The Federation of American Scientists Secrecy Project has the collected statements relating to continued funding for a classified program opposed by Senator Rockefeller. Among the statements is an e-mail from his press office that Senator Rockefeller’s statement “was fully vetted and approved by security officials…” That’s why it was so vague.
Inscrutable Chinese: Silliness With Security Clearances
by | 2004-12-10 | No Comments
Apparently a judge believes no one with relatives in China should hold a security clearance. (Previous rulings to this effect have been upheld on appeals, see here and here.) Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough approve. Gertz and Scarborough report that they “obtained an opinion from Administrative Judge James A. Young” and quotes the “attorney for …
SpySat Follow-up
by | 2004-12-10 | No Comments
The program is not some space weapon. Rockefeller has backed off the “dangerous” comment. “He was referring to the fact that it was a misallocation of funds,” his spokeswoman Wendy Morigi told AP. That still leaves the question of its identity open. There is a pretty strong school of though suggesting the satellite program in …
SpySats: Sometimes It's Just a Cigar
by | 2004-12-09 | No Comments
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) recently refused to support the intelligence bill due to his “strenuous objection—shared by many in our committee—to a particular major funding acquisition program that I believe is totally unjustified and very wasteful and dangerous to national security.” He went on to say: But the Senate has voted for the past 2 …
