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US agencies buy vast quantities of personal information on the open market – a legal scholar explains why and what it means for privacy in the age of AI

Numerous government agencies, including the FBI, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Treasury Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, Navy and Coast Guard, have purchased vast amounts of U.S. citizens’ personal information from commercial data brokers. The revelation was published in a partially declassified, internal Office of the Director of National Intelligence…

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2023

There is no legal reason the US shouldn't supply cluster bombs to Ukraine – but that doesn't make it morally right

Pressure on the Biden administration to provide Ukraine with cluster bombs has refocused attention on the legal and moral use of such weaponry.

The Conversation · Jun 23, 2023

Budget loophole for Pentagon slush fund

Despite debt ceiling compromise, the Pentagon will continue to prove exempt from ceilings of any sort

Salon · Jun 21, 2023

The US signs a military deal with Papua New Guinea – here's what both countries have to gain from the agreement

The United States announced a new military agreement with Papua New Guinea, the most populous Pacific island country, on May 22, 2023.

The Conversation · May 26, 2023

Defense contractors gouging taxpayers

“The gouging that takes place is unconscionable,” said former top negotiator for Raytheon and, later, the Pentagon

Salon · May 24, 2023

A co-creator of the original Fallout says he modified his criminally underrated D&D videogame to work with a Department of Defense AI project in 2005

Delivering some D&D to the DoD.

PC Gamer · May 14, 2023

US senators accuse Pentagon of hindering war crimes prosecution of Russia

Lawmakers accused the Pentagon on Thursday of effectively undermining war crimes prosecution of Russia by blocking the sharing of U.S. military intelligence with the International Criminal Court at the Hague.

Reuters · May 11, 2023

US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria

The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home country of Algeria citing that his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thursday

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Commentary: How could a 21-year-old leak national security data without the Pentagon knowing?

Speaking about the recent intelligence leak of classified documents by a member of the U.S. military, President Joe Biden downplayed the significance, remarking, “There’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence.”

Los Angeles Times · Apr 19, 2023

Pentagon leak was decades in the making

Computer network was designed for use by much smaller number of people amid questions over amount of classified material on the system

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2023