Pentagon Team To Study Oversight Of Security Firms
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that his concerns over insufficient oversight of private security firms in Iraq led him this week to dispatch a team to the country to investigate the issue, while also instructing commanders to tighten their controls over the armed guards.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has dispatched a small Pentagon team to Iraq to review procedures regarding private contractors, after expressing "real concerns" about oversight, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Wednesday.
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The Pentagon on Monday said its  internal watchdog would investigate eight more contracts  handled by Darleen Druyun, a former Air Force official  convicted last year of violating conflict-of-interest rules.
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WASHINGTON -- The government&#39;s top Defense and intelligence officials urged caution Tuesday in overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence hierarchy in response to a damning report from the 9/11 Commission.
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A top Pentagon analyst is under investigation for having allegedly spied for Israel, officials say.
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The Pentagon sent its top intelligence official to Capitol Hill on Monday to explain the mission and makeup of a secret battlefield intelligence group that some lawmakers suggested may have skirted congressional oversight and not been coordinated fully with the CIA.
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The Bush administration is considering launching an extensive probe of whether the pending sale of International Business Machines Corp.'s personal computer business to a Chinese company might pose national security problems, according to members of a congressional oversight group.
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A military watchdog group is asking the Defense Department to investigate whether seven Army and Air Force officers violated regulations by appearing in uniform in a promotional video for an evangelical Christian organization.
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The Pentagon appoints a retired general to review its Iraq operations, amid growing concern about security.
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A Republican lawmaker said on Sunday  his U.S. Senate committee would look into a reported move by  the Pentagon to reinterpret U.S. law to give Defense Secretary  Donald Rumsfeld broad authority over spy operations abroad.
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Post staff writer Renae Merle discusses the future of the Pentagon's relationship with its weapons contractors.
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Experts will rate potential severity of business security threats.
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The FBI has begun investigating whether the Pentagon improperly awarded no-bid contracts to Halliburton Co., seeking an interview with a top Army contracting officer and collecting documents from several government offices.
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A U.S. watchdog agency has concluded a Pentagon office conducted intelligence work in the build-up to the Iraq war that was not illegal but was inappropriate, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday ordered new measures to improve government oversight of private guards who protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq, including tighter rules of engagement and a board to investigate any future killings.
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A US Senate panel is set to discuss the nomination of Robert Gates as the country's new defence secretary.
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Two senior Pentagon officials were briefed Sunday on the investigation of a midlevel analyst suspected of passing classified information to Israel, US officials said yesterday.