Musk’s Disaster At X Is A Window Into His Gov’t Actions
Elon Musk “is someone who promotes and appears to relish misinformation and hyperbole on a mass scale,” declared a 2024 CNN article.
House Panel Questions Lost Cash Shipments To Iraq
What happened to$12 billion dollars ofIraqi oil money?House Panel Questions Lost Cash Shipments To IraqBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 9th, 2007A U.S. House committee report on Tuesday questioned whether nearly…
Science Panel Rejects Bush Administration Changes To Chemical Rules
The Panel flatly tellsthe administrationtheir plan is’fundamentallyflawed’.Science Panel Rejects Bush Administration Changes to Chemical RulesBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 8th, 2007Last year the Bush Administration’s Office of Management and Budget…
Top Science Panel Says Global Warming UNequivocal
Will the BushAdministration heedthis definite proof ofglobal warming?Top Science Panel Says Global Warming ‘Unequivocal’By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 7th, 2007In a bleak assessment of the future of the planet, the…
Advisers Say Homeland Security Lacks Intel Community Support
Why doesland Securityseem to be ignoringthe very intelligencecommunity it needsmost?Advisers Say land Security Lacks Intel Community SupportBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 6th, 2007The Department of land Security (DHS) should push…
Advisers Say Homeland Security Lacks Intel Community Support
Why doesland Securityseem to be ignoringthe very intelligencecommunity it needsmost?Advisers Say land Security Lacks Intel Community SupportBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 6th, 2007The Department of land Security (DHS) should push…
Are U.S. Embassies Becoming Semi Military Posts In Counterterror Campaigns?
How closely shouldAmericanembassies workwith the Pentagon?Are U.S. Embassies Becoming Semi-Military Posts In Counterterror Campaigns?By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 5th, 2007Is it wise for the Bush Administration to continue embroiling U.S.…
State Department Losing Top Talent
Why are so manyleaving the StateDepartment–andwhy aren’t theybeing replaced?State Department Losing Top TalentBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 2nd, 2007Something strange is going on at the Bush State Department.Every administration suffers…
Supreme Court To Revisit Campaign Finance Law
Is the challengeintended to “waterdown the standards”of McCain-Feingold?Supreme Court To Revisit Campaign Finance LawBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 1st, 2007The Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the landmark 2002 legislation…
Intel Officials Say U.S. Inclusiveness Dampens Terrorism
But are top U.S.intelligence officialsdenying the truthabout other matters?Intel Officials Say U.S. Inclusiveness Dampens TerrorismBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 31st, 2007Though the U.S. is hardly immune to the grass-roots religious…
Are U.S. Military Spy Teams Out Of Control?
Bush’s SpecialForces areoperating incountries which areU.S. allies, andwon’t play nice withthe CIA.Are U.S. Military Spy Teams Out Of Control?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 30th, 2007U.S. Special Forces teams on foreign…
Bush Changing U.S. Military Leadership
Will the new Armyleader help or hurtAmerican forces inIraq andAfghanistan?Bush Changing U.S. Military LeadershipBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 29th, 2007The heads of America’s top military personnel continue to fall, with…
Study Says Pentagon Should Not Conduct Covert Operations
A congressionalreport tells us whythe DefenseDepartment shouldnot be involved inthe spy game.Study Says Pentagon Should Not Conduct Covert OperationsBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 26th, 2007Why shouldn’t the Defense Department take…
What Are China’S Military Hopes?
We can glean a fewhints from China’sown report on thesubject.What Are China’s Military Hopes?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 25th, 2007Below are extracts from a report issued by the Chinese Information…
Iraq Parliament Exists Only In Name
How can America’save Iraq’ whenIraqis won’t helpthemselves?Iraq Parliament Exists Only In NameBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 24th, 2007It usually doesn’t make the American corporate news, but these days the Iraqi…
Are Public Election Funds Becoming A Thing Of The Past?
How ‘big money’brought corruptionback to presidentialpolitics.Are Public Election Funds Becoming A Thing Of The Past?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 23rd, 2007America’s public financing system for presidential campaigns, a post-Watergate initiative…
Should America Reconsider The Welfare State?
A leading think-tanksays ‘Old Europe’could teach us a fewthings.Should America Reconsider The Welfare State?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 22nd, 2007The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), a liberal think-tank,…
‘Advisors’ And Contractors Increase UNder Bush’S Newest Iraq Plan
Who will really benefit from Bush’s new Iraq plan?’Advisors’ And Contractors Increase Under Bush’s Newest Iraq PlanBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 19th, 2007The White House intends to more than double…
Military Spying On U.S. Citizens
The DefenseDepartment hasbegun looking intothe lives of ordinaryAmericans.Military Spying On U.S. CitizensBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 18th, 2007The Defense Department has been exploiting a little-known power to obtain banking and…
Lawmakers Ordered Probe Of Data Mining Project
Just what privacy protections does the U.S. government’s ‘data mining’ efforts provide?Lawmakers Ordered Probe Of Data-Mining ProjectBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 17th, 2007Congressional appropriators ordered the inspector general of the…
Consumer Group Says ‘Terrorism Insurance’ For Insurers UNnecessary
Are insurancecompanies fleecingAmericantaxpayers?Consumer Group Says “Terrorism Insurance” For Insurers UnnecessaryBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 16th, 2007On Jan. 8th, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) issued a study showing that property-and-casualty…
What Are China’S Space Hopes?
A 2006 ChineseGovernment whitepaper helps providethe answers.What Are China’s Space Hopes?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 15th, 2007On Oct. 12th, 2006, the Information Office of China’s State Council issued a white…
Dems Try To Keep From Producing Fiefs In Congress
Can Democratsescape themistakes which costthem Congress in’94?Dems Try To Keep From Producing Fiefs In CongressBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan.12th, 2007One of the first actions performed by new House Speaker Nancy…
Privacy Watchdogs Demand Probe Of Spying Program
Many experts saythe ‘Civil LibertiesOversight Board’ isfailing its fellowAmericans.Privacy Watchdogs Demand Probe Of Spying ProgramBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 11th, 2007On Dec. 5th, civil liberties groups urged a federal advisory…