War funds wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan blamed on oversight failures
An independent panel estimates as much as 60 billion dollars of U S war funds have been wasted through lax oversight of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan over a decade. The commission calls for reforms, including an inspector general for contingency contracting and a senior official to improve planning and coordination.
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Washington
U.S
Iraq
Afghanistan
Congress
Commission On Wartime Contracting
Associated Press
Claire McCaskill
D-Mo
James Webb
D-Va
Commission
Webb
McCaskill
Senate
Security ramped for 9/11 anniversary nationwide
The federal government tightens security ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. FBI and Homeland Security brief state and local agencies on potential threats while officials say no specific credible plot is identified. Extra measures affect airports, transit hubs, borders, government buildings, and major events nationwide.
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Washington
U.S
FBI
Homeland Security Department
Sean Duggan
Scottsdale, Ariz
Duggan
United States
Matt Chandler
Barack Obama
al-Qaida
bin Laden
FBI and
White House
Clark Stevens
Homeland Security
John Brennan
NYPD undercover Demographics Unit detailed in new AP documents
New AP documents reveal the NYPD, with CIA collaboration, kept a list of ancestries of interest and deployed undercover officers to monitor Muslim communities in New York New Jersey and Connecticut. The Demographics Unit mapped ethnic areas drew on census data and sent rakers to social venues while an ex CIA officer aided the effort. Authorities dispute the unit’s existence.
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New York
CIA
New York Police Department
NYPD
Associated Press
New Jersey
Connecticut
Michael Bloomberg
Paul Browne
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Tri-State
Police Department
Browne
FBI
Lawrence Sanchez
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Obama
Europe
Osama bin Laden
One World Trade Center
Lower Manhattan
Hudson River
New York City
Capitol Hill
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Mitchell Silber
Ane Mea
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