State Department has no Plan for Mercenary Management
Attention Kids: When faced with a big problem, simply saying “Hey, don’t worry, everything will be fine!” only works if you are a really sympathetic Mommy or the State Department. I saw Pat Kennedy at...
View ArticleDrop the Oversight, Take the Cannoli
Can’t have it both ways? Don’t tell the State Department, who wants several billion dollars to assume the role of occupier in Iraq while at the same time demanding little oversight into how it spends...
View ArticleState Fumbles $172.4 Million Intended For Afghan Police Training
Some things just don’t go well together: hot dogs and ketchup, cats and dogs, and the State Department and contracting. Just doesn’t work. You’ll recall State Management Droid Pat Kennedy, back in...
View ArticleGetting Away with Diplomatic Murder
(This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post) New records released after a four year FOIA fight between the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the web site Gawker show that...
View ArticleState Department Sleaze Accumulates without Real Response
Breaking Bad! Two new sleazy State Department actions– a sweetheart consulting deal for one of Hillary’s best buds and accusations of an affair and hookers for a senior State official. See below!...
View ArticleFollow the Money? Not with Hillary, Follow Pat…
The old adage, “follow the money,” is still not a bad way to suss out wrongdoing. Originated during the Watergate era, the term says if you follow the trail of money through an organization or a caper,...
View ArticleClinton Email Markings Changed to Block Documents’ Release
We’re going to get a little deeper into the way classified material and its disclosure is handled here, but stick with the details. They show the cleverness of Clinton’s people in manipulating existing...
View ArticleHow Clinton’s Handling Foreign Government Info Went Very Wrong
There is a frightening misunderstanding, some intentional, some not, among the media on how classified information is created and handled. That misunderstanding turns much of the Clinton email story...
View ArticleThose ‘Resignations’: What Really Happened at the State Department
Yesterday at the State Department five officials resigned or retired. Another one today. The media has gone near-insane, claiming State is crumbling in protest under the Trump administration. This is...
View ArticleState Department has no Plan for Mercenary Management
Attention Kids: When faced with a big problem, simply saying “Hey, don’t worry, everything will be fine!” only works if you are a really sympathetic Mommy or the State Department. I saw Pat Kennedy at...
View ArticleDrop the Oversight, Take the Cannoli
Can’t have it both ways? Don’t tell the State Department, who wants several billion dollars to assume the role of occupier in Iraq while at the same time demanding little oversight into how it spends...
View ArticleState Fumbles $172.4 Million Intended For Afghan Police Training
Some things just don’t go well together: hot dogs and ketchup, cats and dogs, and the State Department and contracting. Just doesn’t work. You’ll recall State Management Droid Pat Kennedy, back in...
View ArticleGetting Away with Diplomatic Murder
(This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post) New records released after a four year FOIA fight between the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the web site Gawker show that...
View ArticleState Department Sleaze Accumulates without Real Response
Breaking Bad! Two new sleazy State Department actions– a sweetheart consulting deal for one of Hillary’s best buds and accusations of an affair and hookers for a senior State official. See below!...
View ArticleFollow the Money? Not with Hillary, Follow Pat…
The old adage, “follow the money,” is still not a bad way to suss out wrongdoing. Originated during the Watergate era, the term says if you follow the trail of money through an organization or a caper,...
View ArticleClinton Email Markings Changed to Block Documents’ Release
We’re going to get a little deeper into the way classified material and its disclosure is handled here, but stick with the details. They show the cleverness of Clinton’s people in manipulating existing...
View ArticleHow Clinton’s Handling Foreign Government Info Went Very Wrong
There is a frightening misunderstanding, some intentional, some not, among the media on how classified information is created and handled. That misunderstanding turns much of the Clinton email story...
View ArticleThose ‘Resignations’: What Really Happened at the State Department
Yesterday at the State Department five officials resigned or retired. Another one today. The media has gone near-insane, claiming State is crumbling in protest under the Trump administration. This is...
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