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At the request of Sen. Carl Levin, the Department of Defense has declassified most of its February 2007 Inspector General report (large pdf) on the pre-Iraq war activities of the DoD Office of Special Plans, led by Douglas Feith. “It is important for the public to see why the Pentagon’s Inspector General concluded that Secretary […]

see all publications Share Share publications close Share FAS IG Report on DoD Intel Office Declassified 04.05.07 | 1 min read | Text by Steven Aftergood At the request of Sen. Carl Levin, the Department of Defense has declassified most of its February 2007 Inspector General report (large pdf) on the pre-Iraq war activities of the DoD Office of Special Plans, led by Douglas Feith. “It is important for the public to see why the Pentagon’s Inspector General concluded that Secretary Feith’s office ‘developed, produced and then disseminated alternative intelligence assessments on the Iraq and al-Qaeda relationship,’ which included ‘conclusions that were inconsistent with the consensus of the Intelligence Community,’ and why the Inspector General concluded that these actions were ‘inappropriate’,” Sen. Levin said. “Until today, those details were classified and outside the public’s view.” See this news release from Sen. Levin, with a link to the newly declassified report. Mr. Feith’s Office issued a January 2007 rebuttal (pdf) to a draft version of the IG report. publications See all publications Environment Blog Disaster Policy Nerds Explain the Good, Bad, and Ugly in FEMA Review Council Report After months of delay, the council tasked by President Trump to review the FEMA released its final report. Our disaster policy nerds have thoughts. 05.21.26 | 8 min read read more Global Risk Press release Federation of American Scientists, Future of Life Institute Present Converging Risks Report, AI Impact Awards at Gala FAS and FLI partnered to build a series of convenings and reports across the intersections of artificial intelligence (AI) with biosecurity, cybersecurity, nuclear command and control, military integration, and frontier AI governance. This project brought together leaders across these areas and created a space that was rigorous, transpartisan, and solutions-oriented to approach how we should think about how AI is rapidly changing global risks. 05.20.26 | 9 min read read more Emerging Technology Blog Closing the Strategic Capital Gap: The Case for Modernizing the Export-Import Bank Investment should instead be directed at sectors where American technology and innovation exist but the infrastructure to commercialize them domestically does not—and where the national security case is clear. 05.20.26 | 3 min read read more Clean Energy Blog States Are Plugging into Experimental Electricity Policy to Find Cost-Saving Success To tune into the action on the ground, we convened practitioners, state and local officials, advocates, and policy experts to discuss what it will actually take to deploy clean energy faster, modernize electricity systems, and lower costs for households. 05.13.26 | 5 min read read more

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