Is Elon Musk’s Success Mostly Just Smoke And Mirrors?
Is it possible that Trump gave the economic keys of the U.S. government to someone who simply didn’t know what he was doing?
Congressional Study Shows Tax Cuts Favor Wealthy
Why do Bush’s taxcuts so favor therich?Congressional Study Shows Tax Cuts Favor WealthyBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 10th, 2007Economists have long known it. For years, neo-conservatives blindly denied it.Families which…
Defense Investigators Find Major Flaws In Inter Agency Contracts
Why doesn’t theDefenseDepartment holdanyone responsible?Defense Investigations Find Major Flaws In Inter-Agency ContractsBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 9th, 2007A recent Defense Inspector General (IG) investigation into interagency purchases placed through the…
U.S. Considered Sunni Offer To ‘Clean Up’ Iraq’S Pro Iranian Militias
The U.S.ambassador to Iraqnegotiated with thereligious groupwhich backedSaddam Hussein.U.S. Considered Sunni Offer to “Clean Up” Iraq’s Pro-Iranian MilitiasBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 8th, 2007U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad negotiated with Iraqi…
UNdisclosed Pentagon Report Cited Further Detention Concerns
Is the BushAdministrationrunning an AbuGhraib in SouthCarolina?Undisclosed Pentagon Report Cited Further Detention ConcernsBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 5th, 2007According to the summary of a previously undisclosed 2004 Pentagon report obtained…
How The Democrats Can Enforce Proper Congressional Oversight
Will a DemocraticCongress curbincreasingExecutive andJudicial powers?How The Democrats Can Enforce Proper Congressional OversightBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 4th, 2007The American Spark welcomes the Democrats taking over both houses of the…
Personal Data Breaches Hit Record High
Are corporatesecurity groupsmore interested inprotecting us or theirbottom line?Personal Data Breaches Hit Record HighBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 3rd, 2007After reaching a record high on data breaches, the Cyber Security…
Can We Still Trust National Intelligence Estimates?
Why our NationalIntelligenceEstimates may notbe as reliable asmany think.Can We Still Trust National Intelligence Estimates?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 2nd, 2007How important are National Intelligence Estimates, those “white papers” produced…
Is The Defense Department Conducting Its Own Covert Actions?
The DefenseDepartment may begetting dangerouslyclose to becominganother CIA.Is The Defense Department Conducting Its Own Covert Actions?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 1st, 2007Is the Defense Department creating something of a covert…
Government Report Says Federal Building Security Inadequate
If land Securitycan’t adequatelyprotect our federalbuildings, how can itprotect us?Government Report Says Federal Building Security InadequateBy Cliff MontgomeryThe land Security Department division which helps provide security for federal buildings is…
Is America ‘Drowning In A Sea Of Faux Secrets’?
The current veil ofWashington secrecyis hurting us, athome and abroad.Is America ‘Drowning In A Sea Of Faux Secrets’?By Cliff MontgomeryA March 14th, 2006 hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security,…
Congressional Report Discusses North Korean Nuclear Ambitions
One Congressionalreport dares to askwhat North Korea’snuclear bombmeans for the world.Congressional Report Discusses North Korean Nuclear AmbitionsBy Cliff MontgomeryAn October 24th, 2006 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report discusses the “big…
Just How Safe Are Our Chemical Facilities?
America’s chemicalfacilities may not beas secure as youthink…Just How Safe Are Our Chemical Facilities?By Cliff MontgomeryA Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, Chemical Facility Security, was updated and released on August…
Army Outsources Interrogator Duties
Should privatecompanies whichanswer to no oneinterrogateAmerica’sdetainees?Army Outsources Interrogator DutiesBy Cliff MontgomerySince the start of the second Iraq war, the U.S. Army has quadrupled its yearly output of soldiers trained to…
Army Fails To Provide Iraq Contractor Census
Why is the Armyafraid to produce acensus on Iraqcontractors?Army Fails To Provide Iraq Contractor CensusBy Cliff Montgomery An Army effort to count the number of contractors currently in Iraq has…
Did Base Closing Commission Hide Evidence To Get Its Way?
Remember all thoserecent Americanbase closures? Younever heard thewhole story.Did Base-closing Commission Hide Evidence to Get Its Way?By Cliff MontgomeryIn a report to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission last…
‘Yankee Republicans’ May Be On Last Legs
Is this the end for’YankeeRepublicanism’?’Yankee Republicans’ May Be On Last LegsBy Cliff MontgomeryThere is a serious problem in American politics.The classic New England, or “Blue blood” Republican–fiscally conservative but socially…
Just How Much Will Iraq Cost American Taxpayers?
Finally, someone istelling the Americantaxpayers just howmuch Bush’smisadventure in Iraqmay cost us.Just How Much Will Iraq Cost American Taxpayers?By Cliff MontgomeryThat the misadventure of Iraq has cost America dearly in…
Cargo Scanning Subcontractor Spurns ‘Buy American’ Clause
Should U.S.contractors beallowed to flaunt’Buy American’clause?Cargo-scanning Subcontractor Spurns ‘Buy American’ ClauseBy Cliff MontgomeryLast year, Congress gave the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) $50 million to provide security scanning systems…
Agency Using Flawed Program To Connect Intelligence Dots
The BushAdministration won’tgive up on trying tospy on us at everyturn.Agency Using Flawed Program To Connect Intelligence DotsBy Cliff MontgomeryThe government’s top intelligence agency apparently is building a computerized system…
U.S. Veterans Find They Have No Resting Place
An old solution toarranging veteranburial sites is nolonger working.U.S. Veterans Find They Have No Resting PlaceBy Cliff MontgomeryAmerica is short of places in which to bury its veteran dead, say…
What To Do About Army Officer Shortages?
The U.S. Army isfacing a criticalshortage ofwell-trained officers.What To Do About Army Officer Shortages?By Cliff MontgomeryThe following is from a little-known July 5th, 2006 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report which…
Aurora, Colorado: Home To Privatized Spy Game?
Is America about tobe filled with ‘RockyMountain Spies’?Aurora, Colorado: To Privatized Spy Game?By Cliff MontgomeryAccording to articles in The Denver Post and Government Executive magazine, the growing Denver suburb of…
Rumsfeld Gone As Dems Take Congress
Christmas hascome early this yearfor a resurgentDemocratic Party.Rumsfeld Gone As Dems Take CongressBy Cliff MontgomeryWithin hours of the Democrats’ triumph in congressional elections, and after years of defending his secretary…