
Us Aid To Afghanistan
By Cliff Montgomery – May 4th, 2013In February, the Obama Administration boldly declared that the American-led coalition in Afghanistan had successfully employed over 350,000 indigenous military and law enforcement officials…
Ceo To Worker Pay Gap
By Cliff Montgomery – May 1st, 2013In honor of International Workers’ Day – which many in the labor and Occupy movements around the world refer to as ‘May Day’ -…
Problems Continue At EPA
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2013The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to “address challenges impeding its ability to ensure chemical safety,” stated a telling report published in March by…
Constitution Project Findings On Torture02
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 27th, 2013A leading Constitutional watchdog group recently released a scathing new report which reveals the counter- productive nature of torture and coercion.The American Spark quotes…
Constitution Project Findings On Torture01
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 26th, 2013The other day, The American Spark pointed out a truth the Pentagon has known for years: “Prohibited techniques” like torture or brutal interrogations “are…
Lawmakers Policies Create Terrorism
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 20th, 2013“Four Republican lawmakers…strongly urged the Obama Administration Saturday to treat the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings as an enemy combatant,” declared The…
Pentagon Covert Actions
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 14th, 2013Pentagon officials may well be engaging in covert actions without a legally required presidential finding andnotification of congressional intelligence committees, according to a recent…
DHS Suspicious Activity Reporting
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 6th, 2013A Department of land Security (DHS) document released in January provided a laundry list of actions performed by citizens and others which local communities…
Open Data On Taxpayer Funded Research
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 28th, 2013A few weeks ago, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a rather interesting short study entitled Public Access To Data from Federally Funded Research.The…
Koch Brothers
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 25th, 2013It seems that the poster boys for the U.S. neo-conservative movement – oil billionaire magnates Charles and David Koch – may be looking to…
White House Petition
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 21st, 2013The Huffington Post apparently has uncovered a little gem “from the depths of the White House’s ‘We the People’ petition website.” On Tuesday, some…
Aclu Wins CIA Battle On Drone Info
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 17th, 2013A U.S. court of appeals on Friday ruled that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) cannot provide a blanket refusal to those who seek information…
Congress Demands Report On Domestic Spy Planes
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 13th, 2013The corporate press has gotten a lot of mileage out of its argument that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has been fighting a lonely battle…
Federal Courthouses Wildly Expensive
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 11th, 2013Are lawmakers serious about cutting wasteful spending? They could stop building wildly expensive courthouses that the country doesn’t need.“Extra space in courthouses costs an…
Us Torture UNits In Iraq
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 9th, 2013A number of American and Iraqi witnesses have connected top U.S. advisers – including former CIA Director General David Petraeus – to human rights…
Us Income Inequality
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 6th, 2013“U.S. income distribution appears to be among the most unequal of all major industrialized countries and the United States appears to be among the…
Hessel Tribute
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 4th, 2013Stéphane Frédéric Hessel died on February 26th. He was 95 years old. Many U.S. media outlets have ignored his passing.To its credit, The New…
Keystone Xl Pipeline
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb.28th, 2013Today, The American Spark points its readers to a very informative federal report which examines the possible environmental fallout which may occur if the now…
Us Spies Want Supercomputer
Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 26th, 2013Kade Crockford is hopping mad.“The government has largely gotten away with blowing up the parts of the Bill of Rights” that in a bygone era…
GOP Positions UNpopular
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 23rd, 2013It’s tough being a Republican leader these days.A Pew Research Center/USA Today poll released on Feb 21st reveals this truth with startling clarity.Whether the…
Obama Nuke Secrets
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 20th, 2013In The Origin of Totalitarianism, political philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote that “real power begins where secrecy begins.” If we accept this statement as true,…
Obama Nuke Secrets
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 20th, 2013In The Origin of Totalitarianism, political philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote that “real power begins where secrecy begins.” If we accept this statement as true,…
Drones In Us Airspace
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2013The agency charged with flying unmanned spy planes in U.S. airspace so far has failed to meet basic privacy, reliability, safety, and performance standards…